The Shanbrom Family Foundation
Ojai, CA · EIN 77-0518326. Reported 219 grants totalling $4,188,000 to 79 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The Shanbrom Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $7,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $125,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic | Rochester, MN | $400,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Anaheim Ballet | Anaheim, CA | $325,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ojai Festivals Ltd | Ojai, CA | $275,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Irvine Foundation (uci) | Irvine, CA | $240,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ojai Valley Land Conservancy | Ojai, CA | $200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Redwoods | San Francisco, CA | $195,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of California Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures | Santa Barbara, CA | $140,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Desert Mountain Community Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Care | Atlanta, GA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief Foundation | Goleta, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Memorial Health System | Ventura, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Mesa | Ojai, CA | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Livingston Memorial Visiting Nurse Association | Ventura, CA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Overlake Hospital | Bellevue, WA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Crew | Ojai, CA | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rwanda Girls Initiative | Medina, WA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wild at Heart | Cave Creek, AZ | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Los Padres Forest Watch Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Turtle Conservancy | Ojai, CA | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara Ventura & San Luis Obispo Counties Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $65,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ojai Raptor Center | Oak View, CA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Plymouth Housing Group | Seattle, WA | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Music of Remembrance | Seattle, WA | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Agora Foundation | Ojai, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Bird Conservancy | The Plains, VA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cama | Santa Barbara, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kaminando Habitat Connectivity Initiative | Oakland, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Musical Instrument Museum | Phoenix, AZ | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ojai Cares | Ojai, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pacific Symphony | Santa Ana, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| USO | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Other Minds | San Francisco, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Central Coast State Parks Association | San Luis Obispo, CA | $32,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| San Luis Obispo Film Festival | San Luis Obispo, CA | $30,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foothills Food Bank | Carefree, AZ | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mathematical Sciences Research Institute | Berkeley, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Whispering Hope Ranch | Phoenix, AZ | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| KCNT1 Slack Epilepsy Foundation Inc | Contoocook, NH | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Philharmonic Society of Orange County | Irvine, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ptsd Now | Schaumburg, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sacramento Choral Society | Fair Oaks, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Chase Rauchle Ptsd Now | Incline Village, NV | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fibco Family Services Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Seattle Symphony Orchestra Inc | Seattle, WA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Western Fund of Vertibrate Zoology | Camarillo, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ecologistics | Los Osos, CA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Canzona | San Luis Obispo, CA | $15,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farestart (circle of Impact) | Seattle, WA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Spokes | San Luis Obispo, CA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Counseling Center | San Luis Obispo, CA | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Condor Survival Fund | Boise, ID | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Honorhealth Foundation | Scottsdale, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kcbx Inc | San Luis Obispo, CA | $10,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nate's Place Wellness and Recovery Center | Oxnard, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sempervirens | Los Altos, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of Slo County (san Luis Obispo County Young Mens Christian Association | San Luis Obispo, CA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hospice of San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| San Luis Obispo Botanical Gardens | San Luis Obispo, CA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| San Luis Obispo Master Chorale | San Luis Obispo, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Slo County Library Foundation | St Louis, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden | San Luis Obispo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Human Rights Watch | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ojai Art Center | Ojai, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| San Luis Obispo Education Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Santa Cruz Foundation | Santa Cruz, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Central Kitchen | Washington, DC | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City Farm San Luis Obispo | San Luis Obispo, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Restorative Partners Inc | San Luis Obispo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| San Luis Obispo Arts Council | San Luis Obispo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Luis Obispo Food Bank | San Luis Obispo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Luis Obispo Symphony Inc | San Luis Obispo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Transitions Mental Health Association | San Luis Obispo, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
57 of 79 (72%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 85%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Ojai Festivals Ltd
SUPPORT OF MUSIC PERFORMANCES - Mayo Clinic
MEDICAL SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS - Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION - Save the Redwoods
LAND PURCHASE FOR PUBLIC USE - University of California Irvine Foundation (uci)
MEDICAL SCHOOLSCHOLARSHIPS - Mesa
HOUSING FOR TRANSITIONAL YOUTH
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 136 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52 | $1,075,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 53 | $1,010,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 59 | $1,028,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 55 | $1,075,000 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Shanbrom Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 603 W Ojai Ave Suite a, Ojai, CA, 93023. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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