California · Nonprofit
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,748,177 to it, the largest being CENTRAL COAST COMMISSION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ($2,069,220). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $17M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $8.7M
- Net assets
- $9.2M
What Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County does
Mission
The mission of family service agency is to strengthen and advocate for families and individuals of all ages and diversities, helping to create and preserve a healthy community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family resource centers - the family support services program helps parents become better equipped so they can build healthy home environments and overcome major sources of stress. Families in the agency's program get the help they need to become stronger, happier, healthier and move their children on a path toward a brighter future. The agency guide parents through the process of building a healthy home environment so that children will thrive. Through case management the agency learn what barriers parents are experiencing and connect them to local resources such as healthcare, food, shelter, child care and education, the agency help families overcome challenges and achieve a stronger family. Relationship education, fatherhood education and parenting classes give parents the skills to promote a home life that is beneficial to all members. Through the agency's infant and early childhood home visiting services, the agency provide assistance in the home in the form of education, developmental screenings, and referrals. The agency provide services on school campuses, at community centers and in families' homes.community changers leadership development - operating in guadalupe and…
$4,890,537 spent$5,281,166 earned by the program33% of program spendingSenior mental health - hand-in-hand with delivering basic needs to seniors, the agency is ensuring that they have the support to help them through the mental health challenges that can come with aging. The agency counseling with seniors can be individual, group and/or family focused, and the counseling relies on direct, solution-oriented treatment strategies with well-defined goals. The agency emphasize the client's strengths and potential for positive outcomes. The majority of the agency's senior mental health clients are individuals with great economic and social need.caregiver mental health and support services - the senior population requires significant care and attention. Those caring for them often need substantial support for their own emotional health and wellbeing. The caregiver mental health and support services program provides direct intervention and supportive services to those who are actively caring for family members with special needs, including seniors or a family member with disabilities.long-term care ombudsman services - the primary responsibility of the long-term care ombudsman program is to investigate complaints made by, or on behalf of, residents of…
$2,714,450 spent$2,897,931 earned by the program18% of program spendingSchool-based counseling - the agency's school-based counseling program is available on-site at many k-12 school campuses in lompoc, santa maria, santa barbara, carpinteria, and guadalupe. Schools are a convenient, familiar and safe environment for children, adolescents and their families, and often times counseling is provided during the school day, which reduces barriers to service. The agency's therapists deliver counseling, case management, and critical incident response services, all proven to decrease the likelihood of high-risk behaviors while improving academic success and overall quality of life. Therapists also connect students and families with other community assistance to meet their mental and physical wellness needs. In addition, therapists support school staff in their interactions with students and families.carpinteria start program - the start program is available on-site at seven k-12 school campuses in carpinteria. The program is comprised of therapists who work to improve the academic success and overall quality of life of at-risk children and their families. The therapists provide counseling, crisis intervention, case management, and referrals, and they help…
$7,312,689 spent$6,937,664 earned by the program49% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,917,676.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $14M (+28%).
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 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’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 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.
Chief executive
Lisa Brabo
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $297k → $1.4M.
5 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.5M from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Santa Barbara Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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 FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 33% · 2019 49% · 2020 30% · 2021 33% · 2022 30% · 2023 29% — 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
64% of FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
90% of FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $593k 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
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $21.3M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$17.5M
- Department of Justice$3.2M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$597k
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 FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY: 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 FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY?
- FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,748,177 to it, the largest being CENTRAL COAST COMMISSION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ($2,069,220). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $8,748,177 in grants to FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY?
- CENTRAL COAST COMMISSION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS is the largest funder on record, with $2,069,220 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 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 46 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