Audacious Foundation
Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · EIN 47-4602068 · reported 2023–2025
88grants reported
$5,000median award
$3,000lower quartile
$150smallest grant
$3.4Mtotal paid
4states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 2 of its 88 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $4,800 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
PO Box 91340
Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1340
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated REACH Fellowship, supporting first generation college going, lower income youth to achieve their ful | Santa Barbara, CA | $625,138 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated REACH Fellowship, supporting first generation college going, lower income youth to achieve their ful | Santa Barbara, CA | $512,006 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated REACH Fellowship, supporting first generation college going, lower income youth to achieve their ful | Santa Barbara, CA | $503,900 |
| Explore Ecology Garden Explorers Early Childhood Education Project in 24-25 | Santa Barbara, CA | $340,000 |
| Explore Ecology Preschool Nature-Based Environmental Education Program | Santa Barbara, CA | $337,412 |
| Explore Ecology "Garden Explorers" cultivating garden education opportunities in early childhood communities, includ | Santa Barbara, CA | $250,000 |
| Children and Family Resource Services Conclusion of the Future Smiles program, supporting 343 patients enrolled and documenting program to | Santa Barbara, CA | $95,000 |
| Naturetrack Foundation Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature program which provides K-12 youth field trips for child | Los Olivos, CA | $50,000 |
| Golden State South Mtb Expand youth mountain biking including scholarships, clinics, try it out days, and CycleMAYnia event | Goleta, CA | $45,000 |
| Our Lady of Mt Carmel Elementary School Rediscovering Joy in Teaching, a convening of Santa Barbara and Ventura County Catholic Schools for | Santa Barbara, CA | $42,000 |
| Planned Parenthood California Central Coast Postpartum home visitation program for newborn parents, providing lactation support and post-partum | Santa Barbara, CA | $40,000 |
| Ventura Land Trust Nature by Design outdoor education program at Our Lady of Guadalupe and Briggs Elementary in 24-25 | Ventura, CA | $40,000 |
| Ventura Land Trust Nature by Design, which creates meaningful outdoor experiences to reawaken an innate human affinity | Ventura, CA | $39,000 |
| Children and Nature Network Economic Value of Greening Early Care and Education Outdoor Spaces | St Paul, MN | $27,500 |
| Explore Ecology Garden education support at Notre Dame School for 24-25 | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,266 |
| Channel Islands YMCA Swim Lessons for low-income students in partnership with 3 schools 2023 (Notre Dame, Our Lady of Gua | Carpinteria, CA | $21,000 |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe School Scholarships for low-income families | Oxnard, CA | $20,000 |
| One Sport Foundation After-school soccer clinics on school campuses Spring 2023. These classes were held on the campuses | Santa Barbara, CA | $19,800 |
| One Sport Foundation After-school soccer clinics Spring 2024 at Notre Dame and La Purisima Schools | Santa Barbara, CA | $19,800 |
| Dos Pueblos High School Dos Pueblos Media student experiences, such as taking students to the Student Television Network (ST | Goleta, CA | $17,650 |
| Our Lady of Guadalupe School Garden Education Manager for 24-25 school year, including supplies, maintenance, and materials | Oxnard, CA | $17,500 |
| Ojai Valley Youth Foundation LOUD after-school music program at two schools in Ojai, CA 24-25 school year, plus expansion plannin | Ojai, CA | $17,350 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation HOPE Facilitator and Champion Training for a cohort of Santa Barbara County leaders | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 |
| Kaboom Creation of a new playspace in Hyattsville, MD | Bethesda, MD | $15,000 |
| Channel Islands YMCA Swim Lessons for students at 2 elementary schools during 23-24 school year: Our Lady of Guadalupe an | Carpinteria, CA | $14,740 |
| Santa Maria Valley YMCA Preschool swim lessons for 30 children, plus swim lessons for Guadalupe or Santa Maria school childr | Santa Maria, CA | $12,000 |
| Community Environmental Council Rethink the Drink at 3 Schools in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties 2023-24, plus CEC Green Gala Gr | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,000 |
| Naturetrack Foundation Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature student trips 2023 - 2024 | Los Olivos, CA | $10,444 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation 10th Annual School Wellness Summit's Week of Wellness October 2-6, 2023 | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 |
| St Raphael Elementary School Student swim lessons, during the school day, in the 23-24 school year | Santa Barbara, CA | $8,231 |
| Guadalupe Union School District Swim lessons for 3rd grade elementary students (130 students) | Guadalupe, CA | $7,000 |
| The Foundation Roundtable Nonprofit Resource Network, Partnership for Excellence, and Foundation Roundtable | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,000 |
| The Foundation Roundtable PFE Sponsorship, NPRN, and Roundtable Dues | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,000 |
| Channel Islands YMCA Summer Swim Lessons for students | Carpinteria, CA | $6,854 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation Key Class programming for 23-24, providing Life Skills Classes to eighth grade students at three sch | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,650 |
| The Foundation Roundtable PFE Sponsorship, NPRN, and Roundtable Dues | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,500 |
| Fund for Santa Barbara Yes 4 Lompoc Kids to improve Lompoc School Facilities | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,500 |
| Channel Islands YMCA Swim Lessons for low-income students in partnership with 1 school 2023 (St Anthony's) | Carpinteria, CA | $5,226 |
| Children's Creative Project Dance Workshops in 24-25 school year at La Purisima School | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,042 |
| Channel Islands YMCA Transportation for swim lessons at Our Lady of Guadalupe Feb 2 2026 - Mar 30, 2026 | Carpinteria, CA | $5,011 |
| Children's Resource & Referral Spruce Up Grant for WINGS Preschool Outdoor Classroom supplemental turf installation | Santa Maria, CA | $5,000 |
| Goleta Union School District Spruce Up grant for an Outdoor Large Motor Activity Set at Hollister Preschool | Goleta, CA | $5,000 |
| Goleta Union School District Spruce Up Grant for Outdoor Play Equipment at La Patera Preschool | Goleta, CA | $5,000 |
| Hope School District Spruce Up Grant for developing an outdoor classroom with large loose parts and storage at Hope Schoo | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| Isla Vista Youth Projects Dba Leap Spruce Up Grant for Hands-On Outdoor Science Stations (Phelps Rd. Goleta Campus) | Goleta, CA | $5,000 |
| Leading From Within 2023 Emergence Lab to be held in October 2023, on behalf of Kiva | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| Santa Barbara County Education Office Spruce Up Grant for outdoor garden area with outdoor furniture and planters at 3 sites, Transforming | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| Santa Maria Valley YMCA Spruce Up Grant for outdoor classroom enhancements, including storage space, sensory tables, imagina | Santa Maria, CA | $5,000 |
| South Coast Montessori Spruce Up Grant for indoor and outdoor materials for your Primary preschool environments | Goleta, CA | $5,000 |
| Starr-King Parent-Child Workshop Spruce Up Grant to provide a new weather-proof home for animals | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| University of California Santa Barbara Spruce Up Grant for The Infant Toddler Yard Enhancements for a new infant climbing structure and pla | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 |
| Ventura College Foundation Spruce Up Grant for Outdoor Classroom Environment Nature Enhancement including a gazebo, garden boxe | Ventura, CA | $5,000 |
| Zaca Center Preschool Spruce Up Grant for replacement of outdoor discovery centers including wood working benches, tool be | Buellton, CA | $5,000 |
| Dos Pueblos High School Foundation Dos Pueblos Media Student Scholarships | Goleta, CA | $5,000 |
| Foundation for Santa Barbara City College Spruce Up Grant for outdoor shade & resource cabinets for the Orfalea Early Learning Center, 2023-20 | Santa Barbara, CA | $4,950 |
| University of California Santa Barbara Spruce Up Grant for Toddler Play Yard Renovations | Santa Barbara, CA | $4,789 |
| Isla Vista Youth Projects Dba Leap Spruce Up Grant for Hands-On Outdoor Science Stations (Isla Vista Campus) | Goleta, CA | $4,700 |
| First Presbyterian Church Santa Barbara Spruce Up Grant for 7 Stages of Block Play, replacing materials in the block area outdoor classrooms | Santa Barbara, CA | $4,550 |
| Hope School District Spruce Up Grant for Outdoor Classroom Storage Unit and Portable Play Panels at Vieja Valley | Santa Barbara, CA | $4,428 |
| Naturetrack Foundation Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature student trips 2023 - 2024 | Los Olivos, CA | $4,360 |
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