California · Nonprofit
SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT
SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being MACDONALD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $74k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $212k
What Santa Barbara Youth Project does
Mission
Provide Programs for At-Risk Youth
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Gnome Project:Therapeutic interventions in nature through exploration, education and play therapy for 100+ preschool to 5th grade at risk youth. 10 week program
$7,715 spent19% of program spendingSanta Ynes Valley futbol U-12 Girl's team: Youth development, additional skills programs, equipment costs and playing fees, 12 months for 14 participant
$7,085 spent18% of program spendingSanta Ynez Valley Futbol U-14 Boy's team, Youth development, additional skills programs, equipment costs, State Cup attendance and fees. 12 month for 16 participants
$11,526 spent29% of program spending3 Fundraisers, Youth Internship program and Bank Fees that are on Schedule O
$13,466 spent34% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $39,792.
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 YOUTH PROJECT’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 YOUTH PROJECT'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 YOUTH PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,200 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT
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.
Public support
96%
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 YOUTH PROJECT: 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 YOUTH PROJECT?
- SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being MACDONALD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($34,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $34,000 in grants to SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT?
- MACDONALD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $34,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANTA BARBARA YOUTH PROJECT 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 2025–2025), 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