California · Nonprofit
SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION
SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,050 to it, the largest being GARDNER GROUT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $38k
- Net assets
- $125k
What Santa Barbara Showgrounds Foundation does
Mission
Promote events at earl warren showgrounds to support capital improvements and ongoing operations.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Promote events at earl warren showgrounds to support capital improvements and ongoing operations.
$284,632 spentof which $231,455 as grants$226,729 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $284,632.
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 $131k to $189k (+44%).
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.
12% of SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (18% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $20k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION’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 SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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.
Where its funders are
SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION draws 53% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,010 recreation & sports nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION: 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 SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION?
- SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,050 to it, the largest being GARDNER GROUT FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $38,050 in grants to SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION?
- GARDNER GROUT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA SHOWGROUNDS FOUNDATION 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.
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 4 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