For 100 years, Sansum Clinic has been improving the overall health of its patients by providing the latest innovations in […more…]
Barry Schoer is all too familiar with the stigma surrounding mental illness. As the president and CEO of Sanctuary Centers, […more…]
The esteemed independent educational institution marked its 80-plus year dedication to growth, improvement, and future-forward thinking with a name change […more…]
In any given week, Sara Ruggerone receives as many as 30 requests to rescue someone’s horses. She’s lucky if she […more…]
For the Cohen sisters, taking on the embodiment of the fossil fuel and climate crisis – plastic – started with […more…]
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Organic Soup Kitchen does not just make soup, it makes perfect soup: nutrient-rich, life-sustaining, and hand-delivered every week to 720 […more…]
When it comes to the rampant issue of homelessness in California, there are no miracle cures or easy fixes. New […more…]
In the ten years that NatureTrack has been taking Santa Barbara County’s school-age kids on outdoor field trips, Steve Schulz […more…]
Firefighters do a lot more than fight fires. On any given day, Montecito Fire’s 33 active-duty firefighters wake up to […more…]
On any given weekday, as many as 100 community members living with mental illness enter through the blue doors and […more…]
It’s just a couple weeks before October 2021 and Opera Santa Barbara is preparing to take the stage for its […more…]
Polish opera singer and socialite Madame Ganna Walska led a life that was as colorful and flamboyant as the 3,500 […more…]
More than 23 years ago, when Kate Carter completed an internship at Santa Barbara’s community access TV station, she could […more…]
California’s rental assistance program is designed to pay 100 percent of past-due rent, providing sorely needed relief to income-eligible renters […more…]
Our country’s nonprofit sector is notorious for high burnout and voluntary turnover rates that exceed the average of most industries. […more…]
Cindy Faith Swain, Director of La Casa de Maria, has vivid memories of the day a Santa Barbara treasure was […more…]
Santa Barbara is a proud community with an independent identity, and residents chafe at any hint that they live in […more…]
The Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade is a homegrown community response to climate change. Created in the wake of the Thomas […more…]
The modern hospice movement was born in 1967 in a leafy neighborhood of southeast London when a nurse named Dame […more…]
During its 76-year history, Hillside House, a residential facility for people with moderate to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, has […more…]
At Girls Inc. Carpinteria, the work of empowering girls to ensure they have the tools to reach their full potential […more…]
A common thread connects all those on The Fund for Santa Barbara’s team – if they weren’t professionally involved with […more…]
Libraries across America enjoy the support of friend groups for funding support, whether it’s for a reading room, an embellished […more…]
Many nonprofits like to throw around the word grassroots to describe their organizations, but few do the term justice as […more…]
On a wall next to the entrance of Edwin Weaver’s office at Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) hangs a […more…]
Family Service Agency is a Santa Barbara institution, as much a part of local history as major landmarks like the […more…]
Eight years ago, when the Victoria Hall Theater underwent a $12.6 million renovation that transformed the historic venue into The […more…]
Endowment for Youth Community (EYC) President Guy R. Walker is well known for his politeness. Even before the interview began, […more…]
Ernesto Paredes, the longtime executive director of the transportation service Easy Lift, was 16 years old when he got his […more…]
Hurricane Katrina was a major turning point in the history of Direct Relief. Until then, the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that […more…]
The time for action on climate change is now. For the Community Environmental Council (CEC), an environmental stalwart on the […more…]
Estefany Can was eight years old when social workers removed her and her brothers from their home. Her mother was […more…]
For the organization known as AHA! (which stands for “Attitude, Harmony, Achievement”), 22 years is long enough to have had […more…]
When she talks about education, Tina Hansen McEnroe likes to invoke Irish poet W. B. Yeats: “Education is not the […more…]
In 1990, a group of parents excited about the potential of creative reuse and worried about the lack of funding […more…]
In 1969, a major blowout at Union Oil’s Platform A caused an estimated four million gallons of crude to pour […more…]
After 103 years, El Encanto Hotel, a Belmond Hotel is well-known for its majestic and breathtaking views of the South […more…]
On California’s Central Coast, Cottage Health has earned the reputation of providing premier medical care and the most comprehensive health […more…]
Shortly before dying from terminal cancer six years ago, Gary began filming videos with his four-year-old daughter Bailey. The hope […more…]