California · Nonprofit
EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION
EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,039,731 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION ($976,731). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $10k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $3k
What Earl Warren Showgrounds Foundation does
Mission
To support improvements to the earl warren showgrounds facility in santa barbara ca, and supporting efforts by the which this state-owned equestrian and exhibition facility is a cultural and educational asset for the general public.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Raised funds for grants to state agency to put on santa barbara national horse show earl warren showgrounds in santa barbara, ca.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $223k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 64% · 2021 84% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,401 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
Organizations like EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION?
- EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,039,731 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION ($976,731). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,039,731 in grants to EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION?
- SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $976,731 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing