The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
The sbcc foundation fuels the excellence of santa barbara city college by engaging the community, building relationships, and inviting the generosity of donors. The resources raised and managed by the foundation enrich college programs, remove barriers, and empower students to succeed.
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College at a glance
In short: The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College gave $3.3M across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $1.7M), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $3,307,593
- -22.5% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 2
- -60.0% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $1,653,797
- +93.8% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $1,653,797
- Total assets
- $104,006,570
- +7.3% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
Open Grants
5 open opportunities from The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
Rising Scholars
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Varies
Deadline
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Running Start
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Varies
Deadline
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SBCC Promise
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
Amount
Covers all required fees, books, and supplies for up to two years
Deadline
Deadline not published
Who The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Yes on P for SBCC ($390K).
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($2,917,872), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
14 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 5 grants of 14 (36%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.
States
Cities
How The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2022 to 2025 (+3%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3.2M (2022) to $4.9M (2020). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $3.3M.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 grant to individuals Recipients not named | — | $2,917,872 |
| Yes on P for SBCC Sacramento, CA | To support the passage of measure p in the santa Barbara county 2024 general election | $389,721 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $104,006,570 | $10,729,825 | $6,217,825 | $3,307,593 | 2 | $7,683,184 |
| 2024 | $96,949,701 | $9,252,804 | $8,804,651 | $4,266,420 | 5 | $3,775,452 |
| 2023 | $88,748,883 | $7,312,099 | $7,243,343 | $3,701,417 | 5 | $3,240,509 |
| 2022 | $84,729,515 | $11,936,703 | $6,630,365 | $3,226,298 | 1 | $7,263,788 |
| 2021 | $94,886,418 | $28,568,433 | $6,659,775 | $3,409,815 | 1 | $2,673,566 |
| 2020 | $62,486,520 | $6,592,806 | $10,009,447 | $4,933,288 | 3 | $2,264,995 |
| 2019 | $67,315,480 | $9,280,102 | $7,575,013 | $4,366,740 | 4 | $2,991,514 |
About The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
Based on IRS filings
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College is a public charity focused on Education, based in Santa Barbara, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $104.0M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $3.3M. Net investment income was $7.7M.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College is led by Bobbi Abram, Chief Executive Officer on the 2025 filing; 4 of 20 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bobbi Abram
Chief Executive Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$183K (2025)
Wendy Read
President
At Large → Director, 2024
Director → President, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Frank Tabar
Director
Director at Large → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Madeleine Jacobson
Director
Director → President, 2024
President → Director, 2025
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roger Durling
Director
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sarah De Tagyos
Director
Director → Secretary, 2022
Secretary → Director, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carola Nicholson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Menzel
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Susan Silver
Director
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Zorana Morris
Chief Financial Officer
Controller → Chief Financial Officer, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$91K (2020) → $178K (2025)
Rachel Johnson
Chief Program Officer
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$107K (2022) → $151K (2025)
Sarah Stretz
Chief Development Officer
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$154K (2024) → $181K (2025)
Laurie Ashton
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2021
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Lee Pickett
Treasurer
Director → Vice President, 2022
Vice President → Treasurer, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert K. Miller
Ex-Officio - Sbcc
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carola Smith
Ex-Officio - Sbcc
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paloma Arnold
Ex-Officio - Sbcc
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erika Endrijonas
Ex-Officio - Sbcc
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Ramirez
Ex-Officio - Sbcc
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachel Kaganoff
Secretary
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (45)
- Former: Pedro Paz (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Scott Vincent (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Ben Scott (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Greg Loosvelt (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Bobbi Abram Chief (2024) — Executive Officer
- Former: Elizabeth Wilmer (2024) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Geoff Green Chief (2024) — Executive Officer
- Former: Kimberly Monda (2024) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Geoff Green (2019–2023) — Chief Executive Officer
- Former: Graciela Montgomery (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Anna Everett (2022–2023) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Chernor Diallo (2022–2023) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Daniel Emmett (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kindred Murillo (2022–2023) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Melanie Eckford-Prossor (2022–2023) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Rachel Kaganoff Stern (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Helen Benjamin (2019–2022) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Raissa Smorol (2020–2022) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Joyce Coleman (2021–2022) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Raeanne Napoleon (2021–2022) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Allegra Kabukapua Kalombo (2022) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Kathy Scott (2022) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Edward Ted Friedel (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Frank Schipper (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Gretchen Hewlett (2019–2021) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Jeff Pittman (2019–2021) — Treasurer
- Former: Kandy Luria-Budgor (2019–2021) — Secretary
- Former: Pamela Ralston (2019–2021) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Craig Nielsen (2020–2021) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc · Filing note: Thru 123120
- Former: Utpal K. Goswami (2020–2021) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Carson Mitchell (2021) — Ex-Officio - Sbcc
- Former: Jonathan Abboud (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Karin Svensson (2019–2020) — CFO
- Former: Melissa Moreno (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Patricia Stark (2019–2020) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Philip Wyatt (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Alex Montes De Oca (2020) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Anthony Beebe EdD (2019) — Ex-Officio
- Former: David Doner (2019) — Director
- Former: Earl Armstrong (2019) — President
- Former: Josh Villanueva (2019) — Ex-Officio
- Former: Robyn Freedman (2019) — Secretary
- Former: Scott Pollard (2019) — Director
- Former: Steve Zipperstein (2019) — Director
- Former: Steven Lew (2019) — Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $183K, to Bobbi Abram (Chief Executive Officer). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College
How much does The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College give each year?
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College gave $3.3M across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $4.3M across 5 grants.
How large is The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College?
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College reported $104.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $10.7M.
What is The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College?
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College is a public charity focused on Education, based in Santa Barbara, CA. It holds $104.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College operate?
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College has awarded grants in California.
What is The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College's EIN?
The Foundation for Santa Barbara City College's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 95-3234551. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS March 19, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 10, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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