Santa Barbara Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation Inc

Analysis

Santa Barbara Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Buellton, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. 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 Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation Inc reported income of $107k and spending of $121k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $357k to $107k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1557%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Santa Barbara Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation Inc sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reinbeck Farmers Fire Association Inc ($107k), Nickelsville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($107k) and Austin Firefighters Relief & Outreach Fund ($107k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $512k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $512k.