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SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,810 to it, the largest being VOLENTINE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$257k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$2k
Net assets
$153k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Santa Barbara Police Officers Association does

Mission

To assist in all matters pertaining to the welfare and advancement of all members and dependents, the efficiency of the santa barbara police department and the well-being of the community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Members pay for legal coverage administered by the organization

    $129,705 spent
    63% of program spending
  2. Optional member contributions to political action committee through organization (including payments to porac)

    $23,588 spent
    12% of program spending
  3. Members pay for insurance coverage administered by the organization

    $44,275 spent
    22% of program spending
  4. Welfare and advancement of all members and dependents in the community

    $6,835 spent
    3% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $204,403.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($58k) Expenses 100 ($57k) Net assets 100 ($121k)2019 Revenue 66 ($38k) Expenses 100 ($57k) Net assets 80 ($97k)2020 Revenue 202 ($116k) Expenses 188 ($108k) Net assets 87 ($105k)2021 Revenue 342 ($198k) Expenses 337 ($193k) Net assets 90 ($109k)2022 Revenue 329 ($190k) Expenses 387 ($222k) Net assets 64 ($77k)2023 Revenue 336 ($194k) Expenses 317 ($182k) Net assets 74 ($89k)2024 Revenue 416 ($240k) Expenses 358 ($205k) Net assets 102 ($123k)2025 Revenue 446 ($257k) Expenses 396 ($227k) Net assets 127 ($153k)
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Revenue (446)Expenses (396)Net assets (127)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $89k to $123k (+38%).

$121k
$97k
$105k
$109k
$79k
$89k
$123k
$153k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$337
’18
−$20k
’19
$8k
’20
$4k
’21
−$32k
’22
$12k
’23
$34k
’24
$30k
’25
8.1
months of
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.

20242025
Listed54
Joined·+0
No longer listed·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $560 → $500.

From the IRS filings of SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION’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 POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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

83%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 67% · 2019 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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

100% of SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’19
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION?
SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,810 to it, the largest being VOLENTINE FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,810 in grants to SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION?
VOLENTINE FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 2 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