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← SANTA BARBARA BUCKET BRIGADE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SANTA BARBARA BUCKET BRIGADE.

Totals

Total revenue
$625,254
Total expenses
$978,438
Contributions and grants received
$623,261
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,605
Other revenue
$388
Total assets, end of year
$1,165,326
Total liabilities, end of year
$255,901
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$909,425
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$741,459
Management and general expenses
$203,592
Fundraising expenses
$33,387
Program service expenses (Part III)
$741,459

Program services were 75.8% 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

    $98,441

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $96,787

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $428,033

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $425

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,605 · related or exempt $1,605

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other income

    total $388 · related or exempt $388

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $388

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,986 · program services $86,090 · management and general $18,448 · fundraising $18,448

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $166,724 · program services $98,179 · management and general $68,545

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $11,776 · program services $10,575 · fundraising $1,201

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $23,317 · program services $16,272 · management and general $5,804 · fundraising $1,241

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $5,000 · management and general $5,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $51,844 · management and general $51,844

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $3,276 · fundraising $3,276

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,046 · program services $2,994 · management and general $2,052

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,940 · program services $992 · management and general $11,463 · fundraising $3,485

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $16,717 · management and general $16,717

  • 17 · Travel

    total $952 · program services $899 · management and general $53

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,691 · management and general $3,691

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $32,240 · program services $32,240

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,004 · program services $12,959 · management and general $14,045

  • 24a · Other expenses: Walk Montecito Expenses

    total $252,651 · program services $252,651

  • 24b · Other expenses: Direct Program Expenses

    total $168,778 · program services $168,778

  • 24c · Other expenses: Auto Expenses

    total $52,413 · program services $52,413

  • 24d · Other expenses: Software Subscriptions

    total $14,852 · program services $3,186 · management and general $5,930 · fundraising $5,736

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,231 · program services $3,231

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $174,593 · end of year $262,565

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $855,835 · end of year $688,678

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $309,649 · end of year $106,915

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,955 · end of year $8,343

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

    $176,260

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

    $80,435

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $104,383 · end of year $95,825

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,000 · end of year $3,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $62,972 · end of year $131,217

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $142,834 · end of year $124,684

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $130,051 · end of year $19,608

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,132,558 · end of year $889,817

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • The Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade began 2023 with a winter storm deployment to prepare for and respond to a statewide flooding emergency. 363 volunteers responded to community requests for assistance at 46 sites across Santa Barbara County. 11 Bucket Brigade Academy-trained student Team Leaders successfully led disaster prevention and relief efforts at 12 sites in the first real-world test of the Academy leadership training system in response to a natural disaster.Following the completion of the food relief effort, the Bucket Brigade continued to build its programs that develop volunteer deployment and Continued on Schedule Oleadership capacity through innovative community restoration projects in Santa Barbara County. At the Bucket Brigade Academy, 39 student leaders completed 2,280 hours of training and 51 ASHI/SOLO first-aid certifications were awarded. A two-acre watershed ecosystem restoration was completed at The Bucket Brigade Humanitarian Garden project. 1.3 miles of new safe-routes-to-school trails were constructed to restore and improve pedestrian access and improve community safety through the CSAC Challenge Award-winning Walk Montecito Project.Work began on the Humanitarian Farm Project to teach volunteers and student leaders urban organic farming for the purpose of growing healthy produce to support local food-aid programs and to strengthen local food system resilience.

    Expenses $741,459

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Greg Tebbe

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Craig Granet

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Stuart J Birdt

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Ann Burgard

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dr Amanda Sue Carlisle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Denise Walden Cooper

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Curtis

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Geoff Green

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sean Koffel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Abraham Powell

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $130,151
    From this org
    $130,151
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403209349314565

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