California · Nonprofit
UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,039,508 to it, the largest being THE MERICOS FOUNDATION ($1,660,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.1M
- Funders on record
- 62
- Grants received
- $8.0M
- Net assets
- $18M
What United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County does
Mission
The organization provides a safe environment for children to develop self-esteem, values and skills. The clubs provide professional staff and programs for athletics, games, learning computer skills, after school tutoring and day care, and various other activities that benefit children in the cities of goleta, santa barbara, lompoc, buellton, solvang and carpinteria, california. The club also runs camp whittier which is a campground that is available for use by the various clubs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
After school care:the clubs drop-in policy allows easy access for care as needed, and our non-traditional hours accommodate families with varied work schedules.ases programs - provides literacy, academic enrichment, educationally enriching and safe constructive alternatives for students in kindergarten through ninth grade (k-9) during non-school hours.an educational and literacy element provides tutoring and/or homework assistance designed to help students meet state standards in one or more of the following core academic subjects: reading/language arts, mathematics, history and social studies, or science. A broad range of activities is implemented based on local student needs and interests. The educational enrichment element offers an array of additional services, programs, and activities that reinforce and complement a school's academic program. Educational enrichment includes positive youth development strategies, recreation and prevention activities. Such activities might involve the visual and performing arts, music, physical activity, health/nutrition promotion, and general recreation; career awareness and work preparation activities; community service-learning; and other…
$482,464 spent$140,792 earned by the program11% of program spendingCamp whittier - nestled among the hills of the los padres national forest, this private, tucked-away 55 acre resident camp is bounded by hiking trails and hosts an abundance of wildlife in an oak woodland area. Camp whittier is a nonsectarian camp operated year-round 7 days a week and is available to boys & girls clubs, youth groups, school retreats and conferences, organizational conferences and meetings, church groups, high school and college groups, family reunions and corporate groups.
$1,027,817 spent$1,158,931 earned by the program23% of program spendingAthletic and other programs:develops fitness, social skills, positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment.clubs offer a variety of athletics leagues to capture the needs and interests of youth in the communities we serve. Our athletic opportunities strive to equip all young people the skills and techniques they need to excel in sports. Building good character, sportsmanship, and fundamentals through a positive and fun environment. Our leagues are open to youth in grades k-8.
$3,040,072 spent$222,227 earned by the program67% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,550,353.
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 2019 to 2020, from $7.0M to $13M (+93%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 11% · 2018 10% · 2019 13% · 2020 9% · 2021 18% · 2022 8% · 2023 7% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
107% of UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Michael Baker
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $848k → $1.3M.
14 of 62 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 62 funders by total. 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
UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
38% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 33% · 2019 27% · 2020 19% · 2021 32% · 2022 29% · 2023 30% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY's funding base is broadening — from 15 funders to 20 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY?
- UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY (California) receives grants from 62 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,039,508 to it, the largest being THE MERICOS FOUNDATION ($1,660,000). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 62 organizations giving $8,039,508 in grants to UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY?
- THE MERICOS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,660,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY 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 62 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