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The Spivey Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$34k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
31%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$1,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$5,000
Organizations funded a year
15 to 31
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$821k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 31% of the organizations The Spivey Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesEducationArts & CultureInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$33k22%
FY202429$29k31%
FY202329$30k28%
FY202231$33k32%
FY202129$27k48%
FY202017$19k35%
FY201915$23k33%
FY201823$24k39%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$101kArts & Culture$72kEducation$21kPhilanthropy$16kFood & Nutrition$14kEnvironment$6kInternational$5kHuman Services$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MD
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 86 grantees
All grantees of The Spivey Family Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Pacific Vision Foundation$60,98091%
Smithsonian Institution$48,10090%
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$17,00080%
Trustees of Boston University$8,50090%
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc$8,07560%
Dalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation$7,15090%
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$6,50040%
Bellosguardo Foundation Inc$5,00030%
University of California Santa Barbara$4,8005n/a
Jacques Pepin Foundation The$4,50070%
Ganna Walska Lotusland$4,17580%
Napa Valley Museum$3,00010%
Food Tank the Think Tank for Food$2,75040%
Apples to Zucchini Cooking School$2,75050%
California Pacific Medical Center Foundation$2,5001n/a
Edward Charles Foundation$2,50020%
Duke University$2,24570%
Casa del Herrero$2,02530%
The Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute$2,00020%
All Stars Helping Kids Inc$2,00070%
University of California San Francisco Foundation$1,50030%
Crane Country Day School$1,50020%
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College$1,25030%
Soccer Without Borders$1,25050%
SANDE Youth Project$1,25022%
California Literary & Prologue Society$1,10030%
Montecito Retirement Association$1,00010%
Mount Auburn Hospital$1,00010%
Dignitymoves$1,00010%
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People$1,00040%
Film Independent$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade$1,00010%
Moxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation$1,00010%
World Central Kitchen Inc$1,0001n/a
Save Napa Valley Foundation$1,00010%
Santa Barbara Education Foundation$1,00010%
The Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation$1,00010%
Kqed Inc$1,00010%
North of MarketTenderloin Community Benefit Corporation$1,00010%
The James Beard Foundation Inc$1,00010%
St Lawrence of Brindisi$1,0001n/a
Montecito Trails Foundation$85040%
Outward Bound California$80040%
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc$75030%
United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation$75030%
Santa Barbara Firefighters Alliance$75010%
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network$75020%
United States Association for UNHCR$57510%
Rare Village Foundation$50010%
Vilomah Memorial Foundation$5001n/a
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$50010%
Equal Justice Initiative$50020%
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc$50010%
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara$50010%
The Cancer League Inc$50010%
The National Museum of Women in the Arts$50010%
Waypoint Services$50010%
Chesapeake Bay Trust$50010%
The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation$50010%
News$50010%
SF New Deal$50020%
Clay Studio$40010%
Common Threads$35020%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$30010%
Community Environmental Council$25010%
Cornwall Conservation Trust Inc$25010%
The Mikes Bikes Foundation$25010%
Friends of Florence$25010%
Play Rugby Inc$25010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara$2501n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$25010%
Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation$25010%
Asian Mental Health Collective Inc$25010%
Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation$25012%
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research$25010%
Cancer Core Recovery Project Inc$2501n/a
Women for Women International$25010%
San Francisco Housing Development Corporation$25010%
St Ignatius Church$2501n/a
Friends of Los Gatos Public Library$25010%
St Andrews Presbyterian Church$2001n/a
Connecticut Challenge Inc DBA Mission Your Mission CT Challenge$20010%
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara$20020%
Partners for Christian Education$20010%
Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement$15010%
Heal the Ocean Inc$10010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($4k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Spivey Family Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPacific Vision Foundation: $60,980 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $48,100 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $17,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $8,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara International Film Festival Inc: $8,075 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDalmatian Dreams Dba Dream Foundation: $7,150 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCancer Foundation of Santa Barbara: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBellosguardo Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJacques Pepin Foundation The: $4,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGanna Walska Lotusland: $4,175 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNapa Valley Museum: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFood Tank the Think Tank for Food: $2,750 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetApples to Zucchini Cooking School: $2,750 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDuke University: $2,245 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCasa del Herrero: $2,025 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Edible Schoolyard Project dba The Alice Waters Institute: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAll Stars Helping Kids Inc: $2,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of California San Francisco Foundation: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCrane Country Day School: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Foundation for Santa Barbara City College: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSoccer Without Borders: $1,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSANDE Youth Project: $1,250 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCalifornia Literary & Prologue Society: $1,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMontecito Retirement Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMount Auburn Hospital: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDignitymoves: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Ynez Valley People Helping People: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFilm Independent: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Bucket Brigade: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMoxi the Wolf Museum of Exploration Innovation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave Napa Valley Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSanta Barbara Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Myelodysplastic Syndromes Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKqed Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth of MarketTenderloin Community Benefit Corporation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe James Beard Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Trails Foundation: $850 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOutward Bound California: $800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Health Centers of the Central Coast Inc: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUnited States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation: $750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara Firefighters Alliance: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSanta Barbara County Food Action Network: $750 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetUnited States Association for UNHCR: $575 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRare Village Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEqual Justice Initiative: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 77.

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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 FoundationCA46.4× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Www Foundation · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · James S Bower Foundation · Towbes Foundation · California Community 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.

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About The Spivey Family Foundation Inc

How much does The Spivey Family Foundation Inc give?
The Spivey Family Foundation Inc reported 24 grants totaling $34,050 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Spivey Family Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (39%), Arts & Culture (28%), Education (8%).
Who are The Spivey Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Pacific Vision Foundation ($61k), Smithsonian Institution ($48k), Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation ($17k).
Does The Spivey Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 31% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Spivey Family Foundation Inc 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 Spivey Family Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Santa Barbara Foundation, Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation, The Kirby-Jones Foundation.
Where is The Spivey Family Foundation Inc based?
The Spivey Family Foundation Inc is based in DE.

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 94 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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