· Private foundation
William and Renee Curtis Family 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k22 grants · $28k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $28k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $203k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| OCEANHILLS COVENANT CHURCH | $202,500 |
| SCHWAB DAFGIVING360 | $27,640 |
| PROVIDENCE CHURCH | $5,756 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,050 |
| YOUNG AMERICA FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS OF AMERICA | $1,500 |
| YOUNG LIFE | $1,200 |
| THE FREEDOM STORY (FKA THE SOLD PROJECT) | $1,100 |
| OTHER CHARITIES | $1,000 |
| EL SHADDAI CHURCH | $1,000 |
| LINKS PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL | $1,000 |
| DIRECT RELIEF | $1,000 |
| CONDUIT CHURCH | $1,000 |
| WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL | $1,000 |
| SPORTS OUTREACH INSTITUTE | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
48 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 35 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YLYOUNG LIFE8× · 2017–2024 · $180k · revenue +59%
- PSPROVIDENCE SCHOOL3× · 2018–2020 · $75k · revenue +88%
- WCWESTMONT COLLEGE7× · 2017–2023 · $29k · revenue +38%
Funded once
- UWUNITED WAYone grant, 2017 · $3k
- PAPRAY AS YOU GOone grant, 2018 · $3k
- SSSOCIAL SKILLS AMERICAone grant, 2018 · $2k
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.
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.
Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
To promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
At the internet society foundation, we focus on funding initiatives that strengthen the internet in function and reach so that it can effectively serve all people. our work advances the vision of the internet society (isoc): the internet…
Pro publica is an independent, non-profit, pulitzer prize-winning newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories. [see continuation on schedule o] we produce…
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…
The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
Guided by the principles of academic rigor and diversity, the international school of san francisco offers programs of study in french and english to prepare its graduates for a world in which the ability to think critically and to…
Our institutional mission is to educate and prepare students to be ethical leaders and socially responsible global citizens who incorporate the dominican values of study, reflection, community and service into their lives.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
World coffee research unites the global coffee industry to drive science-based agricultural solutions to urgently secure a diverse and sustainable supply of quality coffee today and for generations to come. our mission is to grow, protect,…
To distribute public affairs and other educational information in order to create an electronic bridge between californians and their public officials, and, in the process educate a new generation of voting citizens and civic leaders who…
How this is measured
52 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. 52 of the 95 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
- Who funds PROVIDENCE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
- Who funds PathLight International Inc ↗
- Who funds MARTIS CAMP COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DBA MARTIS CAMP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds LIFE NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
- Who funds Old Skool Cafe ↗
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA RESCUE MISSION ↗
- Who funds The International Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITY SHOPPE INC ↗
- Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds EAGLE EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
- Who funds Sports Outreach Institute Inc ↗
- Who funds CYSTINOSIS RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FREEDOM SERVICE DOGS INC ↗
- Who funds SOCIAL SKILLS AMERICA ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
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 · Orange County Community Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Williams-Corbett Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · California Community Foundation · Audacious Foundation · Servant Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization William and Renee Curtis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from William and Renee Curtis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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