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Wm Brian & Judith A Little Charitable Trust at a glance

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Wm Brian & Judith A Little Charitable Trust

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.

$177k
Granted FY2024still arriving
13
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$100k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$584kEducation$281kHealth$110kEnvironment$63kRecreation & Sports$25kPhilanthropy$17kHuman Services$11kCrime & Legal$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART$100,000
GANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND$25,000
FRIENDS OF NEW YORK CITY NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP$10,000
BRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC$10,000
MOUNT MITCHELL PRAIRIE GUARDS$10,000
ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC$5,000
HEAL THE OCEAN$5,000
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY FUND INC$5,000
MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST$2,000
PECONIC LAND TRUST INCORPORATED$2,000
SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS$1,000
SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN INC$1,000
GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY$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 (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES: $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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 24 repeat orgs$65k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
12

Total granted

$1.0M
$63k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+23%

Still filing today

92%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentEducationPhilanthropyPublic BenefitOther
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

  • CU
    COLGATE UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2021–2023 · $100k · revenue +30%
  • BC
    BRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $65k · revenue +100%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF NEW YORK CITY NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP
    4× · 2020–2024 · $45k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • RO
    REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UC DAVIS
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • TP
    THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +18%
  • CM
    CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +23%
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
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
2
Santa Barbara Museum of Art

To integrate art into the lives of people, fostering imagination, stimulating thought, and creating personally rewarding experiences.

Arts & Culture
3
California College of the Arts

California college of the arts educates students to shape culture and society through the practice and critical study of art, architecture, design, and writing. benefitting from its san francisco bay area location, the college prepares…

Education
4
Santa Barbara Historical Museum

To inspire meaningful connections to santa barbara history.

Arts & Culture
5
Opera Santa Barbara

See schedule 0founded in 1994, opera santa barbara is the signature provider of professional opera on the california central coast. we aspire to be a cultural leader in the santa barbara region, voicing and advancing our community's spirit…

Arts & Culture
6
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Creating excellent exhibits and educational experiences that celebrate the santa barbara channel and illuminate our rich connections with the sea.

Arts & Culture
7
Balboa Park Conservancy

Balboa Park Conservancy (the Conservancy) was organized on November 3, 1923. The Conservancy is the City of San Diegos (the City) partner and advocated for the greater good of Balboa Park (the Park). The Conservancy collaborated with and…

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8
Stony Brook Surgical Associates University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
9
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy

The catalina island conservancy protects and stewards 88% of catalina island. more than 42,000 acres of wildlands, coves and coastal habitats. founded to preserve the island's natural resources, the conservancy advances a mission rooted in…

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10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
12
Santa Lucia Conservancy

To protect and steward in perpetuity the unique natural, cultural, and asthetic resources of the preserve and serve as a model of ecologically sustainable development to committees outside the preserve.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Santa Barbara Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Hollister House Garden 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

37 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. 37 of the 40 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
30/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART: $461,000 · OtherSANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ARTCOLGATE UNIVERSITY Parents' Fund: $125,000 · OtherCOLGATE UNIVERSITY Parents' FundGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $37,000 · OtherGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLANDREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - UC DAVIS: $25,000 · Other+9 more: $32,000 · OtherBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureBRIDGEHAMPTO…THE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTHE PHILHARM…ENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureENSEMBLE THE…MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $6,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC ACADEM…+4 more: $5,000 · Arts & CultureCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 · EducationCOLGATE UNIV…PREP FOR PREP: $15,000 · EducationPREP FOR PRE…+3 more: $4,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF NEW YORK CITY NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $45,000 · HealthFRIENDS OF …The Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $21,000 · HealthThe Hospita…Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $16,000 · HealthSanta Barba…EAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthEAST HAMPTO…CANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $7,000 · HealthCANCER FOUN…CHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $13,000 · EnvironmentPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $4,000 · EnvironmentGAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY: $1,000 · Environment+1 more: $500 · EnvironmentMount Mitchell Prairie Guards Inc: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCALM INC: $17,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$680,000Arts & Culture$121,500Education$119,500Health$110,000Environment$26,000Recreation & Sports$25,000Crime & Legal$17,000

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 budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGEHAMPTON CHAMBER MUSIC ASSOCIATES INC: $65,000 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF NEW YORK CITY NURSE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $45,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetGANNA WALSKA LOTUSLAND: $37,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMount Mitchell Prairie Guards Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe Hospital for Special Surgery Fund Inc: $21,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENSEMBLE THEATRE COMPANY OF SANTA BARBARA INC: $20,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCALM INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSanta Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation: $16,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEAST HAMPTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE MONTAUK PLAYHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetPREP FOR PREP: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEAL THE OCEAN INC: $13,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPECONIC LAND TRUST INC: $7,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANCER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST: $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD MIND INSTITUTE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN: $4,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIDDLESEX SCHOOL: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCASA DEL HERRERO: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKATHERINE DELMAR BURKE SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMontecito Community Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHollister House Garden Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMAGANSETT FREE LIBRARY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMAGANSETT VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.4% 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…Mosher FoundationAnn Jackson Family Fo…Hutton Foundation Dba…The Kirby-Jones Found…Brittingham Family Fo…Alice Tweed Tuohy Fou…Schlinger Chrisman Fo…G a Fowler Family Fou…Www FoundationCalifornia Community …Jewish Communal Fund
Santa Barbara FoundationCA25.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Santa Barbara Foundation · Mosher Foundation · Ann Jackson Family Foundation · Hutton Foundation Dba Hutton Parker Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · Brittingham Family Foundation · Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation · Schlinger Chrisman Foundation Northern Trust Company Trustee · G a Fowler Family Foundation · Www Foundation · California Community Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund

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 Wm Brian & Judith A Little Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wm Brian & Judith A Little Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Bennington College Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get 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 · 0–60%
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 40 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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