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AHA! has announced that Roxana Petty has been named the new Executive Director. Roxana (Roxy) brings to this position a […more…]

Four new members – Katya Armistead, Ashley Costa, Alma Hernández, and Kiah Jordan – have joined the Board of Directors of Leading […more…]

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Writing this inaugural issue of The Giving List has entailed speaking with and studying the work of 52 of Santa […more…]

Tom Parker has been marinating in Santa Barbara philanthropy since the 1950s when, as a kid, he and his dad […more…]

As the COVID crisis has intensified across the globe in recent weeks, Santa Barbara-based humanitarian agency Direct Relief has accelerated […more…]

Not only is the Lobero the longest running theatre in California (founded in 1873), but it is relentless, with over […more…]

For the nonprofits that matter, mission statements are much more than words on paper. They are the foundation of that […more…]

Women’s Economic Ventures (WEV) was founded in 1991 when women earned 56 cents for every dollar earned by a man. […more…]

During 2020, when so many of us were hunkering down as COVID-19 turned our lives upside down, two Santa Barbara […more…]

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In the 1960s, the Perry Preschool in Ypsilanti, Michigan laid the groundwork for our understanding of the value of early […more…]

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It has always been important to recognize that injustice and discrimination occurs in the United States and not only in […more…]