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Santa Barbara Foundation
For over 90 years, the Santa Barbara Foundation has been a catalyst for change. The foundation analyzes issues to identify challenges that burden people every day in Santa Barbara County. It convenes community stakeholders to build coalitions and partner with nonprofits and other leaders working on the front lines. Together with the Santa Barbara community the foundation charts a direction and mobilizes people to support the dynamic initiatives that make this a better place, now and for generations to come.
Web Address
www.sbfoundation.org
Web Address
www.sbfoundation.org
Assets and Giving for Santa Barbara Foundation
Assets
2018 - 372,582,050
2017 - 424,101,970
2016 - 259,089,047
2018 - 372,582,050
2017 - 424,101,970
2016 - 259,089,047
Domestic Grants
2018 - 29,437,980
2017 - 26,039,387
2018 - 29,437,980
2017 - 26,039,387
Recent News from Santa Barbara Foundation
Community Foundation Update (08/11/18)
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Cape Cod Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation of Louisville, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, Rhode Island Foundation
Alaska. The Palmer Community Foundation is working to raise $185,000 for an endowment over the next two years that will be matched and flow...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Cape Cod Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation of Louisville, Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Pittsburgh Foundation, Rhode Island Foundation
Alaska. The Palmer Community Foundation is working to raise $185,000 for an endowment over the next two years that will be matched and flow...more
Youth Making Change Opens 2018-19 Grant Cycle
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The Youth Making Change grant application is now available now. Applications can be downloaded from the Fund for Santa Barbara...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The Youth Making Change grant application is now available now. Applications can be downloaded from the Fund for Santa Barbara...more
Youth Making Change Opens 2018-19 Grant Cycle
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The Fund for Santa Barbara is a nonprofit community foundation that supports organizations working for social, economic, environmental &...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The Fund for Santa Barbara is a nonprofit community foundation that supports organizations working for social, economic, environmental &...more
Foundation steps in for fire victims
Foundation: McCune Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation, Weingart Foundation
The Ventura County Community Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a community based partnership providing relief and recovery support...more
Foundation: McCune Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation, Weingart Foundation
The Ventura County Community Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a community based partnership providing relief and recovery support...more
Foundation steps in for fire victims
Foundation: McCune Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation, Weingart Foundation
The Ventura County Community Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a community based partnership providing relief and recovery support...more
Foundation: McCune Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation, Weingart Foundation
The Ventura County Community Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a community based partnership providing relief and recovery support...more
Kicking Off Staff Expansion, Santa Barbara Foundation Taps Director of Grants
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The Santa Barbara Foundation has named Pedro Paz as its new director of grantmaking. Paz will oversee the foundation's community grant...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The Santa Barbara Foundation has named Pedro Paz as its new director of grantmaking. Paz will oversee the foundation's community grant...more
Santa Barbara Philanthropy at Crossroads with Generational Shift, New Tax Law and Disasters
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Parker Foundation
Philanthropy at a local level seems to be mirroring national trends. ... Despite the shift in philanthropic paradigm, contributions keep growing — and...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Parker Foundation
Philanthropy at a local level seems to be mirroring national trends. ... Despite the shift in philanthropic paradigm, contributions keep growing — and...more
Community foundation gets new VP
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation
The Ventura County Community Foundation recently announced that Phylene Wiggins will serve as its vice president of programs and...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Ventura County Community Foundation
The Ventura County Community Foundation recently announced that Phylene Wiggins will serve as its vice president of programs and...more
Wilderness Youth Project Adds Amy Schneider to Board
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Weingart Foundation
Schneider is an experienced grant-maker and nonprofit professional with knowledge of Santa Barbara County's philanthropic and nonprofits sectors. Her specialties include philanthropy/grant-making,...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation, Weingart Foundation
Schneider is an experienced grant-maker and nonprofit professional with knowledge of Santa Barbara County's philanthropic and nonprofits sectors. Her specialties include philanthropy/grant-making,...more
Hobnobbing with Helen: Great givers
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The annual Celebrate Philanthropy luncheon, organized by the Santa Barbara Foundation and sponsored by the Santa Maria Times (they picked...more
Foundation: Santa Barbara Foundation
The annual Celebrate Philanthropy luncheon, organized by the Santa Barbara Foundation and sponsored by the Santa Maria Times (they picked...more
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Social Enterprise Piles Textbooks for Change
Textbooks for Change, a London-based social enterprise that has obtained the B Corporation seal for positive social and environmental impact, is seeking investors that would be helping the company expand.