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SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN INC

EIN 95-1644628 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$13,077,743
Expenses 2024
$9,842,859

Program services were 73.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
C410
Classification
1000
Street
1212 MISSION CANYON 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 · 2024

Mission

TO CONSERVE NATIVE PLANTS AND HABITATS FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.

  • THE HORTICULTURE PROGRAM CURATES, INSTALLS, AND MAINTAINS THE GARDEN'S LIVING COLLECTION, WHICH ENCOMPASSES 78 ACRES OF NATIVE PLANTS DRAWN FROM CALIFORNIA'S FLORISTIC PROVINCE, AS WELL AS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND FEATURES DATING BACK TO 1806. THE PROGRAM ENSURES GUESTS EXPERIENCE SEASONAL WILDFLOWER DISPLAYS, ECOSYSTEM-THEMED SECTIONS FROM DESERT TO REDWOOD GROVES, AND GARDENS THAT CELEBRATE CALIFORNIA'S TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY, FROM RARE SPECIES TO ICONIC FIXTURES SUCH AS THE GOLDEN POPPY. NEWER GARDEN EXHIBITS EXPLORE "PLANTING WITH PURPOSE" THEMES SUCH AS WATER CONSERVATION, ATTRACTING WILDLIFE, AND HOME DEMONSTRATION GARDENING. PROGRAM STAFF ALSO MANAGE TWO PLANT NURSERIES - ONE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND ONE SUPPORTING CONSERVATION AND THE REGENERATION OF THE LIVING COLLECTION.

    Expenses $2,441,159 · Revenue $1,098,454

  • WITH NATIVE PLANTS AND HABITATS AT ITS CORE, THE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM FOCUSES ON SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S COMPLEX CONSERVATION CHALLENGES - FROM GENES TO ECOSYSTEMS. WITH A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS, TECHNICIANS, PARTNERS, AND BUDDING CONSERVATION LEADERS, THE PROGRAM WORKS COLLABORATIVELY TO UNDERSTAND, PROTECT, AND RESTORE CALIFORNIA'S DIVERSE BOTANIC ECOSYSTEMS. IN RESPONSE, THE TEAM PRODUCES ESSENTIAL PLANT INVENTORIES AND RESEARCH, SAFEGUARDS ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES, AND WORKS TO RESTORE ENTIRE FOOD WEBS, WHILE SECURING AND MAINTAINING COLLECTIONS THAT INFORM AND SUPPORT RECOVERY.

    Expenses $3,544,631 · Revenue $1,393,661

  • THE EDUCATION PROGRAM AT THE GARDEN SUPPORTS THE MISSION OF CONSERVING CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE PLANTS BY PROVIDING MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES IN NATURE. THE GARDEN GROUNDS OFFER A UNIQUE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM WHOSE DIVERSE COLLECTIONS PROVIDE A BACKDROP FOR PROGRAMS. BY ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY WITH ONSITE INTERPRETATION OF OUR LIVING COLLECTIONS AND A WIDE VARIETY OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS ON AND OFF SITE, WE FACILITATE CONNECTIONS TO THE NATURAL WORLD AND FOSTER LOVE FOR NATIVE PLANTS. TRANSFORMATIVE YOUTH PROGRAMS INCLUDE SCHOOL TOURS, SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS AGES FIVE TO 10, AND ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH OUR 4.5 ACRE CHILDREN'S GARDEN, "THE BACKCOUNTRY". THESE PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO ALIGN WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION INITIATIVE & NEXT-GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS.

    Expenses $845,625 · Revenue $192,447

  • GARDEN SHOP: TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL ENGAGEMENT IN HORTICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND THE LOVE OF NATURE BY SELLING PLANTS, BOOKS, MAPS, GARDEN PUBLICATIONS, EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, THEREBY GENERATING APPRECIATION AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANT AND NATURAL SCIENCES.

    Expenses $368,492 · Revenue $343,506

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.

  • MARK FUNK

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75

  • JOHN GABBERT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • WILLIAM MURDOCH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • ANN STEINMETZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • HELENE SCHNEIDER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75

  • SHARON BRADFORD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • GEORGE LEIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • JEREMY BASSAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • FRANK DAVIS PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • BIBI MOEZZI

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.75

  • NANCY WEISS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CAT ALLDAY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • VALERIE HOFFMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • GELARE MACON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • EILEEN WHITE READ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • DAWN SEYMOUR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • LINDA STIRLING

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • STEVEN WINDHAGER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $277,833
    From this org
    $245,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,072
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,761
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,567
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,505
    Filer's total
    $277,833

  • DIANE WONDOLOWSKI

    DIR. OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $116,976
    From this org
    $100,492
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,484
    Hours/week
    40

  • DENISE KNAPP

    DIR. OF CONSERVATION & RES

    Total calculated
    $161,533
    From this org
    $133,813
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,813
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,901
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,819
    Filer's total
    $161,533

  • JAIME ESCHETTE

    DIR. OF MARKETING & COMMUN

    Total calculated
    $130,955
    From this org
    $118,289
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,666
    Hours/week
    40

  • MELISSA PATRINO

    DIR. OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $151,641
    From this org
    $139,404
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,237
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,404
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,580
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,657
    Filer's total
    $151,641

  • KEITH NEVISON

    DIR. HORTICULTURE & OPS

    Total calculated
    $131,936
    From this org
    $118,091
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,845
    Hours/week
    40

  • JILL FREELAND

    DIR. OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $121,944
    From this org
    $102,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,844
    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
    $13,077,743
    Expenses
    $9,842,859
    Contributions
    $7,453,258
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,323,891
    Expenses
    $8,502,237
    Contributions
    $3,258,984
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $7,523,888
    Expenses
    $7,680,135
    Contributions
    $3,853,748
    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

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,409,122
    Expenses
    $5,935,916
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,433,162

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,952,364
    Expenses
    $5,036,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,853,837

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,177,381
    Expenses
    $5,184,751
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,895,685

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,436,297
    Expenses
    $4,724,091
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,965,389

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,969,341
    Expenses
    $3,907,707
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,687,189

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,762,361
    Expenses
    $3,881,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,726,383

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,955,050
    Expenses
    $3,080,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,058,455

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