SANTA BARBARA HUMANE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

D200

Classification

4500

Street

5399 OVERPASS RD

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 · 2025

• VETERINARY CARE: FAMILIES UTILIZED SHELTER CLINIC SERVICES FOR CARE FOR THEIR ANIMALS FROM BASIC SERVICES LIKE VACCINES TO MORE INTENSE NEEDS LIKE ENUCLEATIONS AND AMPUTATIONS. OF THE 41,497 SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2025 AT AFFORDABLE COSTS, 5,166 FAMILIES UTILIZED THE DONOR-SUPPORTED TLC VETERINARY FUND. BECAUSE PROHIBITIVE VETERINARY COSTS ARE A COMMON REASON WHY FAMILIES RELINQUISH THEIR PETS, THIS PROGRAM ULTIMATELY KEPT ANIMALS HEALTHY AND IN THEIR HOMES.

  Expenses $4,538,643 · Revenue $2,245,609

• SHELTERING AND ADOPTIONS: OUR SHELTER RECEIVES ANIMALS FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES: OWNER-SURRENDERS, TRANSFERS, AND STRAYS. EACH ANIMAL THAT ARRIVES REQUIRES BASIC MEDICAL CARE, AND MOST NEED STERILIZATION SURGERY BEFORE THEY CAN BE ADOPTED. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM EXPENSES IS DEVOTED TO ENSURING THESE ANIMALS LIVE IN A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. OUR DEDICATED STAFF PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE CARE, INCLUDING VETERINARY TREATMENT AND MEDICATION; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING; NOURISHING FOOD; DAILY SOCIALIZATION, EXERCISE, AND ENRICHMENT; AND THE SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR SEAMLESS SHELTER ADOPTIONS. IN 2025, WE TOOK IN 1,024 ANIMALS SURRENDERED BY THEIR OWNERS, 960 CATS AND DOGS FROM OVERCROWDED SHELTERS ACROSS CALIFORNIA, AND 420 LOCAL STRAY ANIMALS. THANKS TO THE INDIVIDUALIZED, QUALITY CARE THEY RECEIVED AT SANTA BARBARA HUMANE, 2,223 ANIMALS FOUND LOVING HOMES IN 2025.

  Expenses $2,498,733 · Revenue $296,664

• TRAINING: OUR DOG TRAINING CLASSES ARE A VITAL 'SAFETY NET' FOR PREVENTING SURRENDERS DUE TO BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. WHEN OWNERS STRUGGLE WITH BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES, WE OFFER AFFORDABLE OR FULLY SUBSIDIZED GROUP CLASSES AND CONSULTATIONS TO HELP KEEP PETS IN THEIR HOMES. IN 2025, 778 DOGS PARTICIPATED IN THESE CLASSES AND ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS WITH THEIR OWNERS, SUCCESSFULLY DIVERTING HUNDREDS OF POTENTIAL INTAKES AND STRENGTHENING THE HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND. OUR MANAGER OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, A CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINER, DEVELOPS CLASSES THAT COVER PUPPY SOCIALIZATION, BASIC MANNERS, CLASSES FOR SHY DOGS, AND STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING REACTIVITY. SHELTER DOGS ALSO BENEFIT FROM INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING PLANS CRAFTED BY OUR BEHAVIOR & ADOPTION SPECIALISTS, USING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT TECHNIQUES.

  Revenue $296,893

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $9,360,565

  Expenses

  $9,427,987

  Contributions

  $4,119,975

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,469,029

  Expenses

  $8,686,091

  Contributions

  $2,484,882

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,314,351

  Expenses

  $6,989,645

  Contributions

  $1,937,830

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $5,294,809

  Expenses

  $5,830,923

  Contributions

  $3,381,140

  Grants paid

  $0

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

  $8,293,279

  Expenses

  $5,320,875

  Assets (EOY)

  $53,771,826

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,513,918

  Expenses

  $4,469,986

  Assets (EOY)

  $49,314,856

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,067,432

  Expenses

  $3,490,651

  Assets (EOY)

  $41,824,203

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,095,382

  Expenses

  $2,588,562

  Assets (EOY)

  $37,318,218

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,763,420

  Expenses

  $2,135,367

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,798,037

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,202,313

  Expenses

  $2,191,830

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,284,810

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,881,930

  Expenses

  $2,115,263

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,533,303

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,633,057

  Expenses

  $1,964,265

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,568,026

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,935,153

  Expenses

  $2,039,330

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,696,252

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,049,812

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,160,704

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $618,221

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $118,725

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $98,011

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $92,819

  2022 · ANIMAL RELATED

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $83,600

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $40,300

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $35,750

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• RESQCATS INC

  $20,500

  2024 · SPAY AND NEUTER

• RESQCATS INC

  $20,000

  2023 · SPAY AND NEUTER

• RESQCATS INC

  $20,000

  2025 · SPAY AND NEUTER

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

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