Santa Barbara Foresters

Analysis

Santa Barbara Foresters is a registered charity in United States, based in Carpinteria, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 Foresters reported income of $235k and spending of $270k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $255k to $235k (-7.6%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Santa Barbara Foresters sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indiana Eventing Association Inc ($235k), Conroe Area Youth Baseball Inc ($235k) and Little League Baseball Inc ($235k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $21k (7.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $22k against liabilities of $85k, net assets of -$62k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.