Santa Barbara Police Foundation

Analysis

Santa Barbara Police Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Santa Barbara Police Foundation reported income of $296k and spending of $128k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $623k to $296k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Santa Barbara Police Foundation sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 64th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Patrol Stories Inc ($296k), Pride in the Pews NFP Inc ($297k) and Eddy County Casa Auxiliary ($296k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 137% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $56. At year end it held assets of $405k against liabilities of $5,331, net assets of $400k.