MONTECITO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

EIN 95-3614638 SANTA BARBARA, CA

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Revenue 2024: $237,765
Expenses 2024: $187,099

Program services were 75.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
Classification: 1000
Street: PO BOX 5788

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE MONTECITO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED TO RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING FROM THE SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO OFFER THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THE MONTECITO LIBRARY CAN CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, TIMELY RESOURCES & RESPONSIVE ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF LEARNING, SHARING AND CREATING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MONTECITO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION FORMED TO RAISE MUCH NEEDED FUNDS IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA TO THE SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO OFFER THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THE MONTECITO LIBRARY CAN CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING, TIMELY RESOURCES & RESPONSIVE ASSISTANCE TO FOSTER A THRIVING COMMUNITY OF LEARNING, SHARING AND CREATING.

FOSTERING COMMUNITY AWARENESS, SUPPORT AND USE OF THE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE MONTECITO LIBRARY BY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL GRANT TO THE SANTA BARBARA PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM, WHO IN TURN IS BETTER ABLE TO FACILITATE THE SUSTAINMENT OF THE MONTECITO LIBRARY AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL OF OPERATIONS. THESE PUBLIC DONATIONS ARE ULTIMATELY USED TO HELP FUND OPERATIONS AND SPONSOR PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ADD TO THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO ENCOURAGE THE INTRODUCTION AND USE OF DEVELOPING LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING AN ACTIVE CHILDREN'S PROGRAM IN COORDINATION WITH EXISTING SCHOOL AND LIBRARY PROGRAMS.

Expenses $141,180 · Grants $127,790

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Pat SaleyPAT SALEY

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Kendra EpleyKENDRA EPLEY

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Kelly HatchettKELLY HATCHETT

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
Louise KellyLOUISE KELLY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Melissa FranklinMELISSA FRANKLIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jason SiemensJASON SIEMENS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jeff DonahueJEFF DONAHUE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Zoe CopusZOE COPUS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$237,765

Expenses

$187,099

Contributions

$146,493

Grants paid

$127,790
2023

Revenue

$127,038

Expenses

$169,911

Contributions

$103,520

Grants paid

$125,000
2022

Revenue

$131,339

Expenses

$230,544

Contributions

$132,274

Grants paid

$187,500

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$237,765	$187,099	$146,493	$127,790
2023	$127,038	$169,911	$103,520	$125,000
2022	$131,339	$230,544	$132,274	$187,500

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$301,938

Expenses

$107,553

Assets (EOY)

$1,281,572
2020 · 990

Revenue

$351,554

Expenses

$193,697

Assets (EOY)

$1,459,408
2019 · 990

Revenue

$52,692

Expenses

$173,229

Assets (EOY)

$1,182,858
2018 · 990

Revenue

$216,357

Expenses

$44,009

Assets (EOY)

$1,114,121
2017 · 990

Revenue

$501,984

Expenses

$269,492

Assets (EOY)

$951,764
2015 · 990

Revenue

$165,500

Expenses

$54,694

Assets (EOY)

$776,679
2014 · 990

Revenue

$93,313

Expenses

$108,458

Assets (EOY)

$656,744
2013 · 990

Revenue

$157,177

Expenses

$90,798

Assets (EOY)

$672,281
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$73,523

Assets (EOY)

$604,656

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$301,938	$107,553	$1,281,572
2020	990	$351,554	$193,697	$1,459,408
2019	990	$52,692	$173,229	$1,182,858
2018	990	$216,357	$44,009	$1,114,121
2017	990	$501,984	$269,492	$951,764
2015	990	$165,500	$54,694	$776,679
2014	990	$93,313	$108,458	$656,744
2013	990	$157,177	$90,798	$672,281
2012	990	not reported	$73,523	$604,656

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

$187,500

2022 TO SUPPLEMENT MONIES PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE MONTECITO LIBRARY.
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

$125,000

2023 TO SUPPLEMENT MONIES PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE MONTECITO LIBRARY.
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

$125,000

2024 TO SUPPLEMENT MONIES PROVIDED BY THE CITY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE MONTECITO LIBRARY
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES

$2,790

2024 PURCHASE OF FURNITURE FOR LIBRARY

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

MONTECITO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$15,000

2024 ADA improvements
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$13,550

2022 EDUCATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$11,850

2024 EDUCATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$10,500

2023 EDUCATION

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.