Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

What it reported doing in 2024

Santa barbara neighborhood clinics (sbnc) was formed in 1998 through a merger of three existing medical clinics, which had provided medical care to the underserved population since the 1970's. Since 2013, sbnc has operated as a federally qualified health center (fqhc) under section 330(e) of the public health service act. Sbnc provides a wide-spectrum of primary health care services at nine locations, including: -four medical and behavioral health clinics -two dental clinics -one "bridge" clinic dedicated to treatment of substance use disorders, (cont. On schedule o)additionally, health promotion services and patient education services are provided. These clinics are located in neighborhoods of the cities of santa barbara and goleta, and the unincorporated district of isla vista. All are in the county of santa barbara, California. Sbnc's target population includes low-income, uninsured, homeless, and medically underserved people living in south santa barbara county. In 2025, 70% of patients were latino and 47% had incomes below the federal poverty guideline. This population needs access to affordable healthcare in their neighborhoods, delivered by compassionate, bi-lingual, and culturally aware staff. In calendar year 2025, sbnc provided 49,039 medical encounters, 22,169 dental encounters, 11,582 behavioral health encounters, and 3,768 substance use disorder encounters for a total of 86,558 clinical visits. A total of 18,546 unduplicated patients were served. The organization is committed to providing healthcare to all people, regardless of ability to pay. About 72% of sbnc's patients are eligible for insurance programs, including medicare or medi-cal. Sixteen percent (16%) of patients have covered California or another source of commercial insurance. The remaining 12% are "self-pay" patients, without insurance; for these patients, sbnc has a sliding fee discount program based on patient's household size and income.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 69.4%; rating input score 69
• Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
• Fundraising efficiency: $24.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Pass
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 24.2%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 12% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings