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SANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC

EIN 95-3847102 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2023
$17,899,375
Expenses 2023
$8,786,448

Program services were 60.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A610
Classification
1000
Street
1214 STATE STREET 6TH FLOOR

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 · 2023

Mission

TO PROVIDE A VIBRANT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT GENERATES AND PROMOTES EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS AND ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE REGION BY OFFERING OUTSTANDING AND DIVERSE ENTERTAINMENT, INCLUDING EVENTS OF CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

DEVELOP AND OPERATE A MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN SANTA BARBARA, CA.

  • PRESENTATIONS: THE SANTA BARBARA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OWNS AND OPERATES THE GRANADA THEATRE, A 1,553-SEAT, FULLY-RENOVATED HISTORIC THEATRE LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN SANTA BARBARA. GRANADA THEATRE CONCERT SERIES PERFORMANCES FEATURE A WIDE VARIETY OF TOP-LEVEL PERFORMERS AND ATTRACTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

    Expenses $357,514 · Revenue $178,929

  • SEE SCHEDULE O.

    Expenses $33,382 · Revenue $60,000

  • RENTAL OPERATIONS: THE GRANADA HOSTS EIGHT OUTSTANDING RESIDENT COMPANIES, INCLUDING THE SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY, OPERA SANTA BARBARA, STATE STREET BALLET, COMMUNITY ARTS MUSIC ASSOCIATION (CAMA), UCSB ARTS & LECTURES, SANTA BARBARA CHORAL SOCIETY, MUSIC ACADEMY OF THE WEST AND BROADWAY SHOW PRESENTER, AMERICAN THEATRE GUILD. OTHER PRESENTERS, INCLUDING GOLDEN VOICE AND LIVE NATION BRING ADDITIONAL EXCITING PERFORMERS AND ACTS TO THE GRANADA STAGE. THE GRANADA STAGE ALSO FEATURES EVENTS PRESENTED BY MANY OF THE AREA'S LOCAL NONPROFITS AND THE MCCUNE FOUNDERS ROOM OFFERS A UNIQUE SETTING FOR PERFORMANCES, WEDDINGS, MEETINGS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

    Expenses $4,913,239 · Revenue $2,466,079

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

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • BURNHAM DAN

    IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRIFFIN ROBERTA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JACKSON PALMER JR

    EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $224,563
    From this org
    $223,175
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,388
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,175
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,388
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $224,563

  • SCHLINGER CHRISMAN SARAH

    DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FIRESTONE BROOKS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SNOW ZEGAR MERRYL

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GILLER YVETTE BIRCH

    DIRECTOR AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GRAY CHARLES C

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MILLER III F ROBERT

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AKONI TARIQH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BAINS LESLIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FOGG RICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAGUIRE JAMIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SCHMIDT MARIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARUFIS JANET

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICKS STEPHANIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERTLING DEBORAH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RAGER CAREN

    EXECUTIVE DIR. & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $202,733
    From this org
    $202,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,530
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $203
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $202,733

  • SLATER DEBBIE

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $160,303
    From this org
    $147,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,067
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,236
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,334
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,733
    Filer's total
    $160,303

  • JOHNSON DAVID

    VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $141,584
    From this org
    $140,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,303
    Hours/week
    40

  • SELTZER JILL

    VP ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $148,237
    From this org
    $148,237
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • GONZALEZ CHRISTINA

    VP OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $121,735
    From this org
    $117,281
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,454
    Hours/week
    40

  • DAWSON ASHLEY

    DIRECTOR OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $112,052
    From this org
    $111,391
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $661
    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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $17,899,375
    Expenses
    $8,786,448
    Contributions
    $13,304,453
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,629,960
    Expenses
    $7,337,665
    Contributions
    $6,586,650
    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
    $7,656,099
    Expenses
    $6,377,988
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,815,749

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,620,233
    Expenses
    $4,223,031
    Assets (EOY)
    $116,344,118

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,373,473
    Expenses
    $5,867,003
    Assets (EOY)
    $118,462,987

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,384,086
    Expenses
    $6,581,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $117,118,060

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,781,781
    Expenses
    $7,638,652
    Assets (EOY)
    $120,482,565

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,838,794
    Expenses
    $8,439,651
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,005,013

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,300,731
    Expenses
    $7,501,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,999,083

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,270,555
    Expenses
    $8,571,043
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,613,758

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

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.