Mosher Foundation
Santa Barbara, CA · EIN 95-6037266. Reported 245 grants totalling $4,785,740 to 125 recipients across tax years 2022-2025. 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. Mosher 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 $3,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $12,800; the smallest was $200 and the largest $300,000. 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. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $602,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $502,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Music Academy of the West | Santa Barbara, CA | $412,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sansum Diabetes Research Institute | Santa Barbara, CA | $309,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Foundation for Cottage Rehabilitation and Goleta Valley | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Moxi | Santa Barbara, CA | $137,100 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Cama | Santa Barbara, CA | $134,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $119,000 | 6 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Zoo | Santa Barbara, CA | $112,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cancer Center of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $106,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opera Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| San Marcos High School Royal Pride Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara International Film Festival Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Vna Health | Santa Barbara, CA | $79,300 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts | Santa Barbara, CA | $72,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $69,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | $58,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mission Scholars | Santa Barbara, CA | $51,900 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Elings Park Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $51,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Enviromental Council of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lompoc Theatre Project Corporation | Lompoc, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Providence School | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Symphony | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| UC Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics | Santa Barbara, CA | $38,400 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Organic Soup Kitchen | Santa Barbara, CA | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Hospice of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Apples to Zucchini Cooking School | Santa Barbara, CA | $32,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Aaple Academy Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $31,050 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Foundation Roundtable | Santa Barbara, CA | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,200 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lompoc Teen Center | Lompoc, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friendship Center | Santa Barbara, CA | $28,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cottage Health Care System | Santa Barbara, CA | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| John Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Santa Barbara Club Preservation Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $23,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Explore Ecology | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Laguna Blanca School | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Naturetrack Foundation | Los Olivos, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Choral Society | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| State Street Ballet | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| White Buffalo Land Trust | Summerland, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women's Economic Ventures | Santa Barbara, CA | $19,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Leading From Within | Santa Barbara, CA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | Santa Barbara, CA | $13,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friendship Paddle | Santa Barbara, CA | $12,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lobero Theatre Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $11,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| UC Regents | Santa Barbara, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Storyteller Children's Center Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,900 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Carriage Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara | Goleta, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Good Shepherd Preschool | Goleta, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County (mental Wellness Center) | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Montecito Union School Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Moon Bear Wildlife Sanctuary | Occidental, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Students for Eco-Education and Agriculture Inc | Ventura, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Granada Theatre | Santa Barbara, CA | $9,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| ONE805 Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $9,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Art | Santa Barbara, CA | $8,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Calm | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| All Saints-By-the-Sea Episocpal Church | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Cheadle Center for Biodiversity | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Historical Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,800 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,750 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara International Orchid Show Inc | Carpinteria, CA | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Festival Ballet | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 911 at Ease International Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Goleta | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Children & Family Resource Services | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flamenco Arts Festival | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Montecito Community Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $4,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| National Audubon Society Inc | New York, NY | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Creative Project | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lifechronicles Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Exponent Philanthropy | Washington, DC | $3,290 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $3,250 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Kids in Nutrition | Sunnyvale, CA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels | Goleta, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Santa Ynez High School | Santa Ynez, CA | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Grace Fisher Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Philanthropy Roundtable | Washington, DC | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Spotlight Kids Camp | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Santa Barbara Birth Center | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,300 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Food From the Heart | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Gwendolyn Strong Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Heal the Ocean | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Momentum Work Inc | Carpinteria, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wildling Art Museum | Solvang, CA | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program | Solvang, CA | $1,350 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Adama Foundation | Venice, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| California Nature Art Museum | Solvang, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| CASA Del Herrero | Montecito, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Catholic Charities of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Community Friends of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dream Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Girls Inc Carpinteria | Carpinteria, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Boy Scouts of America Council | Irving, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Showers of Blessings Santa Barbara | Goleta, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project Inc | New York, NY | $800 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Transition House | Santa Barbara, CA | $750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Architectural Foundation of Sb | Santa Barbara, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dance Ojai | Ojai, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kiwanis Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Linda Vista Adventist Elementary School | Oxnard, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| People Helping People | Solvang, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unity Shoppe Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
64 of 125 (51%) 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 65%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
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.
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
IN FURTHERANCE OF SECTION 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Santa Barbara Foundation
ROOTED SANTA BARBARA COUNTY - Music Academy of the West
GUEST ARTIST SERIES - SPRING 2023 - Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts
CAMINA BURANA PERFORMANCE & DEBT SERVICE - Lompoc Teen Center
JAZZ AND R&B CONCERT SPONSOR - Calm
CALM AT HEART - INNOVATOR
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 166 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 37 | $507,545 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 63 | $1,179,465 | $3,000 |
| 2024 | 67 | $1,532,780 | $3,000 |
| 2025 | 78 | $1,565,950 | $5,100 |
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
99% of its giving went to organizations in California. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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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 a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $3,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- 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 Mosher Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1079, Santa Barbara, CA, 93102. 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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