UNITED WAY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T700

Classification

1000

Street

320 E GUTIERREZ ST

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

• UNITED FOR LITERACY: SINCE 1923, UWSBC HAS WORKED IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, AND EDUCATORS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN CREATING A STRONGER FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS. THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, UWSBC WORKS IN TANDEM WITH LOCAL DISTRICTS TO NARROW THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR STUDENTS IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES. UWSBC PROVIDES THREE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS K-12, INCLUDING THE FUN IN THE SUN SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM, THE UNITED LEARNING CENTER TUTORING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND THE BRIDGE THE BREAK PROGRAM. WITHIN EACH PROGRAM IS A FOCUS ON DATA-DRIVEN ACADEMIC CURRICULUM, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND ACCESS TO THE ONGOING TOOLS AND SUPPORT THAT STUDENTS NEED TO BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE. AS THE NEEDS OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY EVOLVE, UWSBC ADAPTS ITS PROGRAMMATIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO BEST SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WE SERVE.

  Expenses $495,626 · Revenue $60,347

• FUN IN THE SUN: THE FUN IN THE SUN SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM IS UNITED WAY'S LARGEST ACADEMIC PROGRAM, WITH OVER 28 YEARS OF PROVIDING HUNDREDS OF LOCAL STUDENTS IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES WITH A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. THE SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES A FULL SPECTRUM OF SERVICES, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND LITERACY REMEDIATION, FIELD TRIPS AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, AND A ROBUST SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM. FUN IN THE SUN SERVES OVER 500 STUDENTS FROM TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE AND THEIR FAMILIES AT SIX CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, WITH SITES AT LOCAL SCHOOLS IN CARPINTERIA, GOLETA, GUADALUPE, SANTA BARBARA, AND SOLVANG.

  Expenses $1,330,813 · Revenue $565,671

• FINANCIAL SECURITY: UWSBC'S MISSION IS FOCUSED ON CREATING A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY. AT THE CORE OF THIS APPROACH IS HELPING LOCAL INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BUILD A STRONG FINANCIAL FOUNDATION TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITY TO MEET BASIC NEEDS AND ACHIEVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY. UWSBC'S FINANCIAL SECURITY INITIATIVE INCLUDES PROGRAMS LIKE THE VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, WHICH ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES THAT FACE THOSE IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES COUNTYWIDE. WITH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UWSBC CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH A NETWORK OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE INCOME, BUILD SAVINGS, AND GAIN AND SUSTAIN ASSETS.

  Expenses $206,799 · Grants $1,000

• RESILIENCY GRANTS PROGRAM: COMMUNITY WORK IN BUILDING UP AND SUSTAINING THE LOCAL CHILDCARE SECTOR, WHICH ADDRESS THE OBSTACLES THAT FACE THOSE IN LOW-RESOURCE COMMUNITIES COUNTYWIDE. WITH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CORPORATIONS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, UWSBC CONNECTS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH A ROBUST NETWORK OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO INCREASE INCOME, BUILD SAVINGS, AND GAIN AND SUSTAIN ASSETS.

  Expenses $503,748 · Grants $133,857

• COMMUNITY RESILIENCY: AS A RESULT OF UNITED WAY'S EXPANDED FOCUS IN THE FIELD OF CRISIS RESPONSE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS MAGNIFIED ITS ROLE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER IN RECOVERY EFFORTS IN RESPONSE TO RECENT DISASTERS. FROM THE EXPANSION OF ESTABLISHED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS IN AREAS OF BASIC NEEDS ASSISTANCE, RENT RELIEF, AND CHILDCARE, UNITED WAY LEVERAGES A DIVERSE NETWORK OF PARTNERS AND RESOURCES TO QUICKLY ADAPT TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF RESIDENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH AND RECOVERY FROM A DISASTER. UNITED WAY OPERATES IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, DISASTER RESPONSE OFFICIALS, AND THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA. UNITED WAY REMAINS COMMITTED TO IDENTIFYING EMERGING CHALLENGES, ESTABLISHING DEDICATED NETWORKS OF RESOURCES AND LEADERS, AND INVESTING IN NEW COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES THAT DIRECTLY SUPPORT FAMILIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN NEED.

  Expenses $548,624 · Grants $336,176

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. 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

  $4,365,267

  Expenses

  $3,801,248

  Contributions

  $2,915,265

  Grants paid

  $471,033

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,719,909

  Expenses

  $3,905,838

  Contributions

  $3,516,531

  Grants paid

  $604,528

• 2022

  Revenue

  $17,013,451

  Expenses

  $16,831,184

  Contributions

  $17,007,040

  Grants paid

  $13,482,564

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

  $21,862,789

  Expenses

  $20,084,913

  Assets (EOY)

  $15,549,253

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,674,650

  Expenses

  $14,955,107

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,928,815

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,706,396

  Expenses

  $4,414,353

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,836,796

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,636,141

  Expenses

  $2,694,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,067,366

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,170,373

  Expenses

  $3,850,403

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,474,617

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,117,107

  Expenses

  $2,670,875

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,066,636

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,044,937

  Expenses

  $2,421,718

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,371,132

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,326,952

  Expenses

  $2,420,249

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,747,968

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,044,313

  Expenses

  $3,211,612

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,177,909

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $2,769,879

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,890,748

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

• GUADALUPE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT

  $100,000

  2024 · BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

  $79,894

  2024 · BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• LEAN ENGAGE ADVOCATE PARTNER

  $75,000

  2024 · BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY

  $50,000

  2022 · STORM RECOVERY AND COVID-19 MANAGEMENT

• HOUSING AUTHORITY CITY OF SANTA BARBARA

  $30,000

  2023 · VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

• LITTLE ANGELS PRESCHOOL

  $15,200

  2024 · BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• COASTAL FAMILY PRESCHOOL

  $15,000

  2024 · BRIGHTER FUTURES CHILDCARE

• EASY LIFT TRANSPORTATION

  $10,000

  2022 · COVID-19 COMMUNITY GRANT

• MIXTECOINDIGENA COMMUNITY ORGANIZING PROJECT

  $6,784

  2022 · COVID-19 COMMUNITY GRANT

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Grants received

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $125,700

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• UNITED WAYS OF CALIFORNIA

  $79,865

  2024 · CAL EITC OUTREACH

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $73,350

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $66,443

  2023 · CHILD CARE

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $53,667

  2024 · CHILD CARE

• SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION

  $51,144

  2022 · PHILANTHROPY, VOLUNTEERISM AND GRANTMAKING

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $48,950

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $40,000

  2022 · EDUCATION

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $38,900

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $37,450

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

  $1,275 raised

  2021 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $650 to charity

• AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

  $2,975 raised

  2020 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $826 to charity

• AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

  $4,125 raised

  2019 · CF Vehicle Donation Program

  $1,589 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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