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Santa Maria area nonprofits

There are 3,075 organizations in the greater Santa Mariametro area, including the cities of Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. Combined, these Santa Maria metro nonprofits employ 26,495 people, earn more than $7 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $13 billion.
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Job trends for Santa Maria nonprofits

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
584
1-10
211
11-25
95
26-100
99
101 to 1,000
43
1,000+
4
Key takeaways for employment stats:

Sizes of nonprofits in Santa Maria

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
876
$250k to $1M
278
$1M to $5M
168
$5M to $25M
74
$25M to $100M
15
$100M+
9
Key takeaways for revenue stats:

Types of nonprofits in Santa Maria

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Religious organizations
438
$13,827,776
Educational institutions
389
$496,151,860
Foundations
346
$216,992,704
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits
304
$113,417,720
Recreation, sports, and social clubs
273
$84,622,227
Business and community development organizations
194
$47,904,126
Human service organizations
180
$991,139,307
Public sector, public co-ops, and veteran organizations
90
$14,035,053
Environmental organizations
89
$69,730,444
Animal organizations
85
$44,272,274
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Directory of nonprofits in Santa Maria

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1-20 of 3,075

Direct Relief

Improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergency situations by mobilizing and providing essential medical resources needed for their care.
Revenue
$2.4b
Assets
$1.2b
Employees
144
EIN
95-1831116
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cottage Health (CH)

For over 125 years, Cottage Health has been providing advanced medical care for patients throughout California. Today, their nationally recognized services provide families with the patient-centered care they deserve.
Revenue
$980.0m
Assets
$2.2b
Employees
3,882
EIN
95-1644629
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Santa Barbara Foundation

Santa Barbara Foundation's mission is to use every tool at their disposal to facilitate the building of philanthropy, strengthen the nonprofit sector, and identify and strategically address important community opportunities and needs.
Revenue
$37.8m
Assets
$474.8m
Employees
42
EIN
95-1866094
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tri-Counties Regional Center

Empowers individuals with developmental disabilities in Santa Barbara to lead fulfilling lives via person-centered planning, services, and supports.
Revenue
$544.3m
Assets
$88.5m
Employees
530
EIN
95-2623230
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Midland School

Midland School provides a unique college preparatory boarding school experience to a diverse student body. It teaches the value of a lifetime of learning, self-reliance, simplicity, responsibility to community, the environment and love for the outdoors.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$38.9m
Employees
50
EIN
95-1684072
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fielding Graduate University

Fielding Graduate University is an accredited nonprofit leader in blended graduate education, combining face-to-face and online learning. Their curriculum offers quality degrees and courses for professionals living and working anywhere in the world.
Revenue
$23.8m
Assets
$38.5m
Employees
325
EIN
95-2882724
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Wood-Claeyssens Foundation

The Wood-Claeyssens Foundation enhances the quality of life in the local community through grantmaking to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations serving the Santa Barbara and Ventura County areas.
Revenue
$26.1m
Assets
$127.0m
Employees
13
EIN
32-0341358
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Channel Islands YMCA

Charitable YMCA promoting youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility based on Christian principles for over 136 years.
Revenue
$29.5m
Assets
$48.0m
Employees
866
EIN
95-1643379
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation

To manage, maintain and renovate the Santa Barbara Bowl, to provide music and performing arts events in the Santa Barbara Community, to promote cultural and artistic awareness in Santa Barbara County.
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$51.5m
Employees
16
EIN
95-3618955
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Vitamin Angels

Our mission is to mobilize and deploy private sector resources to advance availability, access and use of micronutrients, especially Vitamin a, among at-risk populations in need.
Revenue
$132.1m
Assets
$99.1m
Employees
66
EIN
77-0485881
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Crane Country Day School

Crane Country Day School is dedicated to providing an experiential education characterized by a thoughtful balance of academic challenge and creative expression.
Revenue
$14.5m
Assets
$37.1m
Employees
86
EIN
95-1643315
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

Trusted reproductive health provider with free or low-cost services in three Californian counties: Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura.
Revenue
$26.2m
Assets
$49.1m
Employees
208
EIN
95-2319356
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM)

Calms mission is to prevent, assess and treat child abuse in santa barbara county by providing comprehensive, culturally competent services for children, adults and families.
Revenue
$8.5m
Assets
$21.9m
Employees
111
EIN
23-7097910
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Laguna Blanca School

Founded in 1933, Laguna Blanca School is an independent, co-educational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades K-12.
Revenue
$20.1m
Assets
$41.4m
Employees
271
EIN
95-1641448
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Foodbank of Santa Barbara County

To end hunger and transform the health of sb County through good nutrition by providing nourishment, acquiring and distributing safe nutritious food via local agencies (translating to 8.4 million meals last year) and giving education to solve food securit....
Revenue
$28.9m
Assets
$51.9m
Employees
72
EIN
77-0169214
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Surgical Eye Expeditions International (SEE)

Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides medical, surgical and educational services by volunteer ophthalmic surgeons with the primary objective of restoring sight to disadvantaged blind individua.
Revenue
$14.7m
Assets
$12.7m
Employees
29
EIN
31-1682275
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Santa Barbara Humane

Santa Barbara Humane: Champions for animals and people; offering high-quality vet care, behavior training, sheltering, and adoptions in Santa Barbara and Santa Maria.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$50.0m
Employees
89
EIN
95-1643377
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cate School

Private high school in Carpinteria, CA with a mission of commitment, scholarship, companionship, and service. Approx. 300 students enrolled.
Revenue
$39.8m
Assets
$234.1m
Employees
263
EIN
95-1644630
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital: 52-bed acute-care facility in Goleta, CA providing a wide range of medical services and emergency care.
Revenue
$132.3m
Assets
$278.3m
Employees
347
EIN
95-2413596
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Environmental Defense Center (EDC)

The Environmental Defense Center works to protect the local environment through education, advocacy, and legal action. Since 1977, we have empowered community-based organizations to advance environmental protection.
Revenue
$7.3m
Assets
$12.8m
Employees
15
EIN
77-0061994
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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