California · Nonprofit
SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY
SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,550 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($68,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $569k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $81k
- Net assets
- $622k
What Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra Society does
Mission
To present chamber orchestra and chamber music performances with educational outreach.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Orchestral Music Concerts: The Society presented 3 concerts of chamber orchestra music. An average of about 400 people attended each of these concerts. The concerts are performed by professional musicians led by a professional conductor at a local performing arts theater, the Lobero Theatre. The music is primarily orchestral music composed for 30-40 musicians. Two of the concerts were preceded by a buffet supper for 60-80 attendees as a "warm-up" to the concert. The third was preceded by a fund-raising event. The Society also presented three chamber music concerts at other local venues. Six to twelve musicians performed to audiences of 100-250.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY’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
SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY.
“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.
Where its funders are
94% of SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $76k 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.
Organizations like SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY: 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 SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY?
- SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $80,550 to it, the largest being SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION ($68,050). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $80,550 in grants to SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY?
- SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $68,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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