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The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd at a glance

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The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd

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.

$54k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Health$234kEnvironment$181kArts & Culture$116kPhilanthropy$66kAnimals$66kHuman Services$44kEducation$42kYouth Development$33kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND$10,000
NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY$5,000
JOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL$5,000
DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION$5,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$5,000
THE SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN$3,000
CASA DEL HERRERO FOUNDATION$2,500
ASPCA$2,500
THE GARDEN CONSERVANCY$2,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA$2,500
CHILD ABUSE LISTENING & MEDIATION (CALM)$2,500
GARDENS IN PARADISE$2,325
AFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS$2,000
SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK$2,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $46k) 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%DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION: $30k → 14%DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION: $10k → 14%DIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION: $5k → 14%GLAMOURGALS FOUNDATION INC: $1k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
DC
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$710k · 25 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against -9% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
17

Total granted

$710k
$57k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
-9%

Still filing today

84%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEnvironmentAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • GW
    GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND
    9× · 2017–2025 · $97k · revenue +160%
  • PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +24%
  • MI
    MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM
    7× · 2017–2024 · $63k · revenue +84%

Funded once

  • BF
    BELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue -98%
  • TG
    THE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICAgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +49%
  • GC
    GARDEN CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue -11%
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.

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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

Rancho santa ana botanic gardens promotes botany, conservation, and horticulture to inspire, inform and educate the public and scientific community about california's native flora. the garden is devoted to the collection, cultivation,…

Environment
2
Conservation Society of California

Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.

Animals
3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
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
6
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
7
New York Botanical Garden

The new york botanical garden is a museum of plants and a scientific research center devoted to the study of plants and their uses. it is the garden's mission to improve public understanding of the natural world, horticulture, and the…

Environment
8
Ucla Foundation

The ucla foundation is the giving, receiving, and investing arm of the ucla campus. the foundation enables private donors to help build, sustain and advance one of the world's finest academic and research institutions. private philanthropy…

Education
9
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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10
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all. the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its science family of journals,…

Science & Tech
11
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation

The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…

Education
12
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society At Strybing Arboretum

Gardens of golden gate park connects people to plants, the planet, and each other. the gardens offer educational and experiential programs for visitors and actively manages the living collections.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Humane World for Animals 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

38 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. 38 of the 47 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
24/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $96,660 · OtherGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLANDAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $34,500 · OtherAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYCASA DEL HERRERO: $25,500 · OtherCASA DEL HERREROCHILD ABUSE LISTENING & MEDIATION (CALM): $12,500 · OtherNRDC (NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL): $10,250 · OtherNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $10,000 · OtherJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $45,000 · OtherJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOLCALM INC: $13,500 · Other+11 more: $17,675 · Other+11 morePANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $80,000 · HealthPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETW…SANSUM CLINIC: $56,500 · HealthSANSUM CLINICNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $32,500 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS S…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED…PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $22,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION…+3 more: $3,500 · HealthSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $52,500 · PhilanthropySANTA BARBA…BELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyBELLOSGUARD…Montecito Community Foundation: $12,500 · PhilanthropyMontecito C…+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHumane World for Animals Inc: $30,000 · AnimalsHumane Wo…THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERI…PERFECT PET RESCUE: $14,000 · AnimalsPERFECT P…SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK: $12,000 · AnimalsSANTA BAR…MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $62,500 · Arts & CulturePIERRE CLAEYSSENS VETERANS FOUNDATION: $5,662 · Arts & CultureTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $22,300 · EnvironmentTHE GARDEN CLUB OF AMERICA: $10,000 · EnvironmentGARDEN CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA: $4,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,750 · Environment+1 more: $2,000 · EnvironmentDIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION: $45,150 · Human Services+2 more: $2,000 · Human Services
Other$293,085Health$225,000Philanthropy$91,000Animals$71,000Arts & Culture$68,162Environment$67,050Human Services$47,150

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 budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $96,660 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC: $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $62,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSANSUM CLINIC: $56,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $52,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF FOUNDATION: $45,150 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJOHN BURROUGHS SCHOOL: $45,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetAFTER-SCHOOL ALL-STARS: $34,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $32,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $30,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $27,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DEL HERRERO: $25,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GARDEN CONSERVANCY INC: $25,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetBELLOSGUARDO FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $22,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $22,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPERFECT PET RESCUE: $14,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCALM INC: $13,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMontecito Community Foundation: $12,500 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK: $12,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGARDEN CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA: $4,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $3,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAND TRUST FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLAMOURGALS FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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…Ann Jackson Family Fo…The Leslie S and Phil…Elizabeth and John Mo…Mosher FoundationHutton Foundation Dba…Wm Brian & Judith A L…La Centra-Sumerlin Fo…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…California Community …Gemini FoundationZamichow Jabs Foundat…
Santa Barbara FoundationCA25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Leslie S and Philip L Bernstein Family Fund · Elizabeth and John Moller Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · Wm Brian & Judith A Little Charitable Trust · La Centra-Sumerlin Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · California Community Foundation · Gemini Foundation · Zamichow Jabs 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 Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
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Find your warmest path to The Susanne and Gary Tobey Family Fnd through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 47 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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