Balay KO Foundation
Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · EIN 87-3998943 · reported 2023–2025
50grants reported
$267Kmedian award
$100Klower quartile
$5,000smallest grant
$25.3Mtotal paid
3states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 50 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $712K 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
525 San Ysidro RD Ste D Pmb 174
Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2159
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dignitymoves | San Francisco, CA | $3,223,533 |
| Transition House | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,002,372 |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,783,000 |
| San Luis Obispo Non-Profit Housing Corp | San Luis Obispo, CA | $1,741,285 |
| Food Bank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,735,965 |
| Echo Shelter | Atascadero, CA | $1,044,159 |
| Salt Light Works | Visalia, CA | $1,000,000 |
| MY Friend's Place | Hollywood, CA | $1,000,000 |
| Salt Light | Visalia, CA | $830,000 |
| People's Self Help Housing | San Luis Obispo, CA | $800,000 |
| Food Bank of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $718,000 |
| Good Samaritan Shelter | Santa Maria, CA | $650,000 |
| Casa Pacifica | Camarillo, CA | $626,518 |
| 5cities Homeless Coalition | Grover Beach, CA | $501,519 |
| Good Samaritan Shelter | Santa Maria, CA | $500,000 |
| Mesa | Ojai, CA | $500,000 |
| MY Friend's Place | Hollywood, CA | $500,000 |
| Salt Light Works | Visalia, CA | $500,000 |
| Slo Food Bank | San Luis Obispo, CA | $500,000 |
| Center of Hollywood | Hollywood, CA | $500,000 |
| Good Samaritan Shelter | Santa Maria, CA | $355,000 |
| 805 Street Outreach | San Luis Obispo, CA | $350,000 |
| Slo Food Bank | San Luis Obispo, CA | $300,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood | Los Angeles, CA | $286,966 |
| Dignitymoves | Los Angeles, CA | $283,218 |
| Slo Food Bank | San Luis Obispo, CA | $250,000 |
| First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood | Hollywood, CA | $225,000 |
| EL Camino Homeless Organization | Atascadero, CA | $220,000 |
| Food Bank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $200,445 |
| Food for Life Ministry | Chino, CA | $200,000 |
| 5cities Homeless Coalition | Grover Beach, CA | $169,349 |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 |
| Path of Santa Barbara | City of Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 |
| EL Camino Homeless Organization | Atascadero, CA | $127,500 |
| New Beginnings | Lewiston, ME | $125,000 |
| Meals That Connect | San Luis Obispo, CA | $105,462 |
| New Beginnings | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,500 |
| Transition House | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 |
| Veggie Rescue | Santa Ynez, CA | $100,000 |
| 5cities Homeless Coalition | Grover Beach, CA | $100,000 |
| MY Friends Place | Dover, NH | $100,000 |
| The Center in Hollywood | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 |
| Estero Bay Kindness Coalition | Cayucos, CA | $88,200 |
| East San Gabriel Valley Coalition for the Homeless | City of Industy, CA | $87,000 |
| East San Gabriel Valley Coalition | LA Puente, CA | $75,000 |
| East San Gabriel Valley Coalition for the Homeless | City of Industy, CA | $75,000 |
| Echo Shelter | Atascadero, CA | $36,518 |
| Transition House Shelter | Santa Barbara, CA | $14,781 |
| Food Finders Inc | Los Alamitos, CA | $5,000 |
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