Santa Barbara Foundation FY2020 filing

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Santa Barbara, CA501(c)(3)Since 1928Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 95-1866094Revenue $43.3M in FY2020

On file with the IRSsbfoundation.org1111 Chapala St Ste 200, 93101-3100 · Santa Barbara, CATax-exempt since May 1938Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of the Santa Barbara Foundation (sbf) is to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive and resilient communities.sbf is a community Foundation established in 1928 to enrich the lives of the people of Santa Barbara county through philanthropy. As one of the largest private sources of funding for area nonprofits, agencies and college bound students, sbf builds and facilitates philanthropy through donor partnerships; invests in nonprofits; and identifies and strategically addresses important community needs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.3M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $11.0M a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 14.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $47K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$29.9M
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$43.3M
Spent
$32.9M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$391.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$43.3M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$43.3M
FY2021$53.6M
FY2022$65.1M
FY2023$37.8M
FY2024$121.6M
Expenses
$32.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$32.9M
FY2021$43.6M
FY2022$34.0M
FY2023$35.8M
FY2024$120.0M
Net assets
$391.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$391.1M
FY2021$422.4M
FY2022$407.4M
FY2023$437.2M
FY2024$470.3M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1938.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $29.2M Management & general 7% · $2.3M Fundraising 4% · $1.4M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $1.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO Emeritus (thru 7/19/20)
$369,111Pt VII · Sec A
President & CEO
$324,918Pt VII · Sec A
$166,837Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Investments
$132,574Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Programs
$127,151Pt VII · Sec A
Controller
$104,354Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Grantmaking
$100,457Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jacqueline Carrera’s $457K as President & CEO is at the 46th percentile of top reported officer pay among 129 $100M+ philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jacqueline Carrera$457,442$401,076$372,313$326,158$324,918
Ronald Gallo Edd————$369,111
Todd Yuba$297,791$266,785$254,802$174,454—
Elizabeth Thasiah$224,387————
Tammy Sims Johnson$214,255$194,520———
Janet Mocker$187,271$171,472$159,518$154,546$166,837
Rubayi Estes—$140,900$168,641$154,389$127,151
Jessica Sanchez$144,202—$117,987$116,350—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Mobilizes philanthropic capital and donor partnerships to fund local nonprofits, address community needs, and provide college scholarships for students in Santa Barbara County.

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3 programs · $29.2M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

SBF serves the entire county of santa barbara, funding a wide range of initiatives, projects and organizations. In 2020, SBF awarded over 2,800 grants to nonprofit organizations. Grants are made through SBF from various types of funds, including: donor advised funds, donor designated funds and field of interest funds.

$23.5Mprogram expense
02

The santa barbara foundation, united way of santa barbara county and hutton parker foundation began a countywide collaborative of funders to provide assistance to individuals and families as well as organizations actively engaged in assistance efforts for members of the community affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

$4.1Mprogram expense
03

SBF provided funding of over $1 million in 2020 to the scholarship foundation of santa barbara for student aid. Through this collaboration, over 300 students of santa barbara county received scholarship awards.

$1.6Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$47K
Grants paid · 2,065 grants · $149.7M · 2020–2024
Dechomai Asset TrustFL · FY2024$7,000,000
Foothills Forever IncorporatedCA · FY2024$1,159,104
Community PartnersCA · FY2024$890,993
Lewis and Clark CollegeOR · FY2024$756,340
Animal Legal Defense Fund INCCA · FY2024$689,100
Congregation Bnai BrithCA · FY2024$605,100
Music Academy of the WestCA · FY2024$403,321
Santa Barbara Museum of ArtCA · FY2024$313,110
Lexington Observer INCMA · FY2024$300,000
State Innovation ExchangeWI · FY2024$300,000
Wyatt Family FoundationCA · FY2024$272,870
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$43.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$32.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$10.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$522K
Money outPt IX
$32.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$29.2M
Managementcol C$2.3M
Fundraisingcol D$1.4M
Owns and owesPt X
$391.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$40.7M
Total assetsLn 16$421.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$32.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$324K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$14.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$522K
Investment incomeLn 3$10.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$8.2M
Total revenueLn 12$43.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$65K
SavingsLn 2$40.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$40.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$231.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$13.8M
Other assetsLn 15$82.6M
Total assetsLn 16$421.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$29.9M
Net assetsLn 32$391.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 537
VolunteersI 660
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$34.1M$40.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$211.3M$231.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.3M$13.8M
Total assetsLn 16$392.7M$421.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$28.9M$29.9M
Net assetsLn 32$363.8M$391.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$24.2M$24.2M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$604K$604K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$85K$85K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.0M$255K$428K$337K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.2M$796K$926K$512K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$178K$65K$70K$42K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$300K$107K$121K$73K
Payroll taxesLn 10$214K$71K$88K$56K
Management feesLn 11a$319K$71K$226K$23K
Legal feesLn 11b$13K$4K$4K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$104K$104K
Investment management feesLn 11f$546K$546K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$995K$995K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$177K$127K$2K$48K
Office expensesLn 13$103K$37K$42K$24K
Information technologyLn 14$227K$85K$93K$49K
OccupancyLn 16$269K$117K$86K$66K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$57K$24K$22K$11K
InterestLn 20$3K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$227K$76K$87K$64K
InsuranceLn 23$83K$61K$18K$4K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$974K$844K$31K$99K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$9K
Total functional expensesLn 25$32.9M$29.2M$2.3M$1.4M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $121.6M$120.0M$1.6M$470.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $37.8M$35.8M$2.0M$437.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $65.1M$34.0M$31.1M$407.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $53.6M$43.6M$9.9M$422.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $43.3M$32.9M$10.3M$391.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $43,254,704 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $23,257,441$32,306,178
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $522,973$521,808
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,077,630$10,631,369
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$189,138−$204,651
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $29,668,906$43,254,704
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $28,302,151$24,863,951
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,450,553$3,946,269
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,120,650$4,106,526
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $38,873,354$32,916,746
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$9,204,448$10,337,958
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $43,254,704 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$250,000
VIII-1e Government grants$324,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$31,732,178
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$14,688,619
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$32,306,178
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $521,808$521,808
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $35,205 · Excluded from tax $2,420,865$2,456,070
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $44,714 · Excluded from tax −$285,636−$240,922
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $8,175,299$8,175,299
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $36,271$36,271
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $521,808 · Unrelated business $79,919 · Excluded from tax $10,346,799$43,254,704
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $32,916,746 across 23 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $24,174,451$24,174,451
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $604,500$604,500
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $85,000$85,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $254,940 · Management $428,391 · Fundraising $336,519$1,019,850
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $796,340 · Management $925,667 · Fundraising $512,405$2,234,412
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $65,027 · Management $70,380 · Fundraising $42,482$177,889
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $106,718 · Management $120,668 · Fundraising $72,515$299,901
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $70,692 · Management $87,829 · Fundraising $55,696$214,217
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $70,627 · Management $226,089 · Fundraising $22,576$319,292
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $3,891 · Management $3,891 · Fundraising $5,188$12,970
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $103,558$103,558
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $545,765$545,765
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $994,567$994,567
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $126,947 · Management $2,404 · Fundraising $47,614$176,965
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $37,186 · Management $41,842 · Fundraising $24,215$103,243
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $85,459 · Management $93,089 · Fundraising $48,767$227,315
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $116,724 · Management $86,374 · Fundraising $65,765$268,863
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $24,321 · Management $21,691 · Fundraising $11,098$57,110
IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,257$3,257
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $75,618 · Management $87,491 · Fundraising $64,216$227,325
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $61,313 · Management $17,515 · Fundraising $4,492$83,320
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $844,171 · Management $30,657 · Fundraising $99,490$974,318
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $8,658$8,658
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $29,156,172 · Management $2,347,536 · Fundraising $1,413,038$32,916,746
Part X · Balance sheet $420,966,327 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $5,901,538; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $94,016$64,508
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $33,984,452$40,670,728
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $45,176,463$45,523,168
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $931,191$627,857
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $116,650$144,345
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $14,301,910$13,819,857
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $94,154,197$113,679,061
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $117,162,187$117,915,856
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $80,794,142$82,619,409
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $392,665,597$420,966,327
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $537,573$328,339
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $38,141$205,250
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$602,500
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $24,658,657$25,736,975
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $28,901,481$29,865,208
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $230,790,268$244,699,005
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $132,973,848$146,402,114
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $363,764,116$391,101,119
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $392,665,597$420,966,327
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $391,101,119 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$43,254,704
XI-2 Total expenses$32,916,746
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$10,337,958
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$363,764,116
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$13,349,345
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$3,649,699
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$391,101,119

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