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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GARDEN CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA.

Totals

Total revenue
$143,285
Total expenses
$127,303
Contributions and grants received
$103,526
Grants paid
$85,134
Program service revenue
$13,932
Investment income
$5,153
Other revenue
$20,674
Total assets, end of year
$201,868
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$201,868
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$111,240
Management and general expenses
$16,063
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$111,240

Program services were 87.4% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $39,163

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $12,225

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $52,138

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VISITING GARDENS

    total $13,932 · related or exempt $13,932

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,153 · excluded $5,153

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $43,256

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

    $12,225

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,932

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $11,324 · excluded $11,324

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $11,799

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $2,449

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $9,350 · related or exempt $9,350

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $85,134 · program services $85,134

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,452 · management and general $4,452

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,081 · management and general $1,081

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,003 · management and general $5,003

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,712 · program services $2,712

  • 24a · Other expenses: VISITING GARDENS

    total $15,954 · program services $15,954

  • 24b · Other expenses: GCA DUES

    total $7,440 · program services $7,440

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD CH

    total $3,688 · management and general $3,688

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISC

    total $1,227 · management and general $1,227

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $612 · management and general $612

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $184,803 · end of year $199,695

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,173 · end of year $2,173

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,164

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $185,812 · end of year $201,868

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOUNDED IN 1916, THE GARDEN CLUB OF SANTA BARBARA IS A NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENCOURAGING THE KNOWLEDGE AND ENJOYMENT OF GARDENING, THE ART OF FLOWER DESIGN, THE PROTECTION OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATIVE PLANTS, THE PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC AND HORTICULTURAL RICHNESS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE ACTIVE SUPPORT OF OUR CIVIC PROJECTS. WE ACTIVELY SUPPORT THE PLANTING AND PRESERVATION OF NATIVE PLANTS THROUGH OUR SUPPORT OF SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO AND COLLABORATIONS WITH LIKE-MINDED ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS OUR LOCAL BOTANIC GARDENS AND HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OUR COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS AND CIVIC PROJECTS REMAIN THE CORE OF OUR CLUB. WE CONTINUE TO ENRICH THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR MEMBERS THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS THAT KEEP US ABREAST OF AND INVOLVED IN CURRENT TRENDS IN HORTICULTURE, CONSERVATION, AND PROTECTION OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

  • CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUPPORT OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION AND HORTICULTURAL PROJECTS

    Expenses $111,240 · Grants $85,134 · Revenue $23,282

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Vicki Hough

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jennifer Kelly

    2ND VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Maria Schmidt

    CORRESPONDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Travis Kranz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Vicki Strickland

    1ST VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Louise Casey

    RECORDING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 October 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523009349301837

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