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Organizations Environmental Quality, Protection & Beautification Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Fiscal year ending 2024. Filed on November 17, 2025.

1212 Mission Canyon
Santa Barbara, California 93105

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden (EIN: 95-1644628) has filed an IRS Form 990 since at least fiscal year 2016. In its fiscal year 2024 IRS Form 990 filing, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 7 out of 112 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $156,117. The highest compensated employee at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is Steven Windhager with fiscal year 2024 compensation of $277,833.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$13,077,743

Expenses

$9,842,859

Employee compensation

$5,891,440
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Steven Windhager
Executive Director
$277,833
$245,761 No related comp$32,072
Denise Knapp
Director of Conservation and RES
$161,533
$133,813 No related comp$27,720
Melissa Patrino
Development Director
$151,641
$139,404 No related comp$12,237
Keith Nevison
Director Horticulture and OPS
$131,936
$118,091 No related comp$13,845
Jaime Eschette
Director of Marketing and Commun
$130,955
$118,289 No related comp$12,666
Jill Freeland
Human Resources Director
$121,944
$102,100 No related comp$19,844
Diane Wondolowski
Finance Director
$116,976
$100,492 No related comp$16,484

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Ann Steinmetz
Trustee
Bibi Moezzi
Treasurer
Cat Allday
Trustee
Dawn Seymour
Trustee
Eileen White Read
Trustee
Frank Davis, Ph.D.
Trustee
Gelare MacOn
Trustee
George Leis
Trustee
Helene Schneider
Vice Chair
Jeremy Bassan
Trustee
John Gabbert
Trustee
Linda Stirling
Trustee

Contractors

Granite Construction Company
Construction
$236,586
Balance Financial
Accounting
$187,720
Channel Island Restoration
Landscaping
$138,130
Duke Sequencing and Genomic Technologies
Genomic Sequencing
$116,085

Mission Statement

TO CONSERVE NATIVE PLANTS AND HABITATS FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND OUR PLANET.

Revisions to this organization profile

November 17, 2025:
2024 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 990 filed
September 30, 2024:
2023 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 990 filed
November 10, 2023:
2022 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 990 filed

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