United Boys and Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237087814
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8056811315
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,108,293
Expenses
$6,431,875
Assets
$18,676,606
Liabilities
$568,366

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICHOLAS BEHRMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • JANYCE CRERY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL BAKER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL BAKER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $208,695 total reported compensation
  • TAYLOR SWAN (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $138,262 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

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.

What it reported doing in 2024

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 youth development activities based on student needs and interests.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -106.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.9; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 70.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $4.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $209K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $463K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.