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← THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,252,804
Total expenses
$8,804,651
Contributions and grants received
$5,278,609
Grants paid
$5,727,171
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$3,775,452
Other revenue
$198,743
Total assets, end of year
$96,949,701
Total liabilities, end of year
$5,801,695
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$91,148,006
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,629,927
Management and general expenses
$1,430,750
Fundraising expenses
$743,974
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,629,927

Program services were 75.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $297,757

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $44,080

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,204,373

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,732,399

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,039,315 · unrelated business $1,333 · excluded $4,037,982

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $17,874,753

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $18,138,616

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$263,863

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$263,863 · excluded -$263,863

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $40,370

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $297,757

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $207,071

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$166,701 · excluded -$166,701

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $365,444 · excluded $365,444

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $365,444

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $4,374,684 · program services $4,374,684

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,352,487 · program services $1,352,487

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $584,502 · program services $128,170 · management and general $244,491 · fundraising $211,841

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $952,006 · program services $280,874 · management and general $411,812 · fundraising $259,320

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $59,299 · program services $15,798 · management and general $24,998 · fundraising $18,503

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $191,502 · program services $51,319 · management and general $72,162 · fundraising $68,021

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,117 · program services $29,337 · management and general $46,421 · fundraising $34,359

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $824 · management and general $824

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $735 · management and general $735

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,542 · management and general $69,542

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $325,152 · management and general $325,152

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $17,938 · program services $17,938

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $113,057 · program services $587 · fundraising $112,470

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $31,544 · management and general $30,178 · fundraising $1,366

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $90,726 · management and general $90,726

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $33,847 · management and general $33,847

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,113 · management and general $13,113

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,194 · program services $19,097 · management and general $9,097

  • 24a · Other expenses: TEXTBOOKS

    total $358,405 · program services $358,405

  • 24b · Other expenses: DONOR CULTIVATION

    total $38,094 · fundraising $38,094

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $32,093 · management and general $32,093

  • 24d · Other expenses: MAINTANENCE & REPAIRS

    total $6,211 · management and general $6,211

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $20,579 · program services $1,231 · management and general $19,348

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,230,864 · end of year $914,150

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $8,060,662 · end of year $8,433,083

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,248,919 · end of year $1,356,851

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $63,086 · end of year $64,096

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $71,571 · end of year $23,874

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $370,175

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $349,365

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,912 · end of year $20,810

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $56,601,322 · end of year $59,955,902

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $9,754,194 · end of year $14,623,445

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $7,760,718 · end of year $7,835,205

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,929,635 · end of year $3,722,285

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,490,455 · end of year $2,151,825

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $2,649,700 · end of year $3,169,685

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $509,494 · end of year $480,185

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,945,115 · end of year $17,302,432

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $67,154,119 · end of year $73,845,574

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS AN INDEPENDENT 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND PARTNER TO SBCC, THE SBCC FOUNDATION AWARDS MORE THAN $5 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS PROGRAMS, SCHOLARSHIPS, BOOK GRANTS, EMERGENCY FUNDS, AND OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS OF THE COLLEGE. FOR NEARLY FIVE DECADES, THE RESOURCES RAISED AND MANAGED BY THE SBCC FOUNDATION HAVE SUPPORTED SBCC STUDENTS AS THEY PREPARE FOR CAREERS, TRANSFER TO FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES, AND PURSUE LIFELONG LEARNING GOALS. IN 2016, THE FOUNDATION CREATED THE SBCC PROMISE, OFFERING ALL RECENT, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND SBCC FULL-TIME AT NO COST. THE SBCC PROMISE RELIES ENTIRELY ON PRIVATE SUPPORT AND COVERS ALL REQUIRED FEES, BOOKS, AND SUPPLIES FOR UP TO TWO YEARS. TO DATE, MORE THAN 7,500 LOCAL STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE SBCC PROMISE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SBCC FOUNDATION FUELS THE EXCELLENCE OF SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE BY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND INVITING THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS. THE RESOURCES RAISED AND MANAGED BY THE FOUNDATION ENRICH COLLEGE PROGRAMS, REMOVE BARRIERS, AND EMPOWER STUDENTS TO SUCCEED.

  • THE SBCC FOUNDATION PROVIDED $2.4 MILLION IN SUPPORT TO COLLEGE DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR. THESE RESOURCES ALLOW COLLEGE FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS TO IMPROVE EXISTING PROGRAMS, EXPERIMENT WITH NEW AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, AND ACHIEVE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC OUTCOMES.

    Expenses $2,812,543 · Grants $2,108,245

  • THE SBCC FOUNDATION PROVIDED OVER $1.3 MILLION IN DIRECT STUDENT SUPPORT, IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BOOKS GRANTS, TO MORE THAN 1100 STUDENTS IN THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR. FOR MANY STUDENTS, THIS SUPPORT CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DROPPING OUT OF COLLEGE AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING A DEGREE, CERTIFICATE, OR TRANSFER PROGRAM. THE SBCC FOUNDATION ALSO CONTINUED TO FUND IMPORTANT STUDENT SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT SERVE SINGLE-PARENT STUDENTS, UNDERPREPARED HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, AND THOSE RECENTLY RELEASED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WHO ARE STARTING COLLEGE. ACCORDING TO THE COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION, SCHOLARSHIPS ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON STUDENT MATRICULATION RATES.

    Expenses $1,344,368 · Grants $1,344,368

  • THE SBCC FOUNDATION CREATED THE SBCC PROMISE IN 2016, TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY'S COLLEGE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE TO ALL RECENT LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. THE SBCC PROMISE OFFERS TWO YEARS OF COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT (COVERING ALL REQUIRED FEES, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES) TO ANY LOCAL STUDENT WHO ENROLLS FULL TIME AT SBCC IN THE FALL OR SPRING SEMESTER FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION WITHIN THE SBCC DISTRICT. IN THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, MORE THAN 1,800 SBCC PROMISE STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED. RESEARCH ON COLLEGE ACHIEVEMENT CORRELATES A STUDENT'S CHANCE OF SUCCESS WITH EARLY ENROLLMENT, FULL-TIME STUDENT STATUS, AND ACCESS TO ACADEMIC COUNSELING AND SUPPORT. THE SBCC PROMISE INCLUDES ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS, PROVIDING $2.2 MILLION IN SUPPORT TO SBCC PROMISE STUDENTS IN THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR.

    Expenses $2,473,016 · Grants $2,274,558

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Paloma Arnold

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC

    Total calculated
    $268,999
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,192
    Other
    $26,807
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $242,192 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $26,807 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $268,999 related
  • Carola Smith

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC

    Total calculated
    $267,456
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $244,650
    Other
    $22,806
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $244,650 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,806 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $267,456 related
  • Joshua Ramirez

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC (AS OF 06/24)

    Total calculated
    $165,926
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $142,928
    Other
    $22,998
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $142,928 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,998 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $165,926 related
  • Kimberly Monda

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC (THRU 04/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $163,674
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,674
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $163,674 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $163,674 related
  • Erika Endrijonas

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC

    Total calculated
    $152,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $139,722
    Other
    $12,528
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $139,722 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $12,528 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $152,250 related
  • Robert K Miller

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC

    Total calculated
    $23,543
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $4,800
    Other
    $18,743
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Elizabeth Wilmer

    EX-OFFICIO - SBCC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Madeleine Jacobson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Laurie Ashton

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michelle Lee Pickett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Kaganoff

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wendy Read

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roger Durling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Loosvelt

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/09/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul Menzel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carola Nicholson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pedro Paz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ben Scott

    DIRECTOR (THRU 08/31/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Silver

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Tabar

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarah De Tagyos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Vincent

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Geoff Green Chief

    EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 01/02/24)

    Total calculated
    $318,370
    From this org
    $275,705
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,665
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $275,705
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,153
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,512
    Filer's total
    $318,370
  • Zorana Morris

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $190,403
    From this org
    $155,446
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,957
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,899
    Bonus
    $5,547
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,901
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,056
    Filer's total
    $190,403
  • Bobbi Abram Chief

    EXECUTIVE OFFICER (AS OF 05/01/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sarah Stretz

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,900
    From this org
    $153,809
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,091
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,262
    Bonus
    $5,547
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $91
    Filer's total
    $156,900
  • Rachel Johnson

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $156,570
    From this org
    $136,959
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,611
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,412
    Bonus
    $547
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,282
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,329
    Filer's total
    $156,570

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
DISCRETIONARY BASED BONUSES WERE AWARDED DURING THE YEAR.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

    COMMUNITY COLLEGE · CA

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • 525 ANACAPA LLC

    OWN, MANAGE, AND LEASE TO SBCC FOR EDUCATION AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES · CA · income $288,000 · assets $7,184,656

    Directly controlled by THE FOUNDATION FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • MEM EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TRUST UDT DATED AUGUST 3 2022

    T · EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TRUST · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION

  • MONTECITO ESTATE MANAGEMENT LLC

    C · PROPERTY MANAGEMENT · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by MEM EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TRUST UDT DATED AUGUST 3 2022

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (6)

    FOUNDATION SUPPORT · CA

  • POOLED INCOME FUND (2)

    FOUNDATION SUPPORT · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521309349300542

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