Raintree Foundation
Goleta, CA · EIN 77-0359291. Reported 128 grants totalling $5,787,990 to 56 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. Raintree 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 $5,000 and $40,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $385,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Regents of the University of California | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,351,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California Polytechnic State University Foundation | San Luis Obispo, CA | $1,200,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Washington State University Foundation | Pullman, WA | $1,000,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Teton Association | Moose, WY | $220,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Yosemite Foundation Dba Yosemite Conservancy | San Francisco, CA | $215,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Canyon Conservancy | Grand Canyon, AZ | $210,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | Santa Barbara, CA | $151,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Los Padres Boy Scouts of America | Santa Barbara, CA | $143,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sempervirens Fund | Los Altos, CA | $120,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $110,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Save the Redwoods League | San Francisco, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| California State Parks Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Santa Barbara City College Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Sbcc | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Land Trust for Santa Barbara County | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Teton Science Schools Inc | Jackson, WY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Community Foundation of Jackson Hole | Jackson, WY | $41,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Canyon Youth | Flagstaff, AZ | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Natural History Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Sbcc Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ucsb Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wilderness Youth Project Inc | Goleta, CA | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $21,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Los Padres Forest Association | Goleta, CA | $21,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Gaviota Coast Conservancy | Goleta, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Police Activities League | Santa Barbara, CA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation | Jackson, WY | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nature Track Foundation Inc | Los Olivos, CA | $11,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Avalanche Association | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California Narcotic Officers' Association | Santa Clarita, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Narcotic Officers' Association Survivors Memorial Fund | Valencia, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Child Abuse Listening Mediation Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Girls Inc of Greater Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mountain Rescue Association | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Santa Barbara Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wild Animal Sanctuary | Keenesburg, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montecito Trails Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| National Park Foundation | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Santa Barbara County Trails Council | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Los Padres Forest Watch | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Inc | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Barbara Maritime Museum | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Barbara School of Squash | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santa Ynez Valley Airport Authority | Santa Ynez, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Friends of the Goleta Valley Library | Goleta, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visiting Nurse and Hospice Care of Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Westmont College | Santa Barbara, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Maine Foundation | Orono, ME | $2,490 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Care 4 Paws | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ranch Club Estates Foundation | Buellton, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vna Health | Santa Barbara, CA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
35 of 56 (62%) 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 70%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- The Regents of the University of California
IN FURTHERANCE OF SECTION 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE - Grand Canyon Conservancy
PREVENTATIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE - Community Foundation of Jackson Hole
TCSAR/BRIDGER TETON AVALANCHE - Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
SANTA BARBARA HARBOR DEEPWATER DIVING MONUMENT - Santa Barbara Police Activities League
HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE HELP - University of Maine Foundation
SCHOLARSHIP FOR LOGAN COOK
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 86 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | $1,921,500 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 33 | $1,503,500 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 20 | $1,212,500 | $15,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,150,490 | $5,000 |
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. 72% 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 Raintree 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: 1255 Franklin Ranch Road, Goleta, CA, 93117. 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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