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The M and M Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$334kCivil Rights$155kHousing & Shelter$80kHealth$36kPhilanthropy$27kInternational$25kFood & Nutrition$22kScience & Tech$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k17 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $75k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$3,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$75,000
DIGNITY MOVES$35,000
WOMENS FUND OF SANTA BARBARA$20,000
ACLU$20,000
RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK$5,000
FOODBANK OF SANTA BARBARA$5,000
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION$5,000
OCEANA$5,000
DIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL$5,000
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$3,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT WALLS-SB ST$3,000
CASA SERENA$3,000
HEAL THE OCEAN$2,500
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$2,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA: $1k → 14%CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA: $1k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $2k → 14%UNITY SHOPPE: $2k → 14%CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$685k · 27 repeat orgs$36k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
12

Total granted

$685k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+80%
+138%

Still filing today

74%
42%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’23’24
EnvironmentHealthFood & NutritionHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    3× · 2017–2024 · $275k · revenue +41%
  • D
    DIGNITYMOVES
    2× · 2023–2024 · $70k · revenue +91%
  • WF
    WOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $23k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • GREENPEACE FUND INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +31%
  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD FE OF AMERI
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • MAUI FOOD BANK INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +138%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Environmental Defense Center

The organization protects and enhances the local environment through education, advocacy and legal action.

Crime & Legal
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
Santa Barbara Foundation

The mission of the santa barbara foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.

Philanthropy
4
Sustainable Conservation

Sustainable Conservation advances the collaborative stewardship of Californias land, air, and water for the benefit of nature and people. For over three decades, Sustainable Conservation has built coalitions of people with different…

Environment
5
Chile-California Council

The Chile-California Council is a San Francisco-based nonprofit dedicated to developing and promoting joint endeavors and cooperative relations between Chile and California, as well as individuals, legal entities and other institutions in…

International
6
Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

Mission statement: mission: caring for our patients first and our people always. vision: to be the most comprehensive, integrated and connected health system for getting and staying well. values: excellence - we deliver high-quality,…

Health
7
California Institute for Biodiversity

Create and publish educational materials, conduct professional development, promote awareness, and sponsor research on the spectacular biological diversity of the State of CA.

Education
8
San Francisco Food Bank

To end hunger in san francisco and marin counties by soliciting food donations nationally, distributing this food to qualifying public service agencies and neighborhood pantries, advocating for improved government food programs, and…

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9
Sutter Bay Hospitals

MISSION STATEMENT: MISSION: CARING FOR OUR PATIENTS FIRST AND OUR PEOPLE ALWAYS. VISION: TO BE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE, INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED HEALTH SYSTEM FOR GETTING AND STAYING WELL. VALUES: EXCELLENCE - We deliver high-quality,…

Health
10
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
11
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
12
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Heal the Ocean Inc; the most unlike its peers is Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

26 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 26 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
24/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $275,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INCOCEANA INC: $17,500 · EnvironmentRainforest Action Network: $15,000 · Environment+4 more: $25,000 · Environment+4 moreACLU: $155,000 · OtherACLUElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $17,500 · OtherElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc+20 more: $60,500 · Other+20 moreDIGNITYMOVES: $70,000 · Housing & ShelterDIGNITYMOVE…TRANSITION HOUSE: $4,000 · Housing & ShelterTRANSITION …WOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $23,000 · PhilanthropyMontecito Community Foundation: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $15,000 · Food & NutritionMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSANTA BARBARA MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,000 · Food & NutritionDIRECT RELIEF: $20,000 · InternationalCasa Serena: $8,000 · HealthSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $5,000 · HealthTEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 · Health
Environment$332,500Other$233,000Housing & Shelter$74,000Philanthropy$24,000Food & Nutrition$22,000International$20,000Health$16,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $275,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDIGNITYMOVES: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN'S FUND OF SANTA BARBARA: $23,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOCEANA INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetElectronic Frontier Foundation Inc: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFoodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: $10,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCasa Serena: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCALM INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNITY SHOPPE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTRANSITION HOUSE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChannel Islands Young Men's Christian Association: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CHANNELKEEPER INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTEDDY BEAR CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSTORYTELLER CHILDRENS CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Community Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Santa Barbara Foundat…Williams-Corbett Foun…Hutton Foundation Dba…Patricia Bragg Founda…Ann Jackson Family Fo…The John C Mithun Fou…The B & B FoundationJune G Outhwaite Char…James S Bower Foundat…Mosher FoundationCalifornia Community …The Turpin-Allebrand …
Santa Barbara FoundationCA31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The M and M Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The M and M Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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