California · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,417 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($387,142). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $28M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County Inc does
Mission
Cac serves santa barbara county's vulnerable populations through education and coordinated services so they may achieve economic stability, improve overall well-being and thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Children's services provide head start and early head start programs that offer comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition and parent involvement services to low-income children and families. Full and part-day early care and education are provided for children up to age five in 24 sites throughout santa barbara county with a goal of preparing our most vulnerable young children to succeed in school and in life beyond school. In addition, both programs are designed to assist families in meeting their own personal goals and achieving self-sufficiency across a wide variety of domains, such as housing, continued education, and financial security. The head start program delivers services to children and families by focusing on the areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way. California state preschool and child development programs are also offered and blended with head start services. The early head start program promotes the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development of infants and toddlers through safe and developmentally enriching caregiving. The program is designed to support parents,…
$18,262,627 spent$20,220,261 earned by the program77% of program spendingFamily and youth services ("fys") enhances the social, emotional and physical well-being of youth and families in santa barbara county to help them achieve a positive and productive future. Services focus on culturally responsive mentoring, tutoring, health education and skill development, as well as helping families cope with mental health issues. In 2024, 1,792 youth ages 6-17 participated in communify's youth programs. In addition, communify served 34 young adults in the transition age youth ("tay") program.
$2,486,342 spent$2,699,585 earned by the program10% of program spendingCommunity services is comprised of a variety of services designed to help disadvantaged families address the financial challenges by reducing their home energy burden, promoting financial literacy, removing barriers to achieving self-sufficiency, and linking residents to available services and resources throughout santa barbara county. Services include energy assistance, weatherization services, senior home repair program, family self-sufficiency program, economic empowerment program and earned income tax credit outreach program. Communify's energy services weatherized 126 homes and assisted a total of 1,718 families with their energy bills, while an additional 115 seniors' homes were repaired, enabling them to age safely in place. Also included in the portfolio of community services is 2-1-1 santa barbara county, a comprehensive information and referral system. Dialing 2-1-1 connects people to over 2,000 health and human services, disaster relief, and public information resources. 2-1-1 is a free service, available 24 hours a day/7 days a week in multiple languages. In 2024, 2-1-1 handled 8,685 calls and text messages and assisted 18,427 users through the 2-1-1 website.
$2,931,092 spent$3,334,208 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,680,061.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $5.7M to $11M (+90%).
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: 2017 89% · 2018 91% · 2019 98% · 2020 97% · 2021 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Patricia D Keelean
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Marina Owen
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $76k → $152k.
6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 27 funders by total. 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
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
53% 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 COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 77% · 2019 91% · 2020 40% · 2021 28% · 2022 29% · 2023 25% — 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
60% of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
96% of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $639k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 15 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,288 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $123.1M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$123.1M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC?
- COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,417 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($387,142). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,420,417 in grants to COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC?
- SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $387,142 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACTION COMMISSION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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