California · Nonprofit
ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,800 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara does
Mission
To enhance community awareness and appreciation of architecture and the built environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Architectural Foundation of Santa Barbara (afsb) increases the awareness and knowledge of the architecture through a variety of programs. This year, approximately 50 children between 2 and 18 years of age participated in the kids draw architecture program, which allows children to learn about architecture and the architectural profession. The santa barbara county high school design competition was held in two locations to serve both north and south county students. Approximately 80 students participated. Twelve finalists were selected and presented their designs before a review panel of 4 local architecture professionals. Approximately 400-450 people participate in docent led walking tours of historic downtown santa barbara. And over 200 people attended 5 different lectures in the spring and fall.
$60,525 spentof which $1,640 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $60,525.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.2M to $989k (−17%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $10k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
55% of ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $9k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
52% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA?
- ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,800 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($10,250). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $18,800 in grants to ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA.
- Who is the largest funder of ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $10,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing