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US nonprofit · EIN 451477526 · Santa Barbara, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 451477526) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code POF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Hermitage Santa Barbara

Donations deductible
Total assets
$10.6m
IRS master file
Directors and trustees
6
6.4y av
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Bruce Biesman-Simons
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
1
named in Part VII
Activity
C41
Environment
Filings on record
7
latest 2024
Renewal outlook
Watchlist
score 22 of 100
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Hermitage Santa Barbara's network

6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Bruce Biesman-Simons ChairChair (As of 9-25-24)2024
2 yrs
Carl Kocher ChairChair (Resigned 9-25-24)2018
8 yrs
Abigail SchottCompany secretary2021
5 yrs
Julia ForesterDirector2018
8 yrs
Melora ScharfTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Randy BaldwinDirector2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Theodore GardnerCEOsince 2018

About

Legal name
Hermitage Santa Barbara
EIN
451477526
Address
200 W Victoria St, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101-3627
State
California
Activity (NTEE)
C41 Environment
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Environment
Size band
8 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 March 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
7, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
POF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsCarl Kocher
≥8years on the filingsJulia Forester
≥8years on the filingsMelora Scharf
≥5years on the filingsAbigail Schott

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$0$811kDeficit $811k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.