California · Nonprofit
MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $606,300 to it, the largest being CHAUNCEY AND MARION D MCCORMICK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $606k
- Net assets
- $595k
What Montecito Firefighters Charitable Foundation does
Mission
To provide relief to those facing hardship based upon financial or other need, with the primary focus on first responders and their families and all children.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The montecito firefighter's charitable foundation supports members of the community and members of our fire family. Throughout the years we have been privileged to donate to those in need and look forward to continuing that tradition well into the future. In the years since our inception, it has been our honor to assist individuals in a wide variety of situations including emergency medical expenses, supporting education, assisting with funeral costs, burn victims, high tech wheelchairs. It is important to us not to limit the manner in which we help but rather to be led forward by the needs that we encounter. For the year ended december 31, 2024, we provided eight (8) grants to organizations and individuals in support of these efforts.
$42,500 spentof which $42,500 as grants79% of program spendingThe montecito firefighter's charitable foundation has established two (2) educational scholarships administered by the scholarship foundation of santa barbara to provide annual support to children of firefighters as well as other related communtiy members.
$9,000 spentof which $9,000 as grants17% of program spendingGeneral support and sponsorship of community organizations located in santa barbara.
$2,500 spentof which $2,500 as grants5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,000.
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. 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 $318k to $449k (+41%).
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.
77% of MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose $72k → $110k.
5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE 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
MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 69% · 2019 57% · 2020 35% · 2021 50% · 2022 40% · 2023 55% — 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
18% of MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION draws 64% 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. $89k 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
MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,043 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
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 MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE 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 MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $606,300 to it, the largest being CHAUNCEY AND MARION D MCCORMICK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($250,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $606,300 in grants to MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
- CHAUNCEY AND MARION D MCCORMICK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MONTECITO FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 25 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