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…]

Peruse the list of RAINN supporters online or in the 2020-21 inaugural The Giving List book and you’ll find a […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 its short 13-year history, Leading From Within — which was founded in 2008 as the Courage to Lead program […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…]