California · Nonprofit
CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION
CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $826,034 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($417,850). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $152k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $826k
- Net assets
- $272k
What Carpinteria Skate Foundation does
Mission
The Carpinteria Skate Foundation (csf) is dedicated to fostering recreational and extracurricular opportunities in the community of carpinteria. Through the creation of the carpinteria skate park and the push project, csf works to maintain inclusive spaces designed for creative self expression, with a focus on engaging a growth mindset.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
During the summer of 2024, the Carpinteria Skate Foundation, in partnership with the city of carpinteria, operated seven weeks of instructional summer skate camps at the carpinteria skate park, serving close to 100 youth from the carpinteria community. The program provided structured skateboarding instruction, safety education, and supervised recreational activity in a safe and inclusive environment.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In 2023, the Carpinteria Skate Foundation was in the process of building a skatepark. Construction on the skatepark was completed and officially opened on 8/01/2023. Since building the skatepark was a major program and that has been accomplished, the new programs relate to outreach and teaching skateboarding.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Summer skate camp statement of service accomplishments (2024)during the summer of 2024, the Carpinteria Skate Foundation, in partnership with the city of carpinteria, operated seven weeks of instructional summer skate camps at the carpinteria skate park, serving close to 100 youth from the carpinteria community. The program provided structured skateboarding instruction, safety education, and supervised recreational activity in a safe and inclusive environment. Participants received coaching from experienced instructors focused on skill development, confidence building, and safe park usage. The program emphasized physical activity, peer interaction, and positive mentorship, while also ensuring access to necessary equipment for students who did not have their own. The summer skate camp program expanded access to organized outdoor recreation during summer months, supported working families by providing reliable daytime programming, and reinforced the foundation's commitment to eliminating barriers to participation. The program operated at or near full capacity across sessions, reflecting strong community demand.
$68,836 spent$15,311 earned by the program57% of program spendingPush project statement of service accomplishments (2024)in 2024, the Carpinteria Skate Foundation, in partnership with the carpinteria unified school district, continued to deliver the push project, a free, after-school program serving middle school students in carpinteria. The program operated throughout the academic year, providing consistent, structured programming focused on creative self-expression, social-emotional development, and physical activity.participants engaged in a visual arts-based curriculum that included custom skateboard design, screen printing, and student-led publication projects, alongside skateboarding instruction and mentorship. The program maintained a no-cost, no-barriers-to-entry model, ensuring equitable access for all students.the push project served a diverse and gender-balanced group of participants, with as many girls as boys enrolledan uncommon outcome in skate-based programming. The program also experienced consistent over-enrollment throughout the year, demonstrating strong demand from students and families. Outcomes included increasedstudent engagement, improved confidence, and development of creative and interpersonal skills.
$52,509 spent43% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $121,345.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $1.1M to $222k (−79%).
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: 2022 9% · 2023 20% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Chief executive
Peter Bonning
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $60k → $69k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION’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
CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 100% · 2021 55% · 2022 62% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
89% of CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION'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 $94k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $732k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Against its field
CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 15,520 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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 CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION: 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 CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION?
- CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $826,034 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($417,850). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $826,034 in grants to CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION?
- SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $417,850 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARPINTERIA SKATE FOUNDATION 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 11 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