California · Nonprofit
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,432,421 to it, the largest being HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ($638,310). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $20M
What Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County does
Mission
Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County is a local nonprofit that partners with people to build, repair, and purchase affordable homes; this work strengthens stability and self-reliance in southern santa barbaraand in partnership, around the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Affordable homeownership & construction - Habitat for Humanity of Southern Santa Barbara County develops and preserves affordable homeownership opportunities by building new homes and selling them with affordable mortgages, and by rehabilitating existing habitat-owned properties for resale to qualified first-time buyers. Our rehabilitation work focuses on health, safety, and long-term durability - often converting rental units into stable, affordable homeownership opportunities while making efficient use of resources.
$540,515 spent43% of program spendingHome repair program - habitat's owner-occupied home repair program provides critical health, safety, and accessibility repairs for low-income homeowners (at or below 80% ami), with a focus on seniors and individuals with disabilities who need support to safely age in place. Licensed contractors complete major repairs such as roofing, plumbing, accessibility, and security upgrades, while volunteer-led a brush with kindness projects provide painting, landscaping, grab bars, and essential maintenance at no cost. All households are income-qualified and homes are assessed to ensure repairs prevent displacement, preserve affordability, and strengthen neighborhood stability. Habitat expands its impact beyond individual homes through community-based improvement projects through neighborhood revitalization initiatives, including cleanups, painting, and landscaping in partnership with volunteer and partner organizations.
$561,329 spent44% of program spendingCommunity engagement, neighborhood revitalization & advocacy - habitat advances its mission through dynamic initiatives led by skilled volunteer leaders and community partners. Leadership committees drive strategic priorities - advocacy, education, housing innovation, construction feasibility, and legislative reform - while volunteers power the work on the ground. From building homes and mentoring families to teaching homeowner readiness classes and providing critical referrals, volunteers and partners play hands-on, life-changing roles at every level of the organization.
$82,634 spent7% of program spendingInternational housing development - while habitat santa barbara's work is focused and rooted locally, each year, a portion of unrestricted funds support habitat international's global housing developments traditionally overseen by a competitive rfp process that evaluates funds, partnership, unmet need and efficiency. Directors annually balance local needs with our capacity to give; international giving and support is done as required by the parent organization habitat international.
$78,000 spentof which $78,000 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,262,478.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $4.6M to $21M (+364%).
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 0% · 2022 10% · 2023 5% · 2024 15% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Jessica Wishan
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $136k → $132k.
10 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 28 of 31 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
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
82% 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 55% · 2019 50% · 2020 21% · 2021 28% · 2022 38% · 2023 49% — 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
42% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $399k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Organizations like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Hfhssbc Funding Company I LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY?
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,432,421 to it, the largest being HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC ($638,310). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,432,421 in grants to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY?
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $638,310 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF SOUTHERN 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 31 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