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SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC

EIN 77-0073674 SANTA BARBARA, CA

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Revenue 2024
$11,503,676
Expenses 2024
$7,975,692

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A31Z
Classification
1000
Street
1528 CHAPALA ST STE 203

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

SBIFF'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE, ENRICH, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE THROUGH THE POWER OF FILM. SBIFF CELEBRATES THE ART OF CINEMA AND PROVIDES IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL, ANDGLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SBIFF'S MISSION IS TO ENGAGE, ENRICH, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE THROUGH THE POWER OF FILM. SBIFF CELEBRATES THE ART OF CINEMA AND PROVIDES IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL COMMUNITIES.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROMOTES AND PRODUCES THE SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, WITH EVENTS OCCURRING PRIMARILY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY OR MARCH FOR 95,000+ PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $4,289,693 · Revenue $4,369,798

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES A YEAR ROUND ARTHOUSE THEATRE. ITS PROGRAMMING INCLUDES DAILY SHOWINGS OF CURRENT AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED INDEPENDENT AND INTERNATIONAL FILMS, WEEK LONG FESTIVALS, INCLUDINGFRENCH FILMS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FILMS, RETROSPECTIVES AND A MEMBERSHIP BASED CINEMA SOCIETY.

    Expenses $1,383,725 · Revenue $855,293

  • THE ORGANIZATION OPERATES THE BARBAKOW FAMILY CENTER FOR FILM STUDIES THAT SERVES AS A CLASSROOM, SCREENING ROOM, COMMUNITY MEETING SPACE, MOVIE LIBRARY AND EDITING SUITE. ITS PROGRAMMING INCLUDES EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT REACH OVER 14,000 PEOPLE EACH YEAR INCLUDING AT-RISK AND UNDER-SERVED YOUTH, LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN, AND TRANSIT-DEPENDENT SENIOR CITIZENS. ALL CURRENT PROGRAMS ARE AT NO CHARGE TO ITS PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $804,245

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Ernesto Paredes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey Barbakow

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynda Weinman

    CO-CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Armstrong

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Eng-Denbaars

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Solana

    DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vince Caballero

    NOMINATIONS AND GOVERNANCE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gordon Seabury

    AUDIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mimi Degruy

    EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Himovitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nora McNeely Hurley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Lancashire

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tammy Hughes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • L Lee Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rob Skinner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Wasco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Durling

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $457,992
    From this org
    $428,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,359
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $428,633
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,500
    Filer's total
    $457,992
  • Sean Pratt

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $218,047
    From this org
    $196,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,380
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,480
    Filer's total
    $218,047
  • Benjamin Goedert

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $193,967
    From this org
    $176,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,300
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,000
    Filer's total
    $193,967

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
    $11,503,676
    Expenses
    $7,975,692
    Contributions
    $5,476,673
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,451,448
    Expenses
    $6,846,352
    Contributions
    $2,467,489
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,119,704
    Expenses
    $5,880,698
    Contributions
    $1,860,720
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,706,958
    Expenses
    $5,329,450
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,992,088
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,390,987
    Expenses
    $3,577,404
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,697,354
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,230,884
    Expenses
    $5,803,827
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,671,000
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,526,437
    Expenses
    $5,321,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,220,652
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,549,538
    Expenses
    $5,086,462
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,958,600

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

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