California · Nonprofit
SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,000,410 to it, the largest being THE MERICOS FOUNDATION ($305,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Santa Barbara Partners in Education does
Mission
Our mission is to empower students for the world ahead through business, school, and community collaboration. We do this by creating and supporting inspiring, skill-building opportunities for youth along their tk-12 journey.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Computers for families (cff) is an award-winning program that seeks to bridge the digital divide, which can hinder students who do not have access to adequate technology, from achieving academic success. Cff refurbishes used computers and distributes them to students and families across santa barbara county. This comprehensive program includes assistance accessing subsidized high-speed internet, training, coaching and ongoing technical support. Cff also promotes equitable and healthy access to technology through our digital literacy program. To date 17,000 computers have been distributed to local families need and 2,870 individuals have participated in digital literacy trainings. In response to covid-19, cff expanded its services to anyone in need, regardless of age, grade, or student status.
$436,041 spent$31,407 earned by the program64% of program spendingThe countywide volunteer program is designed to respond to school needs that cannot be met without support from community volunteers. Upon educator request, the program recruits and screens volunteers who play various roles in support of tk-12 schools and youth serving nonprofits sites across santa barbara county. Over 340,000 total hours of service have been coordinated since 2008, and are valued at more than 9 million dollars. Main areas of volunteer service include career exploration and career readiness, as well as academic support. In the wake of covid-19 and school closures, volunteering shifted to offer virtual opportunities, in addition to in-person opportunities according to certain safety protocols. The program is currently evolving in the wake of changes, but most common volunteer activities are guest speaking and tutoring.
$49,215 spent7% of program spendingThe paid student internship program provides high school students with an extensive, paid job readiness training and provides opportunities for paid internships with local organizations. Throughout the program, students benefit from personalized career coaching and hands-on opportunities to explore career interests and develop important job related skills, such as building a resume, interviewing, and communication in the workplace with the support of a career coach. Business, nonprofit, and government agencies serve as host sites for students, paying a portion of the total cost of wages and providing support to students while they are in the workplace. In response to covid-19, the job readiness training became virtual and has evolved into a hybrid program. Remote, in-person and hybrid internships have also become available. The program also expanded into other areas of the county and doubled the number of spots available in the 7-week job readiness training from 60 to up to 150. More than 1,404 total students have been served by the program.
$195,573 spent29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $680,829.
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 2020 to 2021, from $4.0M to $4.7M (+16%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 4% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 40% · 2024 58% · 2025 53%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Chelsea Pacino Duffy
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $57k → $131k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $207k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Santa Barbara Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION raised.
From the IRS filings of SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION’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 PARTNERS IN EDUCATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 65% · 2019 54% · 2020 55% · 2021 19% · 2022 23% · 2023 38% — 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
64% of SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% 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
98% of SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $162k 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
SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION is better cushioned than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION
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
57% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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
- Santa Barbara County Education Office · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION?
- SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,000,410 to it, the largest being THE MERICOS FOUNDATION ($305,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,000,410 in grants to SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION?
- THE MERICOS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $305,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA PARTNERS IN EDUCATION 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 19 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