California · Nonprofit
OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC
OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $695,530 to it, the largest being THE WOOD-CLAEYSSENS FOUNDATION ($400,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $950k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $696k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Old Spanish Days in Santa Barbara Inc does
Mission
Appreciation for old spanish customs annual celebration held
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Stimulate and foster in the public of santa barbara an appreciation of old spanish customs through the presentation of an annual fiesta and related pageants and activities.
$705,927 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $705,927.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $2.0M to $2.4M (+23%).
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: 2020 34% · 2021 13% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
51% of OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $56k → $136k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC’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
OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 100% · 2019 67% · 2020 74% · 2021 44% · 2022 39% · 2023 37% — 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 OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
94% of OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA 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. $66k 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
OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA 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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC?
- OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $695,530 to it, the largest being THE WOOD-CLAEYSSENS FOUNDATION ($400,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $695,530 in grants to OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA INC?
- THE WOOD-CLAEYSSENS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OLD SPANISH DAYS IN SANTA BARBARA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 13 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing