California · Nonprofit
Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc
Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,486,976 to it, the largest being Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ($800,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $19M
What Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc does
Mission
It's Sanctuary Centers mission to provide our clients with powerful, comprehensive, transformative mental health care. Our compassionate and experienced clinical team provides each and every client with a diverse array of proven treatment services designed to ensure success.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Arlington Day Treatment Center: the purpose of the Arlington Day Treatment Center is to provide support, education, treatment, and a solid foundation from which clients can gain and maintain stability in their lives. The Arlington program consists of a variety of therapy groups/process groups, some using evocative materials, as well as psycho-educational, socialization and therapeutic recreational groups. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, 267 people were treated at the Arlington facility.
$1,619,339 spent$72,542 earned by the program30% of program spendingEnhanced Care Management: The ECM program aims to address the clinical and nonclinical needs of high cost and high need MediCal (CenCal) recipients through community-based, person centered care. Operating out of the recently reopened Integrated Health Clinic, which also helps members access affordable health care in the Santa Barbara community. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, 1,150 people were treated by the ECM Program.
$1,413,230 spent$1,080,903 earned by the program26% of program spendingSanctuary House: for adults who do not need (or prefer an alternative to) psychiatric hospitalization but who are unable to live independently. Sanctuary House provides attractive surroundings with an ideal combination of privacy and family atmosphere. The Sanctuary House program services a maximum of 12 adults who are experiencing emotional difficulties with or without substance abuse issues. The program focuses on teaching clients independent living skills and socialization skills necessary for successful community living. In addition, Sanctuary House provides a comprehensive clinical program designed to help clients cope with intra-psychic issues that interfere with an independent lifestyle. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, 21 people were treated at the Sanctuary House facility.
$1,065,276 spent$1,115,020 earned by the program20% of program spendingCOD Outpatient Treatment Program: the Co-Occurring Disorders (COD) Outpatient Treatment program operates in conjunction with all of our other programs, and provides specialized counseling services tailored to the needs of people diagnosed with both mental health and substance use disorders. This program provides counseling, education, and practical guidelines for coping with both diagnoses. Other services include community referral services and assistance with community re-integration. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, 194 people were treated by the COD Department.
$668,857 spent$516,002 earned by the program12% of program spendingArlington Apartments: the Arlington Supported Independent Living program provides affordable studio units, with supportive services, for low income persons living with mental illness. Supporting services consisted of permanent affordable housing, individual, group and family therapy, development of independent living and socialization skills, and vocational and educational assistance. As of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, there were 24 people residing in the Arlington Apartments.
$348,045 spent$468,042 earned by the program6% of program spendingHollister Apartments: the Hollister Apartments offer a supported independent living program through the provision of affordable studio units and supportive services for low income persons living with mental illness. As such, a continuum of services is provided at the housing site. As of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, there were eight people residing in the Hollister Apartments.
$122,826 spent$157,076 earned by the program2% of program spendingChartman: Chartman is an electronic patient record (EHR) software system that staff use for efficient charting, HIPAA compliance, instant access for charting and billing, and all patient/client record keeping.
$122,649 spent2% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,360,222.
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 $7.3M to $13M (+81%).
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 8% · 2018 11% · 2019 13% · 2020 19% · 2021 24% · 2022 21% · 2023 11% · 2024 8% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Barry Schoer
President & CEO
Board chair
Dennis Clark CPA
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $71k → $503k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% 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 Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 39% · 2019 47% · 2020 46% · 2021 53% · 2022 43% · 2023 47% — 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
58% of Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
99% of Sanctuary Centers of 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. $486k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like Sanctuary Centers of 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc?
- Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc (California) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,486,976 to it, the largest being Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital ($800,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $2,486,976 in grants to Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara Inc?
- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital is the largest funder on record, with $800,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Sanctuary Centers of 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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