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Santa Barbara Foundation

EIN 95-1866094Community Development California Large

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

For good. For ever.

The Santa Barbara Foundation is a community foundation established in 1928 to enrich the lives of the people of Santa Barbara County through philanthropy. The Foundation achieves this by responding to community needs well as by serving those who wish to carry out their philanthropy in Santa Barbara County and beyond. The Foundation serves as a leader, catalyst, and resource for philanthropy. We build and prudently manage a growing endowment for the community's present and future needs. We provide secure, flexible and effective opportunities for donors to improve their community. We strive for measurable community improvement through strategic funding in such fields as education, personal development, health, human services, culture, recreation, community enhancement, and the environment.

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

95.50Overall score
out of 100

93.64Financial score
out of 100

100.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

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Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$193,680,315

Total expenses · USD$32,703,267

Program expenses

$28,222,919.42 recorded amount

86.3%

Fundraising expenses

$1,635,163.35 recorded amount

5.0%

Administrative expenses

$2,779,777.70 recorded amount

8.5%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.02 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

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Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Ronald V. Gallo
Recorded compensation: $288,137.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 0.88%

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Inspect all 23 original source fields

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All 23 original fields for Santa Barbara Foundation
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	100.0
`category` Category	Community Development
`description` Mission & description	The Santa Barbara Foundation is a community foundation established in 1928 to enrich the lives of the people of Santa Barbara County through philanthropy. The Foundation achieves this by responding to community needs well as by serving those who wish to carry out their philanthropy in Santa Barbara County and beyond. The Foundation serves as a leader, catalyst, and resource for philanthropy. We build and prudently manage a growing endowment for the community's present and future needs. We provide secure, flexible and effective opportunities for donors to improve their community. We strive for measurable community improvement through strategic funding in such fields as education, personal development, health, human services, culture, recreation, community enhancement, and the environment.
`ein` EIN	95-1866094
`tot_exp` Total expenses	32703267.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.085
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.02
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.05
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.863
`fscore` Financial score	93.64
`leader` Recorded leader	Ronald V. Gallo
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	288137.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.0088
`motto` Tagline	For good. For ever.
`name` Charity name	Santa Barbara Foundation
`tot_rev` Total revenue	193680315.0
`score` Overall score	95.5
`state` State code	CA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Community Foundations
`size` Source size label	big
`program_exp` Program expenses	28222919.421
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	1635163.35
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	2779777.6950000003

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 95-1866094
Source category: Community Development
Source subcategory: Community Foundations
Recorded location: California (CA)
Expense-based size: Large
Above $13.5M in total expenses · source label: big

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Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.