Towbes Foundation
Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · EIN 95-3519577 · reported 2023–2025
190grants reported
$10Kmedian award
$5,500lower quartile
$1,000smallest grant
$2.5Mtotal paid
2states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 1 of its 190 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $7,500 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 20130
Santa Barbara, CA 93120-0130
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Foundation Towbes Foundation Donor Advised Fund | Santa Barbara, CA | $170,575 |
| Community Partners for Youthwell GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT & WELLNESS CENTER/HUB | Santa Barbara, CA | $65,000 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Fnd PEDIATRIC RESILIENCY COLLABORATIVE (PERC) | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Fnd MIND THRIVE PILOT | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation Recruit, Retain, Rest & Recuperation (4R) Grant Program | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 |
| UC Santa Barbara Foundation EAOP, McEnroe Reading Clinic, AND HEALING SPACE general operating support | Santa Barbara, CA | $48,250 |
| Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundatio Annual Funding-34,000 for Scholarships/6,000 for GOS | Santa Barbara, CA | $40,000 |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Bar Annual Funding for scholarships and general operating support | Santa Barbara, CA | $40,000 |
| Channel Islands YMCA My Home at Lyons House & Runaway Homeless Youth programs | Carpinteria, CA | $38,250 |
| Leap Learnengageadvocatepartner GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT & CHILDREN'S CENTER IN LOMPOC | Goleta, CA | $35,000 |
| Planned Parenthood CA Central Coast BEHAVIOR HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND Post-Partum Home Visitation Program | Santa Barbara, CA | $33,500 |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation Innovate DP | Santa Barbara, CA | $32,250 |
| UC Santa Barbara Foundation EAOP, McEnroe Reading Clinic, AND HEALING SPACE general operating support | Santa Barbara, CA | $31,250 |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT & MISSION SCHOLARS COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation Towbes Foundation Donor Advised Fund | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 |
| Child Abuse Listening Mediation Home visitation program | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County SUPPORT THE FUN IN THE SUN PROGRAM | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 |
| Openminds Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 |
| Child Abuse Listening Mediation Community-Based Organization Coalition | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation Recruit, Retain, Rest & Recuperation (4R) Grant Program | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 |
| New Beginnings Counseling Center DONALD J. WILLFONG COMMUNITY COUNSELING CLINIC | Santa Barbara, CA | $24,000 |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County SUPPORT THE FUN IN THE SUN PROGRAM | Santa Barbara, CA | $24,000 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation CONTRIBUTION TO THE TOWBES FUND, A DONOR ADVISED FUND. | Santa Barbara, CA | $23,900 |
| Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse CADA MENTOR PROGRAM & CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,500 |
| Family Service Agency of Santa Barb | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,500 |
| Storyteller Children's Center | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,500 |
| Child Abuse Listening Mediation Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorder Treatment Program | Santa Barbara, CA | $21,500 |
| Innovate DP Innovate DP | Goleta, CA | $20,000 |
| Family Service Agency of Santa Barb | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 |
| New Beginnings Counseling Center DONALD J. WILLFONG COMMUNITY COUNSELING CLINIC | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 |
| Storyteller Children's Center | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 |
| Santa Barbara School of Squash Unrestricted Grant Award | Santa Barbara, CA | $18,250 |
| Freedom 4 Youth | Santa Barbara, CA | $17,500 |
| United Boys Girls Clubs of SB Count | Santa Barbara, CA | $16,125 |
| Channel Islands YMCA GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - Runaway Homeless Youth programs | Santa Barbara, CA | $16,125 |
| United Boys Girls Clubs of SB Count | Santa Barbara, CA | $16,125 |
| Planned Parenthood CA Central Coast BEHAVIOR HEALTH PROGRAMMING AND Post-Partum Home Visitation Program | Santa Barbara, CA | $16,000 |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara Inc BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING FOR YOUTH PROGRAMMING | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,750 |
| Pathpoint BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SERVICES | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 |
| San Marcos High School Royal Pride CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR WELLNESS CENTER | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation PEER BUDDIES GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Los Olivos, CA | $14,200 |
| Pacific Pride Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $14,000 |
| Leap Learnengageadvocatepartner | Goleta, CA | $13,500 |
| Pacific Pride Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $13,500 |
| St Vincent's Santa Barbara FAMILY STRENGTHENING PROGRAM | Santa Barbara, CA | $13,500 |
| Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Boys Girls Club of Mid Central Coas | Santa Maria, CA | $12,500 |
| Casa Pacifica Centers for Children Safe Alternatives Treating Youth Mobile Crisis Services | Camarillo, CA | $12,500 |
| Future Leaders of America | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Santa Barbara Police Activities Lea LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Vna Health Foundation VNA HEALTH BEREAVEMENT CARE PROGRAM | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Foundation for Santa Barbara City C SBCC Running Start | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Boys Girls Club of the Central Coas The Building Blocks to Great Futures | Santa Maria, CA | $12,500 |
| Vna Health Foundation VNA HEALTH BEREAVEMENT CARE PROGRAM | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,500 |
| Casa Serena Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,000 |
| Cuyama Valley Family Resource Cente | New Cuyama, CA | $12,000 |
| Wilderness Youth Project | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,000 |
| Marian Regional Medical Center Fnd | Santa Maria, CA | $12,000 |
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