The FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA’s Youth Making Change (YMC) program is a year-long, youth-led grant-making program that was launched in […more…]

And invites the community to celebrate at the 2024 Grant Awards Celebration! The FUND is excited to announce that our […more…]

The Fund for Santa Barbara was founded way back in 1980 as a means to support local organizations working for […more…]

The Fund for Santa Barbara’s Development and Communications Manager – Alina Rey Keswani – is understandably proud that Bread & […more…]

After leading the Fund for Santa Barbara for more than eight years, Executive Director Dr. Marcos Vargas plans to retire […more…]

To get a clear picture of what the World Business Academy does, it’s a good idea to zoom out far […more…]

The Supreme Court ruling that reversed the half-century old landmark Roe v. Wade decision had been handed down only hours […more…]

At The Fund for Santa Barbara, our mission is to advance progressive change by strengthening movements for Economic, Environmental, Political, […more…]

On Tuesday January 11th, 2022, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved moving forward with Racial Equity Fund of […more…]

Isaac Garrett was 22 years old in 1963 when Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln […more…]

A common thread connects all those on The Fund for Santa Barbara’s team – if they weren’t professionally involved with […more…]

Just Communities’ is hosting its second annual Social Equity Summit: “Anti-Racism Work Beyond the Statement” virtually on Thursday, May 13th. […more…]

ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Santa Barbara/Tri-Counties is proud to announce the induction of five new leaders to its Regional Board.   […more…]

Rachel Simon would be the first to admit she was blessed by the circumstances of her birth.  Her father is […more…]

Sara Miller McCune has been discreetly and powerfully fueling the performing arts, education, social justice, and the Jewish community in […more…]

In 2008, Fabiola Gonzalez-Gutierrez took part in Just Communities’ intensive CommUnity Leadership Institute designed to teach up to 40 local […more…]