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SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION

EIN 95-3618955 SANTA BARBARA, CA

Revenue 2024
$9,455,185
Expenses 2024
$7,525,194

Program services were 88.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
N99I
Classification
1000
Street
1122 N MILPAS 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

Mission

TO MANAGE, MAINTAIN, AND RENOVATE THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL, TO PROVIDE MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS IN THE SANTA BARBARA COMMUNITY, TO PROMOTE CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC AWARENESS IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, TO PRESENT MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS TO LOCAL STUDENTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION ENRICHES THE COMMUNITY BY (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) FOSTERING A PASSION FOR MUSIC THROUGH UNFORGETTABLE LIVE PERFORMANCES AND EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES.

  • PERFORMING ARTS: THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION IS LED BY DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF TO OPERATE THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL, A PREEMINENT OUTDOOR PERFORMING ARTS VENUE, TYPICALLY HOSTING APPROXIMATELY 35 SHOWS AND OVER 120,000 PATRONS ANNUALLY. FOLLOWING A $40 MILLION RENOVATION AND RESTORATION EFFORT, THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO RAISE FUNDS TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY'S INVESTMENT AND STAY AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY, AUDIENCE SAFETY AND AMENITIES. THE FOUNDATION ALSO RAISES FUNDS FOR OUTREACH PROGRAMMING AND ENDOWMENT TO PROVIDE NEED-BASED SUPPORT, RESOURCES, AND ADVOCACY TO MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS BENEFITING LOCAL SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    Expenses $5,968,376 · Revenue $4,877,944

  • OUTREACH PROGRAM: THE SANTA BARBARA BOWL FOUNDATION IS A RESPECTED PARTNER IN THE PERFORMING ARTS EDUCATION COMMUNITY IN THE GREATER SANTA BARBARA AREA, TYPICALLY REACHING APPROXIMATELY 20,000 SCHOOL CHILDREN ANNUALLY. ITS PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUPPORTING THE ARTS COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING NEED-BASED SUPPORT TO THE ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS, AND SERVING AS AN ARTS ADVOCATE IN THE COMMUNITY. THE FOUNDATION ITSELF COMMITS $1.00 PER PAID TICKET TO THE OUTREACH PROGRAM.

    Expenses $673,626 · Grants $585,239

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.

  • KAREN KERNS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • ANGEL MARTINEZ

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • GRAHAM LYONS

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • NICOLA PARR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MICHAEL ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURIE BENTSON KAUTH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TYLER DUNCAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW FIRESTONE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM GARCIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MIKE MENDOZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAWN MITCHAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAROLA NICHOLSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS PARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIANNE PARTRIDGE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN SCOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEREK SHUE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICIA STATHIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GREGG WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD BOLLER

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO

    Total calculated
    $293,578
    From this org
    $260,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,588
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $215,990
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,265
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,323
    Filer's total
    $293,578

  • ERIC SHIFLETT

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $181,141
    From this org
    $155,944
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,197
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,444
    Bonus
    $17,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,147
    Filer's total
    $181,141

  • ANDREW GARDNER

    BUSINESS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $149,019
    From this org
    $123,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,058
    Hours/week
    40

  • TUCKER PAPAC

    OPERATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $132,424
    From this org
    $113,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,152
    Hours/week
    40

  • KORI SOLTZ

    FOOD & BEVERAGE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $128,173
    From this org
    $109,191
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,982
    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
    $9,455,185
    Expenses
    $7,525,194
    Contributions
    $3,180,489
    Grants paid
    $585,239
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,354,399
    Expenses
    $6,910,732
    Contributions
    $2,642,732
    Grants paid
    $535,353
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,951,038
    Expenses
    $6,463,064
    Contributions
    $2,649,160
    Grants paid
    $446,228

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
    $10,033,872
    Expenses
    $4,917,263
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,360,877

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,991,318
    Expenses
    $3,334,296
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,351,353

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,742,234
    Expenses
    $7,327,589
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,674,385

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,270,682
    Expenses
    $6,605,800
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,514,070

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,122,106
    Expenses
    $5,722,096
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,607,934

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

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

Where these grants went next →

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.