The Bradhering Kalouria Foundation concentrates its giving in a few targeted gifts, primarily backing a local agricultural project and selective cultural and higher-education institutions. Most dollars have gone repeatedly to Amber Waves Farm, while smaller one-off grants support university programs and historic house-museum preservation in California. The foundation appears to favor place-based farm/agriculture initiatives plus arts/cultural and educational program support rather than broad philanthropic diversification.
Concentrated and selective: few, moderately sized grants with a clear flagship grantee that receives repeated support (Amber Waves Farm), supplemented by single grants to cultural and higher-education organizations. Total number of grantees is small and funding is heavily weighted toward one recipient.
Bradhering Kalouria Foundation’s recent giving is anchored by repeated support for Amber Waves Farm, including a $52,500 grant in 2025 and another $26,500 grant in 2023. That pattern points to a funder with a small, targeted portfolio rather than broad, high-volume grantmaking. The largest awards sit alongside smaller program gifts to cultural institutions and local nonprofits, showing a mix of agricultural preservation, arts, and community support. The foundation also gave $38,500 to the University of California Santa Barbara in 2025 and $10,608 to Casa Del Herrero that same year. Those grants sit in a broader set of support that includes museums, theaters, historic sites, and select higher-education and community organizations. Across the recent grants list, the foundation appears to favor program work at organizations with a local or place-based mission, especially in New York and California. Its portfolio is compact enough that repeated recipients stand out. Amber Waves Farm appears more than once, as do Casa Del Herrero, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Bay Street Theater, Planned Parenthood, and the University of California Santa Barbara. The result is a grantmaking pattern centered on a few familiar grantees rather than a wide spread of one-time gifts.
One clear theme is sustainable agriculture and farm preservation. Bradhering Kalouria Foundation gave Amber Waves Farm $52,500 in 2025 and $26,500 in 2023, making that organization the clearest anchor in the portfolio. A second theme is cultural programming. The foundation supported Casa Del Herrero with $10,608 in 2025 and $5,350 in 2023, and it also gave $5,000 to Parrish Art Museum and $4,500 to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in 2025. Higher education is another visible thread. In 2025, the foundation granted $38,500 to University of California Santa Barbara for program work, followed by a smaller $500 grant to the same institution. Community-support grants also appear, including $10,000 and $6,000 to Food Bank of Santa Barbara and $1,000 to Planned Parenthood.
Typical grant size is small: the 25th percentile is $562, the median is $1,750, and the 75th percentile is $5,262. That distribution sits alongside a few much larger awards, suggesting a compact portfolio with occasional anchor grants. The recent record also shows recurrence across years and organizations, most clearly in grants to Amber Waves Farm and Casa Del Herrero, which appear in both 2023 and 2025. The foundation does not fund individuals and is not identified as making program-related investments. All listed gifts are program work.
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$87K
$96K
Most grants fall between $563 and $5K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$563
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$5K
About 22% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Notable grantees: Amber Waves Farm, University of California Santa Barbara, Casa del Herrero
Grants are entirely U.S.-based, with 31 recent grants to recipients in the United States. California is the top state by grant count, and the list clusters around Santa Barbara and nearby Montecito, with additional grants in New York, including Amagansett, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, and Water Mill. The foundation’s HQ is in Amagansett, NY, but its giving reaches more often into California than into New York. Smaller gifts also appear in Delaware, Maryland, and Illinois.
The recent record shows support for sustainable agriculture, cultural institutions, higher education, and some community-serving nonprofits. Named grantees include Amber Waves Farm, Casa Del Herrero, University of California Santa Barbara, Food Bank of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and Bay Street Theater.
Yes. Amber Waves Farm received grants in both 2023 and 2025, and Casa Del Herrero also appears in both years. Bay Street Theater, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Planned Parenthood, and University of California Santa Barbara each received more than one recent grant.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is small overall: p25 is $562, the median grant is $1,750, and p75 is $5,262. Recent grants range from a few hundred dollars to larger program gifts such as $52,500 and $38,500.
California is the top state by grant count, with grants to Santa Barbara, Montecito, and other California recipients appearing frequently. New York recipients also show up often, including Amagansett, East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Water Mill, and New York City.
No. The foundation does not fund individuals; the recent grants list is made up of organizations such as museums, theaters, universities, food banks, and farm-related nonprofits.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMBER WAVES FARM | AMAGANSETT, NY | $52,500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $38,500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| AMBER WAVES FARM | AMAGANSETT, NY | $26,454 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| CASA DEL HERRERO | MONTECITO, CA | $10,608 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| CASA DEL HERRERO | MONTECITO, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $6,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| PARRISH ART MUSEUM | WATER MILL, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $4,500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| GRANADA THEATER | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $3,200 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $2,500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| GRANADA THEATER | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $1,336 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| TENEMENT MUSEUM | NEW YORK, NY | $1,250 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| ONE805 | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| CIVIC INFLUENCES LEWES DE | LEWES, DE | $1,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $1,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| EAST HAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY | EAST HAMPTON, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| BAY STREET THEATER | SAG HARBOR, NY | $900 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| BAY STREET THEATER | SAG HARBOR, NY | $750 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| DREAM FOUNDATION | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $500 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| GUILD HALL EAST HAMPTON | EAST HAMPTON, NY | $420 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| SECOND STAGE THEATRE COMPANY NY | NEW YORK, NY | $400 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| LOBERO THEATER | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $400 | 2025 | PROGRAM WORK |
| AMBER WAVES FARM | AMAGANSETT, NY | $26,500 | 2023 | PROGRAM WORK |
| CASA DEL HERRERO | MONTECITO, CA | $5,350 | 2023 | PROGRAM WORK |
| SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $1,000 | 2023 | PROGRAM WORK |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION | BETHESDA, MD | $500 | 2023 | PROGRAM WORK |
| FEEDING AMERICA | CHICAGO, IL | $250 | 2023 | PROGRAM WORK |
| LOTUSLAND MONTECITO | SANTA BARBARA, CA | $120 | 2023 | PROGRAM WORK |
AMBER WAVES FARM
$52,500PROGRAM WORK
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
$38,500PROGRAM WORK
AMBER WAVES FARM
$26,454PROGRAM WORK
CASA DEL HERRERO
$10,608PROGRAM WORK
FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA
$10,000PROGRAM WORK
CASA DEL HERRERO
$10,000PROGRAM WORK
FOOD BANK OF SANTA BARBARA
PROGRAM WORK
PARRISH ART MUSEUM
$5,000PROGRAM WORK
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
$4,500PROGRAM WORK
GRANADA THEATER
$3,200PROGRAM WORK
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART
$2,500PROGRAM WORK
GRANADA THEATER
$1,336PROGRAM WORK
TENEMENT MUSEUM
$1,250PROGRAM WORK
ONE805
$1,000PROGRAM WORK
CIVIC INFLUENCES LEWES DE
$1,000PROGRAM WORK
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$1,000PROGRAM WORK
EAST HAMPTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$1,000PROGRAM WORK
BAY STREET THEATER
$900PROGRAM WORK
BAY STREET THEATER
$750PROGRAM WORK
DREAM FOUNDATION
$500PROGRAM WORK
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
$500PROGRAM WORK
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
$500PROGRAM WORK
GUILD HALL EAST HAMPTON
$420PROGRAM WORK
SECOND STAGE THEATRE COMPANY NY
$400PROGRAM WORK
LOBERO THEATER
$400PROGRAM WORK
AMBER WAVES FARM
$26,500PROGRAM WORK
CASA DEL HERRERO
$5,350PROGRAM WORK
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART
$1,000PROGRAM WORK
MULTIPLE MYELOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$500PROGRAM WORK
FEEDING AMERICA
$250PROGRAM WORK
LOTUSLAND MONTECITO
$120PROGRAM WORK