Totals
- Total revenue
- $672,628
- Total expenses
- $662,922
- Contributions and grants received
- $670,153
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,105
- Other revenue
- $370
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,101,859
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $182,728
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $919,131
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $510,004
- Management and general expenses
- $124,229
- Fundraising expenses
- $28,689
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $510,004
Program services were 76.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1b · Membership dues
$22,670
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$65,301
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$582,182
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3 · Investment income
total $2,105 · related or exempt $2,105
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11a · Other revenue: Other income
total $370 · related or exempt $370
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11e · Other revenue, total
$370
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $122,332 · program services $85,632 · management and general $18,350 · fundraising $18,350
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $88,950 · program services $61,886 · management and general $27,064
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $15,366 · management and general $15,366
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $14,909 · program services $13,502 · management and general $709 · fundraising $698
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $17,459 · management and general $17,459
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11g · Fees: other
total $46,993 · program services $46,993
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $816 · program services $521 · management and general $192 · fundraising $103
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13 · Office expenses
total $12,295 · program services $2,251 · management and general $8,177 · fundraising $1,867
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16 · Occupancy
total $23,503 · program services $5,357 · management and general $18,146
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17 · Travel
total $1,887 · program services $1,887
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20 · Interest
total $2,119 · management and general $2,119
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $34,390 · program services $34,390
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23 · Insurance
total $15,136 · program services $6,422 · management and general $8,714
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24a · Other expenses: Walk Montecito Expenses
total $151,522 · program services $151,522
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24b · Other expenses: Direct Program Expenses
total $84,372 · program services $81,746 · management and general $1,044 · fundraising $1,582
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24c · Other expenses: Software Subscriptions
total $16,377 · program services $4,237 · management and general $6,051 · fundraising $6,089
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24d · Other expenses: Equipment costs
total $5,967 · program services $5,891 · management and general $76
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24e · All other expenses
total $8,529 · program services $7,767 · management and general $762
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $262,565 · end of year $161,418
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $688,678 · end of year $834,433
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $106,915 · end of year $18,133
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $8,343 · end of year $23,440
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$176,260
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$114,825
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $95,825 · end of year $61,435
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $3,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $131,217 · end of year $77,807
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $124,684 · end of year $104,921
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $19,608 · end of year $82,648
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $889,817 · end of year $836,483
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade was created to prepare for and respond to natural disasters and community crises through volunteer training, coordination and deployment.
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The Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade deployed 1068 volunteers who contributed 5,650 hours of community service in 2024. The year began with a winter storm emergency. 125 volunteers responded to community requests for sandbag assistance across Santa Barbara County. The Bucket Brigade also continued to build its programs that develop volunteer deployment and leadership capacity through climate-adaptive community restoration projects in Santa Barbara County specifically:Continued on Schedule OAt the Bucket Brigade Academy, 43 student leaders completed 2,945 hours of training and 72 ASHI/SOLO first-aid certifications were awarded. The top program graduates were hired as "Volunteer Coordinators" to lead weekly volunteer projects in Santa Barbara County.The Humanitarian Garden Project: Student Volunteer Coordinators led 336 volunteers through 2,843 hours of community service, restoring a one-acre watershed ecosystem.The Walk Montecito Project 1.1 miles of safe-routes-to-school trails were repaired to restore pedestrian access and improve community safety in the area affected by the 2018 debris flow.The Humanitarian Farm Project: Student Volunteer Coordinators led 451 volunteers who grew 17,392 pounds of organic produce and donated it all to local food-aid in Santa Barbara County.Work began at Ellwood Mesa Restoration Project where student Volunteer Coordinators led 81 volunteers to restore a major winter nesting site for Monarch butterflies on behalf of the City of Goleta.
Expenses $510,004
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Dr Mara Sweeney
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dr Amanda Sue Carlisle
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Craig Granet
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Denise Walden Cooper
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5
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Ben Curtis
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John Abraham Powell
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $184,422
- From this org
- $150,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,422
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,000
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,422
- Filer's total
- $184,422
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
None.
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 14 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523189349313587
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