SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL KEEPER

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

C32

Classification

1200

Street

714 BOND AVE

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

• ADVOCACY - THE ORGANIZATION ADVOCATES FOR SCIENCE-BASED CONSERVATION POLICIES THAT PROTECT THE SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL AND ITS WATERSHEDS. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION WORKED TO OPPOSE RESTARTING OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING OFF THE SENSITIVE GAVIOTA COAST. WE LED COMMUNITY EFFORTS IN A SANTA BARBARA CITY ASSESSMENT OF ITS CRUISE SHIP PROGRAM AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR AN ANNUAL CAP ON CRUISE SHIP VISITS AND REQUIREMENTS THAT SHIPS USE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY TO PREVENT WATER AND AIR POLLUTION. WE SUPPORTED ESTABLISHING MINIMUM CREEK BUFFERS IN THE CITY OF SANTA BARBARA TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND HABITAT AND MINIMIZE EROSION. WE WORKED TO STRENGTHEN POLICIES AND DEADLINES TO REDUCE NITRATE POLLUTION FROM IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL LANDS THAT CONTAMINATE DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES AND CREEKS ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST. WE ARE THE SOLE NGO ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION INVOLVED IN THE VENTURA RIVER WATERSHED ADJUDICATON AND WORK TO ENSURE SUFFICIENT WATER FLOWS AND A HEALTHY AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM TO SUPPORT FISH, WILDLIFE, WATER QUALITY, AND RECREATIONAL USES.

  Expenses $325,158

• EDUCATION - THE ORGANIZATION INSPIRES LOCAL STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THEIR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A COMBINATION OF INTERACTIVE CLASSROOM LESSONS AND OUTDOOR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. IN 2024, WE PROVIDED LESSONS AND/OR EXPERIENCES TO 1,200 LOCAL STUDENTS THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. WE HOSTED OUR 21ST ANNUAL STUDENT ART SHOW ON THE THEME OF "WHAT THE CHANNEL MEANS TO ME." WE SUPPORTED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASED RESEARCHERS EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS BY COLLECTING PLANKTON AND BIOTOXIN SAMPLES IN THE CHANNEL

  Expenses $170,822

• COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT - THE ORGANIZATION MOTIVATES AND MOBILIZES COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT PROTECT LOCAL CREEKS, BEACHES, COASTAL WATERS, AND THE CHANNEL ISLANDS. WE TRAINED 61 PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS TO PARTICIPATE IN SHORE-BASED SURVEYS OF THREE LOCAL, COASTAL MARINE PROTECTED AREAS, TO SUPPLEMENT OUR 17 STAFF-CONDUCTED BOAT-BASED SURVEYS. VOLUNTEERS CONDUCTED 694 SHORE BASED SURVEYS. WE CARRIED OUT OUR WATERSHED BRIGADE PROGRAM WITH 446 VOLUNTEERS. THEY REMOVED MORE THAN 16,000 POUNDS OF TRASH AND MARINE DEBRIS IN CLEAN-UP EVENTS. WE WORKED WITH LOCAL FISHERMEN TO REMOVE 30 DERELICT LOBSTER TRAPS FROM BEACHES STRETCHING FROM SHORELINE PARK TO GOLETA BEACH. WE COORDINATED TWO CLEAN UPS AT THE CHANNEL ISLANDS, RESULTING IN THE REMOVAL OF MORE THAN 7,800 POUNDS OF TRASH.

  Expenses $177,811

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.

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

  $1,096,141

  Expenses

  $1,024,548

  Contributions

  $954,014

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $957,817

  Expenses

  $774,035

  Contributions

  $928,778

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $843,682

  Expenses

  $750,324

  Contributions

  $829,820

  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

  $779,814

  Expenses

  $667,595

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,195,357

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $767,506

  Expenses

  $675,915

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,053,745

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $873,377

  Expenses

  $682,991

  Assets (EOY)

  $872,960

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $716,237

  Expenses

  $633,484

  Assets (EOY)

  $676,189

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $608,987

  Expenses

  $638,877

  Assets (EOY)

  $600,797

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $529,321

  Expenses

  $598,707

  Assets (EOY)

  $633,229

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $671,359

  Expenses

  $605,835

  Assets (EOY)

  $700,852

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $585,514

  Expenses

  $605,478

  Assets (EOY)

  $625,325

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $563,014

  Expenses

  $487,374

  Assets (EOY)

  $644,704

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $493,677

  Assets (EOY)

  $563,707

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

• RESOURCES LEGACY FUND

  $95,000

  2023 · LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRON. EQUITY AND JUSTICE.

• RESOURCES LEGACY FUND

  $95,000

  2024 · LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL EQUITY AND JUSTICE

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $92,400

  2023 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $62,750

  2022 · ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROTECTION, BEAUTIFICATION

• RESOURCES LEGACY FUND

  $60,000

  2022 · LAND OR MARINE CONSERVATION, PROMOTION OF EDUCATION AND/OR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $44,600

  2024 · ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $37,800

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $33,300

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $32,000

  2024 · PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $28,703

  2024 · ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS

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

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