California · Nonprofit
SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION
SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being RUDI AND BERTA SCHULTE ANGELS CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $252k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $333k
What Santa Barbara Special Enforcement Team Support Foundation does
Mission
The foundation seeks to bring together charitable donors, community leaders and nonprofit organizations in support of, and to encourage philanthropic support of santa barbara county sheriff's deputies, by providing training and equipment, all with the goal of enhancing the quality of service and safety for the communities served.the foundation's purpose is to educate and inform the public of the importance and necessity of the special enforcement team, and the role it carries in the public safety of our citizens. The foundation seeks to provide financial support to allow for the critical services provided by the s.e.t. To the central coast communities and beyond. Support to the s.e.t. Foundation will allow the acquisition of highly specialized equipment necessary to respond to the most difficult scenarios while keeping citizens and deputies safe. Additionally, the foundation seeks to provide specialized training and the advancement of education for the members of the s.e.t., other
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Primary program services consist of monthly funding of a station for the unit, from which the unit is able to respond as well as specialized training for the unit.
$419,598 spentof which $254,919 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $419,598.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $284k to $526k (+85%).
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.
84% of SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Brian Thielst
CEO/secretary/director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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 SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION's revenue fell 29% between 2019 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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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
44%
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 SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT 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 SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION?
- SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being RUDI AND BERTA SCHULTE ANGELS CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT FOUNDATION?
- RUDI AND BERTA SCHULTE ANGELS CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM SUPPORT 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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