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JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA

EIN 23-7354759 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,670,513
Expenses 2024
$2,129,889

Program services were 81.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T70Z
Classification
1000
Street
524 CHAPALA ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

  • THE MISSION OF THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER SANTA BARBARA IS TO CREATE AND ADVANCE A COHESIVE SANTA BARBARA JEWISH COMMUNITY BY PROMOTING IDENTIFICATION AND CONNECTEDNESS TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, GENERATING MUTUAL RESPECT AMONGST JEWS OF DIFFERENT PRACTICES, PROMOTING COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND PROMOTING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THE JFGSB RAISES AND DISTRIBUTES FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL JEWISH AND NON-SECTARIAN COMMUNITIES, FULFILLING A MULTITUDE OF LOCAL NEEDS WHILE PROVIDING RESCUE AND RELIEF FOR JEWS IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $1,744,709 · Grants $46,570 · Revenue $14,119

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.

  • Eric Berg

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jason Ebin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Holland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lauren Katz

    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Mintz

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deborah Samuel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jillian Wittman

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Zonen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Cerf

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Steinwurtzel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cynthia Silverman

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $170,469
    From this org
    $162,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,721
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,748
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,721
    Filer's total
    $170,469
  • Doug Weinstein

    EXECUTIVE CHEF

    Total calculated
    $114,597
    From this org
    $100,847
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,750
    Hours/week
    40
  • Samantha Silverman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,755
    From this org
    $105,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,654
    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,670,513
    Expenses
    $2,129,889
    Contributions
    $1,436,813
    Grants paid
    $46,570
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,940,587
    Expenses
    $1,543,288
    Contributions
    $2,399,882
    Grants paid
    $41,481
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,548,847
    Expenses
    $1,761,791
    Contributions
    $1,291,066
    Grants paid
    $87,999

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
    $2,643,276
    Expenses
    $1,720,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,990,004
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,169,336
    Expenses
    $1,432,158
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,675,935
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $894,823
    Expenses
    $1,338,538
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,761,253
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,120,898
    Expenses
    $1,384,824
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,710,748
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,057,414
    Expenses
    $1,345,491
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,230,674
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,244,360
    Expenses
    $1,341,140
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,782,051
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,808,173
    Expenses
    $1,461,777
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,893,839
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,436,564
    Expenses
    $1,662,687
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,572,895
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,487,915
    Expenses
    $1,360,959
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,943,411
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,368,914
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,650,881

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.