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SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,438 to it, the largest being THE GRASSINI FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,438). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$2.2M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$1k
Net assets
$-364667
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

The mission of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce is to create a strong local economy, promote the community, provide business resources and networking opportunities and represent business to the government.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Business advocacy and support - various meeting mixers to foster business relations in the goleta, santa barbara and carpinteria area, general business advocacy in the community. Daily staff and office support of these efforts.

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($789k) Expenses 100 ($861k) Net assets 100 ($72k)2018 Revenue 108 ($849k) Expenses 97 ($837k) Net assets 118 ($85k)2019 Revenue 111 ($878k) Expenses 106 ($909k) Net assets 75 ($54k)2020 Revenue 135 ($1.1M) Expenses 130 ($1.1M) Net assets -206 ($-147716)2021 Revenue 224 ($1.8M) Expenses 194 ($1.7M) Net assets -71 ($-50878)2022 Revenue 213 ($1.7M) Expenses 223 ($1.9M) Net assets -404 ($-289620)2023 Revenue 266 ($2.1M) Expenses 248 ($2.1M) Net assets -455 ($-326251)2024 Revenue 274 ($2.2M) Expenses 256 ($2.2M) Net assets -508 ($-364667)
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Revenue (274)Expenses (256)Net assets (-508)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $71k to $314k (+344%).

$101k
$100k
$71k
$314k
$437k
$215k
$170k
$204k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 39% · 2018 37% · 2019 38% · 2020 32% · 2021 19% · 2022 21% · 2023 36% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$72k
’17
$13k
’18
−$31k
’19
−$59k
’20
$97k
’21
−$239k
’22
−$37k
’23
−$38k
’24
0.9
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.

Chief executive

Kristen Miller

President & CEO

Board chair

Randy Berg

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2528234137353132
Joined·+8+2+26+9+4+11+8
No longer listed·578136157
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Left out of every figure on this page: $25k 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 SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE raised.

From the IRS filings of SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’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.

Where its funders are

100% of SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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 SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

32
board members
78%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,438 to it, the largest being THE GRASSINI FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($1,438). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,438 in grants to SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
THE GRASSINI FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,438 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA SOUTH COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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