Tony and Kyra Rogers Foundation
Wilmington, DE · EIN 46-0742207. Reported 188 grants totalling $4,918,250 to 70 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". Tony and Kyra Rogers Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations Tony and Kyra Rogers Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 18 grants totalling $241,500 to them. That is 5% of the $4,849,750 of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara Foundation | community foundation | California | $119,500 | 9 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| Charitysmith Nonprofit Foundation | community foundation | California | $80,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc | federated giving programme | California | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| Women's Fund of Santa Barbara | community foundation | California | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $3,500 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $250,000.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thacher School Inc | Ojai, CA | $1,200,000 | 8 | 4 | 2025 |
| Claremont Mckenna College | Claremont, CA | $1,075,000 | 7 | 5 | 2025 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Incorporated | Santa Barbara, CA | $280,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Winter Park, FL | $275,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Storyteller Childrens Center Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $256,000 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Stud | Pasadena, CA | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $125,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $119,500 | 9 | 4 | 2025 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Charitysmith Nonprofit Foundation | Truckee, CA | $80,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Pomona College | Claremont, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Maps | Pasadena, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Crane School | Santa Barbara, CA | $61,950 | 7 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aha Attitude Harmony Achievement | Santa Barbara, CA | $47,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated | New York, NY | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc - Doctors Without | Hagerstown, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation | Frederick, MD | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History | Santa Barbara, CA | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Montecito Ideas Forum | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Onesky | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Cold Spring Harbor, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| United Way of Santa Barbara County Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood California Central Coast | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Birth Center | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Calm Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Community Environmental Council Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Good Food Institute Inc | Arlington, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Wildlife Federation | Reston, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Santa Barbara Education Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $20,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper | Santa Barbara, CA | $17,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Womens Fund of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $16,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| African Women Rising | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Middle School | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of California Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Lou Grant Parent-Child Workshop | Carpinteria, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| California Lutheran University | Thousand Oaks, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Carpinteria Childrens Project | Carpinteria, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cold Spring School Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Action Fund for Women in Africa | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Vada at Santa Barbara High School | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Transition House | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of California Santa Barbara - Arts & Le | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Anti Defamation League Foundation | New York, NY | $9,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Mission Scholars | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Sun Valley Writers Conference Inc | Monterey, CA | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Child Abuse Listening Mediation Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Inquiring Systems Inc | Santa Rosa, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| PBS Foundation | Arlington, VA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Santa Barbara Rescue Mission | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Dalmatian Dreams Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Gentle Barn Foundation | Santa Clarita, CA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| RUNX1 Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smallest Little Farm Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Marks School of Texas | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Math for America Inc | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wikimedia Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Equalitech | Goleta, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
54 of 70 (77%) received money in more than one year over the 5 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 54%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
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.
- Claremont Mckenna College
Campaign for CMC: Responsible Leadership FUND - Thacher School Inc
Senior Parent Gift: Gymkhana Field Fund - Santa Barbara Foundation
FOOTHILLS FOREVER FUND and General & Unrestricted - Charitysmith Nonprofit Foundation
Jordan Lindsey's Gentle Soul Fund - Cold Spring School Foundation
Building Bright Futures Campaign - Crane School
Crane Staffulty Endowment fund
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 158 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 59 | $1,215,700 | $5,000 |
| 2022 | 55 | $1,480,550 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 29 | $821,250 | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 9 | $397,500 | $15,000 |
| 2025 | 36 | $1,003,250 | $10,000 |
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
85% of its giving went to organizations in California.
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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. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Tony and Kyra Rogers 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: Foundation Source 501 Silverside Rd, Wilmington, DE, 19809. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 46-0742207 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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