Civic Intelligence

Festivals 4 a Cause

EIN 46-0880267 • 501(c)3 • Santa Barbara, CA

Profile

The specific purpose of this corporation is event planning and fundraising to benefit children's organizations throughout southern santa barbara county. By bringing people together through events, fun and music, the fundraising activities and events of the program raise awareness of all children's issues. Money raised through the fundraising events is donated to local charitable organizations that focus on children's issues.

218 East Victoria StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93101

www.festivals4cause.com

Siviq Scores

Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.

Liabilities / Assets

59th percentile

0.00x

Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Source year 2016

Liabilities / Revenue

Score unavailable

No value available

Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2016

Net Margin

Score unavailable

No value available

Net margin requires both revenue and expenses on the latest valid filing.

Source year 2016

Top Officer Pay

Score unavailable

No value available

No filing with officer rows is available for this organization yet.

Asset Growth

49th percentile

-2.1%

Faster asset growth than 49% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2015 to 2016

Revenue Growth

3rd percentile

-100%

Faster revenue growth than 3% of similar nonprofits.

501(c)3 • <$500k nonprofits • Annualized from 2015 to 2016

Balance Sheet
Liabilities / Assets59th percentile

Assets

Down

$52,848

Down $1,052 (-2.0%) from 2016

Liabilities

Flat

$0

Flat from 2016

Net Assets

Down

$52,848

Down $1,052 (-2.0%) from 2016

Operations
Liabilities / RevenueScore unavailableNet MarginScore unavailable

Revenue

Flat

$0

Flat from 2016

Expenses

Down

$1,052

Down $123 (-10%) from 2016

Net Income

Up

-$1,052

Up $123 (+10%) from 2016

Trend Graphs

Balance Sheet Trend

Asset Growth49th percentile

Grouped bars show assets, liabilities, and net assets across loaded filings.

$60K$40K$20K$0Assets 2013: $18,874Liabilities 2013: $02013Assets 2014: $32,236Liabilities 2014: $0Net Assets 2014: $32,2362014Assets 2015: $55,075Liabilities 2015: $0Net Assets 2015: $55,0752015Assets 2016: $53,900Liabilities 2016: $0Net Assets 2016: $53,9002016Assets 2017: $52,848Liabilities 2017: $0Net Assets 2017: $52,8482017

Highlighted filing

2017

Assets$52,848
Liabilities$0
Net Assets$52,848
Open 2017 Filing

Operations Trend

Revenue Growth3rd percentile

Revenue, expenses, and net income by year, with the latest filing highlighted.

$80K$60K$40K$20K$0-$20KRevenue 2013: $48,591Expenses 2013: $29,717Net Income 2013: $18,8742013Revenue 2014: $45,662Expenses 2014: $32,300Net Income 2014: $13,3622014Revenue 2015: $66,242Expenses 2015: $43,403Net Income 2015: $22,8392015Revenue 2016: $0Expenses 2016: $1,175Net Income 2016: -$1,1752016Revenue 2017: $0Expenses 2017: $1,052Net Income 2017: -$1,0522017

Highlighted filing

2017

Revenue$0
Expenses$1,052
Net Income-$1,052
Open 2017 Filing

Filings

Most recent year

2017 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.

Open filing
Assets
$52,848
Liabilities
$0
Net assets
$52,848
Revenue
$0
Expenses
$1,052
Net income
-$1,052
Balance SheetOperations
YearAssetsLiabilitiesNet AssetsRevenueExpensesNet Income
2017Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$52.8$0.00$52.8$0.00$1.05$1.05
2016Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$53.9$0.00$53.9$0.00$1.18$1.18
2015Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$55.1$0.00$55.1$66.2$43.4$22.8
2014Detailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.$32.2$0.00$32.2$45.7$32.3$13.4
2013Summary only. Only limited summary data is available for this year.$18.9$0.00$48.6$29.7$18.9
Latest Filing Detail
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Filing Snapshot
Filing Period
Jan 1, 2017 to Dec 31, 2017
Signed
May 8, 2018
Return Version
2017v2.2
Gross Receipts
$0
Mission and Program Overview

Mission

The specific purpose of this corporation is event planning and fundraising to benefit children's organizations throughout southern santa barbara county. By bringing people together through events, fun and music, the fundraising activities and events of the program raise awareness of all children's issues. Money raised through the fundraising events is donated to local charitable organizations that focus on children's issues.

Program Services

DescriptionGrantsExpenses
NONE$0$0
NONE$0$0
NONE$0$0
Compensation and Service Providers
Top Officer PayScore unavailable

Employees

NameTitleFull / Part TimeBaseOtherTotal
BRIAN SCHWABECHERPresident-$0--
PAMELA POWERSBoard Member-$0--
STEPHANIE OLSONBoard Member-$0--
TISHA HAWKINSBoard Member-$0--
TOM OLSONBoard Member-$0--
Filing and Contact Details

Filer

Filer Name
Festivals 4 a Cause
EIN
46-0880267
Phone
8055701715
Address
218 EAST VICTORIA STREET, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101

Signing Officer

Name
Brian Schwabecher
Title
President
Phone
8055701715
Signed
2018-05-08
Discuss with paid preparer
No

Preparer

Firm
Nasif Hicks Harris & Co Llp
Address
104 WEST ANAPAMU STREET SUITE B, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101
Preparer
Tom Olson
Phone
8059661521
Supplemental Narrative

Additional Explanations

Form 990-ez, Part I, Line 16 - Other Expenses

“Description: tax preparation. Amount: 600. Description: insurance. Amount: 452. Total to form 990-ez, line 16: 1,052.”

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This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.

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