Private foundation (trust)EIN 953519577Est. 1980-11

TOWBES FOUNDATION

SANTA BARBARA, CA 93120

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$78.7M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$952K

FY 2023

Grants Made

93

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$10K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$1K–$40K

Typical

Deadlines

See statement attached - schedule #1 g…

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$2.7M

Total Expenses

$1.7M

Qualifying Distributions

$1.4M

Distributable Amount

$3.7M

Min. Investment Return

$3.7M

Payout rate 37%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.37%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

93 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $1K through median $9K to maximum $40K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

4 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $1.6M in 2021. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

264 grants

SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
$879K
11 grants
CHILD ABUSE LISTENING MEDIATION
$277K
5 grants
UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
$227K
5 grants
SANTA BARBARA EDUCATION FOUNDATION
$135K
10 grants
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF SANTA BAR
$80K
2 grants
NEW BEGINNINGS COUNSELING CENTER
$58K
3 grants
STORYTELLER CHILDREN'S CENTER
$57K
3 grants
CHANNEL ISLANDS YMCA
$46K
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

264 grants

<$10K
178
grants
$10–50K
83
grants
$50–250K
2
grants
$250K–1M
1
grants
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

2 states

California
$3.7M
100% of total
New York
$5K
0% of total

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