Community Friends of Santa Barbara

Analysis

Community Friends of Santa Barbara is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1950, 76 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending April 2023, Community Friends of Santa Barbara reported income of $922k and spending of $839k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2020 to April 2023, income fell from $999k to $922k (-7.7%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Friends of Santa Barbara sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Princess Kahanu Estates Association ($922k), Aurora Interchurch Task Force Inc ($922k) and Humanitri ($922k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.7m against liabilities of $55k, net assets of $4.7m.