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Grant Funders in Santa Barbara, CA

Bespoke Grants indexes 51 grant-making foundations headquartered in Santa Barbara, California — together $1.62B in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, education, higher education and arts & culture. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Santa Barbara nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

51
Foundations in Santa Barbara
$1.62B
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
CA
State

Foundations headquartered in Santa Barbara

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Direct Relief$1.46B2025
2Santa Barbara Foundation$24.9M2024
3UC Santa Barbara Foundation$21.9M2025
4The Wood-claeyssens Foundation$12.4M2025
5The Foundation for Santa Barbara$7.8M2024
6Direct Relief Foundation$7.7M2023
7Balay Ko Foundation$7.6M2024
8Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation$5.3M2024
9David Bermant Foundation$4.8M2024
10Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital$4.5M2024
11Swift Foundation$4.0M2024
12James S Bower Foundation$3.3M2024
13Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara$2.9M2024
14Stone Family Foundation$2.4M2024
15Ann Jackson Family Foundation$2.4M2024
16Hutton Foundation$2.2M2024
17Philip and Aida Siff$2.2M2018
18The Victoria Project Inc$2.1M2021
19Aurora Foundation$2.0M2023
20Arthur N Rupe Foundation$2.0M2024
21United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc$2.0M2025
22The John C Mithun Foundation$1.9M2023
23Santa Barbara Hospice Foundation$1.6M2024
24Santa Barbara Institute for$1.6M2020
25Mosher Foundation$1.5M2024
26Pilgrim Terrace Cooperative Homes$1.5M2024
27Towbes Foundation$1.5M2025
28The Mozilo Family Foundation$1.4M2024
29Brittingham Family Foundation$1.4M2024
30Babich Family Foundation$1.4M2020
31Arlene and Michael Rosen Foundation$1.3M2024
32The George and Dale Cavalletto Charities$1.2M2024
33Hugh E& Marjorie Spetersen$1.2M2024
34Natalie Orfalea Foundation$1.0M2024
35Volentine Family Foundation$1.0M2024
36The Yardi Foundation$1.0M2024
37Runx1 Foundation$950K2024
38William and Charlene Glikbarg Foundation$945K2024
39Wyatt Family Foundation$910K2024
40Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation$901K2025

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What Santa Barbara funders support

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Santa Barbara, CA address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Santa Barbara nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.