Funding History

The Foundation has an annual grant budget of approximately $3 million. In 2024, the Foundation awarded grants to the following organizations:

• California Rangeland Trust
• Channel Islands Restoration – San Marcos Foothills Preserve
• Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration – U.C.S.B.
• Fairview Gardens — Goleta
• Friends of the Santa Clara River — Ventura County
• Gaviota Coast Conservancy – Rancho Tajiguas Preserve
• Hollister Ranch Conservancy Tide Pool School
• Los Padres ForestWatch
• National Park Foundation – Channel Islands National Park
• NatureTrack
• Ojai Valley Land Trust
• Santa Barbara Audubon Society
• Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
• The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County
• The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County
• The Nature Conservancy
• The Wildlands Conservancy – Wind Wolves Preserve
• Trust for Public Land – Rancho Canada Larga Acquisition
• Turtle Conservancy — Ojai Educational Programs
• Ventura Land Trust
• Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology
• White Buffalo Land Trust
• Wilderness Youth Project
• Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation

A list of the Foundation’s grants and grant recipients is also included on it’s tax returns. links can be found on the “Financials” page.

The Foundation has continued solid financial support for the Arroyo Hondo Preserve, a project of The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County.

In keeping with the primary purpose, the Foundation also supports other land trusts and conservation organization such as:

• The California Rangeland Trust
• The Trust for Public Land
• The Nature Conservancy
• Hollister Ranch Tidepool School education program
• Carrizo Plain Conservancy
• and many others.