California · Private foundation
The M and M Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $197k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 35%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $3,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 28 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 35% of the organizations The M and M Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $196k | 5% |
| FY2023 | 31 | $209k | 35% |
| FY2017 | 28 | $316k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dignitymoves | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Fund of Santa Barbara | $23,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oceana Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Environmental Council | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Casa Serena | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | $275,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Dignitymoves | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Women's Fund of Santa Barbara | $23,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oceana Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Rainforest Action Network | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Environmental Council | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Casa Serena | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Heal the Ocean Inc | $7,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Maui Food Bank Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Calm Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Unity Shoppe Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Transition House | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Storyteller Childrens Center Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($197k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The M and M Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Patricia Bragg Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The John C Mithun Foundation · The B & B Foundation · June G Outhwaite Charitable Trust JS Poucher KL Englert & CM Cooney Co-Tr · James S Bower Foundation · Mosher Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Turpin-Allebrand Family Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
About The M and M Foundation
- How much does The M and M Foundation give?
- The M and M Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $197,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 28 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The M and M Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (46%), Civil Rights (21%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are The M and M Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($275k), Dignitymoves ($70k), Women's Fund of Santa Barbara ($23k).
- Does The M and M Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The M and M Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The M and M Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Williams-Corbett Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation.
- Where is The M and M Foundation based?
- The M and M Foundation is based in CA.
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