Santa Barbara Gives! Guide 2019

NOVEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 31, 2019

A PROGRAM

FOR YEAR-END

GIVING

SBGIVES.ORG

OUR STRATEGIES

FUNDFORSANTABARBARA.ORG

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Dear Readers, In 2017, the Santa Barbara Independent partnered with The Fund for Santa Barbara and launched a year-end online giving campaign that highlights organizations in our community doing crucial social work and provides an easy-to-use online donation platform for our readers.

Our third year of S.B. Gives! launches today, November 14, and we hope to continue to grow on the success of our first two years, which raised more than $400,000 for 44 nonprofits in 2017 and $390,000 for 55 nonprofits in 2018.

The 53 area organizations chosen this year are only a fraction of the nonprofits in Santa Barbara but reflect the needs of our community.

Their work focuses on areas ranging from community engagement to social justice and the environment to homelessness, LGBTQ wellbeing, and youth and education. This year, we are also highlighting four nonprofits that support our immigrant community.

The goal of S.B. Gives! is to introduce you to organizations on the front lines that empower systemic change. In 2020, we will be faced with voter ballot choices that will affect us all. At this pivotal point in our nation’s history, it brings me great hope learning about these regional nonprofits that are working to ensure our community can continue to become more accessible and sustainable and to thrive regardless of the political climate. S.B. Gives! is our opportunity to think globally and give locally.

If you feel inspired as you read through this guide and learn about organizations and their projects, you can give as little as $10 to the organizations at sbgives.org.

S.B. Gives! is not possible without the efforts of The Fund for Santa Barbara, and we are deeply appreciative of their partnership. We also thank the Brittingham Family Foundation, the McCune Foundation, and the Santa Barbara Foundation for their support of this program and the 53 nonprofit organizations participating this year for their tireless work. Finally, we thank you for being an Independent reader.

Now it’s your turn to visit sbgives.org and give!

Dear Santa Barbara Independent Reader, The Fund for Santa Barbara is honored once again to be partnering with the Santa Barbara Independent to help raise critical funds for some of our region’s most important community-based organizations.

The success of the first two years of the program — over $750,000 raised for dozens of nonprofits — shows that Santa Barbara Gives! has tremendous potential, and we are grateful to the more than 1,500 donors for that success! It’s not often that a media outlet is willing to leverage their platform to help raise that level of support to address community challenges. We applaud the Santa Barbara Independent for stepping up again to help our community in this way.

While Santa Barbara County is fortunate to be a region of tremendous prosperity and natural beauty, our region also faces many of the same problems that challenge our society as a whole: poverty, environmental degradation, homelessness, racial and ethnic prejudices, violence against women, homophobia, and many other social, economic, and environmental problems.

In this guide, you will find over 50 social change and cultural projects selected by the FUND’s activist-led Grant-Making Committee, who are working to address some of those problems here, where we live and work. Most of these groups are working for change by focusing on the root causes of societal problems by providing long-term solutions while operating in a manner that advances democracy here at home, and being responsive to and directed by the people they serve.

We encourage you to take a good look at this guide and consider supporting any number of the organizations featured. And then please share this guide with a friend, or better yet, visit sbgives.org and share it with your social media networks.

With much gratitude,

—Brandi Rivera Publisher

—Marcos Vargas, Ph.D. Executive Director Celebrating “Change, Not Charity” TM Since 1980

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TABLE OF

CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE INDEPENDENT & THE FUND......................................................................... 3

IMMIGRATION..................................................................................................................................... 7

LGBTQ....................................................................................................................................................8

HEALTH & WELLNESS....................................................................................................................... 10

ENVIRONMENT..................................................................................................................................12

HOMELESSNESS................................................................................................................................ 14

GARY CLARK Director of Capacity Building The Fund for Santa Barbara AVA TALEHAKIMI Production Designer Santa Barbara Independent BRANDI RIVERA Publisher Santa Barbara Independent EMILY COSENTINO Marketing & Promotions Manager Santa Barbara Independent Special Thanks to: Santa Barbara Independent staff The Fund’s Grant-Making Committee The Fund for Santa Barbara Board of Directors and staff Generation Web

YOUTH & EDUCATION..................................................................................................................... 16

For more information contact SOCIAL JUSTICE.................................................................................................................................21

MAIL-IN DONATION FORM............................................................................................................ 27

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HOW IT

WORKS HOW WERE THE ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED? Applications were accepted at sbgives.org beginning May 30, 2019, through midnight, July 12, 2019. The Fund for Santa Barbara’s Grant-Making Committee reviewed applications based on the stated criteria and selected organizations that were notified in mid-September.

ARE DONATIONS TAX DEDUCTIBLE? Yes. Donors will receive an email receipt immediately after making an online donation. In addition, you will receive an acknowledgement letter from the Fund for Santa Barbara (Tax ID #77-0070742) for donations of $250 or above.

INCENTIVE FOR YOUNG DONORS The organization with the most donors between 18-35 will receive a $1,000 incentive grant provided by proceeds of the SB Independent’s Backyard Brunch held in April 2019. We want to encourage young people to participate with their nonprofit community, to become lifelong partners with the nonprofit of their choosing.

CAN I DONATE THROUGH THE MAIL?

Yes. Donors who do not wish to donate online may mail donations to:

Fund for Santa Barbara Attn: SB Gives!

26 West Anapamu St Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Make checks payable to The Fund for Santa Barbara, and indicate on the memo line that it is for SB Gives! See page 27 for paper form.

CHALLENGE GIFTS Each organization was asked to secure challenge gifts from major donors or business partners.

Donors and amounts are listed in the individual nonprofit profiles. Your donation will help nonprofits meet this challenge.

MATCHING FUNDS Grants were provided by Brittingham Family Foundation, McCune Foundation, Santa Barbara Foundation, and Santa Barbara Independent’s Backyard Brunch for a total of $17,000. These funds will be divided among the participating nonprofits based on a pro rata basis of the percentage each organization raises of the total raised by all participating nonprofits.

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CAN I MAKE A DONATION ON SOMEONE ELSE’S BEHALF? Yes. On the checkout page, you will have the option to select a dedication option: “This is an honorary or memorial gift.” You will then be prompted for more information, including the person you wish to acknowledge, and the option to send an email to someone to let them know about your gift. Please note that if you are donating to multiple organizations at one time, each organization will receive notification of your honor/memory gift.

WHY DONATE THROUGH SANTA BARBARA GIVES? You can donate to one or all 53 organizations on sbgives.org. You can easily donate different amounts to each organization, if that is your wish. And best of all, every organization you donate to through Santa Barbara Gives! will receive an additional amount on top of your donation through the overall match.

This overall match is based on a percentage each organization raises. In addition, some organizations also have individual Challenge Grants. Your support goes a long way when you donate through Santa Barbara Gives! It’s a win for everyone.

THANK YOU TO OUR MATCHING FUND DONORS:

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68 AMERICANS G AV E 18% $ 427.71 % BILLION 9 % 5

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IN 2018

GIVING BY

INDIVIDUALS

1.1% decrease from 2017

GIVING BY

FOUNDATIONS 75.86 BILLION

7.3% increase from 2017

GIVING BY

BEQUEST

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& HUMANITIES

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$

% 14 EDUCATION $

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GIVING BY

CORPORATIONS

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5.4% increase from 2017

Statistics provided by: Giving Guide USA, The Giving Institute, IUPUI Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, givingusa.org *All figures in this infographic are reported in current dollars unless otherwise noted.

% 29 RELIGION $

12.70 BILLION

% 2 INDIVIDUALS $

9.06 BILLION

GIVING BY THE NUMBERS

OF RESIDENTS VOLUNTEER

VOLUNTEERS

940.16

MILLION HOURS OF SERVICE WORTH $21.5 BILLION

45.5% OF RESIDENTS DONATE​

Source: Corporation for National and Community Service, nationalservice.gov, 2015

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124.52 BILLION

% 12 FOUNDATIONS

CALIFORNIA 23.9% 7,041,413

5.4%

20.05 BILLION

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19.49 BILLION

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% 5 ARTS, CULTURE

7.3%

$

Where did the generosity come from?*

% 10 HEALTH

1.1%

292.02 BILLION

$

$

50.29 BILLION

12%

HUMAN SERVICES $

51.54 BILLION

% 5 INTERNATIONAL $

AFFAIRS

22.88 BILLION

FOLLOW THE

MONEY AND SEE WHERE IT GOES

IMMIGRANT HOPE

CAUSE

WHAT WE DO:

To empower a community by educating adults, providing help in finding a pathway to legal residency, and sharing the hope of the gospel.

WHAT WE DO:

IMMIGRATION

CAUSE’s mission is to build grassroots power to invoke social, economic and environmental justice for the people of California’s Central Coast Region through policy research, leadership development, organizing, and advocacy.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES IN IMMIGRATION COURT AND USCIS

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: 805 IMMIGRANT RAPID RESPONSE

Under the Trump administration, immigration raids have been tearing our families apart. We are building a rapid response network for raids, deportations, and family separations that is connected to similar statewide efforts. We use a hotline for reporting raids and dispatching volunteers to respond to, verify, and witness the presence of ICE throughout our region. We warn our communities of immigration sweeps through a text-alert network of thousands of local residents and inform people of their rights.

When local families are impacted by the detention of a loved one, we work to connect them with local support services and court representation. An organized community is a strong community.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$5,000

CAUSE Board & Staff

YEAR FOUNDED: 2001 PAID STAFF: 15 VOLUNTEERS: 100 ORG. BUDGET: $1,400,000

IMPORTA WHAT WE DO:

IMPORTA is committed to providing affordable, high quality legal immigration services to our local immigrant communities without charge. Our work contributes to enhanced trust, stronger immigrant families, and increased participation by immigrants in our county’s economic, civic and cultural life.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: HELPING LOW-INCOME DACA RECIPIENTS TO PAY THEIR $495 GOVERNMENT FEE

DACA—“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals”—provides temporary protection to young children who were brought to the United States by their parents. It requires a $495 renewal fee every two years. Many of the young people who have received DACA work very hard, but still struggle to pay school tuition and contribute to family expenses. IMPORTA has provided more legal representation than any other legal provider in the County and all without any charge to the DACA recipients. However, we have no way to help DACA applicants who are facing financial hardship cover the $495 government fee. Every dollar contributed will go directly towards paying the $495 government fee of a deserving DACA recipient.

Contribute what you can—every dollar helps!

According to the law, only attorneys and Department of Justice (DOJ) accredited representatives are able to represent immigrants to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for applications or in Immigration Court for removal proceedings if fully accredited. In Santa Barbara County there is a need for pro-bono or low cost representation for our immigrant neighbors to USCIS and in Immigration Court. Currently, we have three partially accredited representatives to assist individuals with immigration applications. With your help, Immigrant Hope SB will be able to apply for one of our partially accredited representatives to become fully accredited and by law will be able to represent people in Immigration court. The lack of legal representation has a profound impact on immigrants’ ability to receive a fair hearing and be able to seek relief from deportation. Additionally we are hiring and training an additional partial accredited representative to take over the full accredited representatives’ caseload and assist with our increasing immigration caseload.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$4,500

Anonymous, Shoreline Community Church

YEAR FOUNDED: 2013 PAID STAFF: 6 VOLUNTEERS: 8 ORG.BUDGET: $120,000

YEAR FOUNDED: 2011 PAID STAFF: 8 VOLUNTEERS: 3 ORG. BUDGET: $230,000 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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PACIFIC PRIDE FOUNDATION

SBC IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE CENTER WHAT WE DO:

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

The Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center (ILDC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing immigrants with equal access to justice and due process by providing no-cost legal representation for those detained or in removal proceedings and through community education to help people understand and assert their basic civil rights.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

PROVIDING LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS

The ILDC aims to hire an experienced immigration lawyer to represent locals who are in deportation proceedings and cannot afford an attorney. We have a waiting list of 71 people, including asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors, in need of this assistance. The attorney would also assist our volunteer attorneys.

Santa Barbara County is home to 100,000 immigrants. Of them, more than 43,000 are undocumented, and nearly 48 percent of all children in the region have one or more foreign-born parent. Approximately 1,400 local residents face deportation and potential separation from their families, often including their U.S. citizen children.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$9,707.53

Harvey Molotch / Glenn Wharton, ILDC Board of Directors, John & Ellen Kelly, Marian & Rabbi Stephen Cohen, MaryLou & Clay Running, Molly Kellogg & Mark Brownstein, Pinsker Family, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara

YEAR FOUNDED: 2018 PAID STAFF: 1 VOLUNTEERS: 55 ORG. BUDGET: $250,000

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LGBTQ

IMMIGRATION

WHAT WE DO:

The mission of Pacific Pride Foundation (PPF) is to advance advocacy and education efforts to meet the ongoing and emerging needs of a diverse population in order to create a thriving and visible LGBTQ+ community and to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS. We serve Santa Barbara County and the Central Coast with a dynamic range of health, education, outreach, advocacy, and social services that support the needs of LGBTQ+ individuals of every race, gender, age, sexuality, religion, and socioeconomic status.

LGBTQ+ youth in Santa Barbara County often feel isolated in their daily lives while facing bullying and harassment. Self-harm and suicidal thoughts and attempts are not uncommon. Pacific Pride Foundation reaches out to LGBTQ+ youth to say: YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Our social change idea is to empower community youth with peer support, leadership development, and community involvement. Our Youth Connect Conference and PROUD prom offer safe environments and new tools for building self-esteem. The goal is to encourage and support youth so they can emerge from the shadows of isolation with a strong sense of self-worth and feel free to be who they want to be, without shame.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1976 PAID STAFF: 9 VOLUNTEERS: 150 ORG. BUDGET: $1,193,166

PLANNED PARENTHOOD CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST WHAT WE DO:

As the most trusted provider of reproductive health care, we promote the ability of all individuals to lead fulfilled lives, build healthy families, and make informed decisions through high-quality health services, education, and advocacy.

GENDER AFFIRMING CARE

PFLAG SANTA BARBARA WHAT WE DO:

We envision a world where diversity is celebrated and all people are respected, valued, and affirmed inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression.

PFLAG realizes its mission through support for families, allies, and people who are LGBTQ; education for ourselves and others about the unique issues and challenges facing people who are LGBTQ; and advocacy in our communities to change attitudes and create policies and laws that achieve full equality for people who are LGBTQ.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

MAKING PFLAG SANTA BARBARA ACCESSIBLE TO LANTINX COMMUNITY

We are launching a project to expand our accessibility by providing Spanish-language translation and making our support meeting inclusive of the Latinx community. This program will offer much-needed support to Spanish-speaking LGBTQ individuals and their families.

PFLAG works to ensure that people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer and their families are safe and secure, no matter where they live, work, study, pray, or play.

We focus on generating family support, which is critical to the well-being of LGBTQ people.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

As part of our commitment to providing high-quality sexual and reproductive health care, we launched Gender Affirming Care in June 2019. From responses to our LGBTQ+ Community Needs and Assets Assessment, conducted in partnership with Fielding Graduate University, we understand the impact of gender-affirming care on those who seek access to safe, inclusive, trusted health services. Gender Affirming Care includes collaborating with community partners, extensive training for staff, hiring a gender-affirming care navigator, expanding options on all patient and registration intake forms, and identifying referral options.

Planned Parenthood is proud to advance gender-affirming care throughout our affiliate service area so that every patient will feel seen, heard, respected, and cared for with dignity and professionalism.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1964 PAID STAFF: 174 VOLUNTEERS: 583 ORG. BUDGET $18,808,609

$2,505

SB TRANSGENDER ADVOCACY NETWORK WHAT WE DO:

The Santa Barbara Transgender Network educates individuals and organizations on best practices for transgender and gender-expansive clients, patients, students, congregants, and families and creates and develops spaces, actions, and policies that advance the welfare of transgender and diverse gender nonconforming individuals, their families, and allies in California’s Central Coast communities.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

IMPROVING THE DAILY LIVES OF TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NONCONFORMING PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTY

SBTAN has succeeded in providing access and improving policies in schools for transgender and gender-expansive youth, but health care remains our biggest hurdle. We have hosted three annual medical symposiums, educating medical professionals throughout the region on best practices. To date, we have not seen significant change. Transgender and gender nonconforming people still do not have many clinicians they feel comfortable seeing in our community; many either go without proper care or travel to Los Angeles for their medical needs. We need help in doing more outreach to medical professionals to ensure that the transgender community feels safe at local medical facilities.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

Charles B. Hamilton , PFLAG Board Members: Alma Flores, Anne Porter, Georgia Noble, Mark Richardson, Mary Ziegler, Nancy Edmundson, Rev. Lora Young, Susan Krutzsch

LGBTQ

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

$1,800

KJS, Neil Kreisel, Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics

YEAR FOUNDED: 2015 PAID STAFF: 0 VOLUNTEERS: 30 ORG. BUDGET: $6,800

YEAR FOUNDED: 2016 PAID STAFF: 2 VOLUNTEERS: 10 ORG. BUDGET: $18,000 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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SB ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION

FOOD FROM THE HEART

HEALTH & WELLNESS

WHAT WE DO:

In every community, there are individuals who are homebound and managing illness or recovering from major surgery and do not have a primary caregiver nor the resources to hire someone. Part of the healing process is being cared for nutritionally. Food From The Heart recognizes that need by preparing nutritious, healing meals delivered by caring volunteers to those in crisis due to illness or injury or who are under the care of hospice, visiting nurses, or other medical professionals. Food From The Heart does not charge for this service.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: PROVIDING FOOD TO LOWINCOME INDIVIDUALS LIVING ALONE AND BATTLING ILLNESS OR RECOVERING FROM SURGERY

Food From The Heart provides prepared food each week to 160 individuals in our community who live alone, are managing illness or recovering from surgery, and do not have the financial resources to hire a caregiver. We address food insecurity issues by ensuring our clients have nutritious food to eat while they are managing their illness or recovering from surgery. We serve adults of all ages.

Volunteers perform the bulk of our work; we believe in the importance of giving others the opportunity to “give back” to make our community a better place.

CHALLENGE GIFT: Eric & Kelly Onnen

$5,000

YEAR FOUNDED: 1994 PAID STAFF: 4 VOLUNTEERS: 160 ORG. BUDGET: $273,250

WHAT WE DO:

The Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation (S.B. ACT) exists to equip the community to lovingly engage the marginalized while actively working for the betterment of their physical, emotional, and mental needs.

SANCTUARY CENTERS WHAT WE DO:

Sanctuary Centers was established with the purpose of helping individuals with mental illness regain independence in their lives.

Many things have changed since that time; medications have improved, therapies have changed, the recognition of the intersection that so often exists between mental illness and substance abuse has risen dramatically, and our jails have become the largest housing provider for the mentally ill. What has not changed is the stigma that these individuals face when seeking housing and employment.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: THE GET WELL INITIATIVE

Sanctuary Centers has identified three current, critical needs of adults living with mental health and substance use disorders: a dramatic shortage of affordable, supportive housing; significant barriers to preventative health care; and limited specialized counseling and support services.

To address these needs, Sanctuary Centers launched a $15-million dollar initiative to build a five-story facility located in the heart of Santa Barbara, adjacent to Sanctuary’s existing Outpatient Mental Health and Housing campus.

The Get Well Initiative will help countless more individuals with mental illness have that chance.

Please support our efforts to help make this a reality!

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$6,402

Barry R. Schoer, Cindy Pettit, Dennis Clark, Marsha Marcoe, Martie Levy, Michael Stein & Beth Weinberg, Mullen & Henzell, Sabina White

YEAR FOUNDED: 1976 PAID STAFF: 39 VOLUNTEERS: 6 ORG. BUDGET: $5,870,000

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SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: WESTSIDE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER

The Westside Health Collaborative (WHC) plans to expand the existing family resource center at Harding University Partnership School to include medical and dental clinic rooms, behavioral health and case management offices, classroom space for education events (parenting education, English classes), an emergency food pantry, and office space for a full-time family advocate.

The Family Resource Center will serve as the setting for WHC’s monthly healthcare & behavioral health resource events as well as an open space for immigration services, community meetings, and more.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2013 PAID STAFF: 6 VOLUNTEERS: 200 ORG. BUDGET: $350,000

SEASIDE WELLNESS GARDENS

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: BUILDING A VILLAGE OF DIVERSE-ABILITY

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY TRAILS COUNCIL WHAT WE DO:

The mission of Healthy People Healthy Trails is to work collaboratively with land agencies, health-care providers, and community partners to improve the health and well-being of community members through the use and enjoyment of trails, parks, and open spaces.

Our social change project is to build a Village of Diverse-ability at Seaside Wellness Gardens to bring individuals, families, caregivers, and allies together and to build a coalition so they have a self-affirming environment that may promote self-determination. We utilize horticulture, agriculture, arts, and recreational activities to build ourselves and our bonds.

The mission of the project’s fiscal agent, Santa Barbara County Trails Council, is to protect public trail access, build and maintain safe and sustainable trails, and promote public engagement in land stewardship and trail use for all types of outdoor recreation.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2014 PAID STAFF: 0 VOLUNTEERS: 40 ORG. BUDGET: $49,000

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: HEALTHY PEOPLE HEALTHY TRAILS

Connect to an active life. Connect to the outdoors. We provide the tools to get moving.

Walking is one of the simplest ways to be active. It can be done almost anywhere by people of all ages, at no cost. Our tools get people started. Our Prescription for Outdoor Activity is used by local doctors, and evidence shows it is a strong motivator. Our maps are said to be the nicest local walking maps. Our calendar is recognized as the most complete compilation of local group walks.

With funding, we can develop community health walks to raise awareness and give participants a place to gather, enjoy walks together, and build community.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

WHAT WE DO:

To utilize animal, horticulture, art and other activities to inspire, reinforce, and motivate individuals with special needs, their families and caregivers. We consider disabilities to be diverse-abilities.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1976 PAID STAFF: 0.5 VOLUNTEERS: 100 ORG BUDGET: $230,000 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION WHAT WE DO:

ENVIRONMENT

COAST provides advocacy, education, and outreach to improve transportation options in the Santa Barbara and Ventura regions, promoting rail, bus, bike, and pedestrian access.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY

CHANNEL ISLANDS RESTORATION WHAT WE DO:

Channel Islands Restoration is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that works to restore habitat on the Channel Islands and adjacent mainland through invasive plant management, native plant propagation, and native plant installation. We work to promote environmental education on the Central Coast through lectures, service trips, and habitat restoration volunteer opportunities. We conduct research and monitoring programs to identify and inform further habitat restoration efforts.

COAST is pushing for more sustainable transportation options and increased road user safety. By supporting our advocacy efforts for improved pedestrian-bike-transitrail access and connectivity, we move closer to reaching our region’s sustainability goals for climate resilience, environmental stewardship, public health, and community revitalization.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: SERVICE LEARNING TRIPS ON THE CHANNEL ISLANDS

We will continue our work bringing Title I students out to the Channel Islands for service learning field trips, which introduce kids to nature in a meaningful way. Through these experiences, we inspire the next generation to become conscious environmental stewards.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

YEAR FOUNDED: 2001 PAID STAFF: 6 VOLUNTEERS: 20 ORG. BUDGET: $187,648

$5,000

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WHAT WE DO:

Explore Ecology empowers the next generation in classrooms, on fieldtrips, and in school gardens throughout Santa Barbara County. Explore Ecology Environmental Educators educate over 38,000 children a year, inspiring them to engage with the natural world, think critically, and experience the value of environmental stewardship.

Programs include the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro Beach, Environmental Education, Art From Scrap, and School Gardens.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

YEAR FOUNDED: 2000 PAID STAFF: 30 VOLUNTEERS: 775 ORG. BUDGET: $1,550,912

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Sally & Peter Tannenbaum

EXPLORE ECOLOGY

BE THE SOLUTION TO OCEAN POLLUTION

Did you know that your actions directly affect ocean health? More than 80% of plastic marine debris comes from the land and countless animals die as a result of litter in the ocean. Last year, Explore Ecology organized 129 beach cleanups where participants picked up more than 14,170 pieces of trash. You can become part of the solution to ocean pollution by attending an Explore Ecology monthly Beach Cleanup, signing up for a field trip to the Watershed Resource Center, or participating in Coastal Cleanup Day. Your donation today will help Explore Ecology expand its educational reach and organize more cleanups for our community.

Join us to protect ocean wildlife, preserve our beautiful beaches, and stop plastic marine debris in its tracks.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1990 PAID STAFF: 28 VOLUNTEERS: 1500 ORG. BUDGET: $1,070,000 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

GAVIOTA COAST CONSERVANCY

SANTA BARBARA WILDLIFE CARE NETWORK

WHAT WE DO:

The Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network is a nonprofit organization that has been rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing injured, orphaned, and sick and impaired wildlife in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties for more than 30 years. Our mission is to give birds, small terrestrial mammals, and reptiles of all sorts a second chance. We answer 10,000 calls to our help line and care for 3,500 animals annually. SBWCN is licensed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: GAVIOTA COAST FOR ALL, FOREVER!

The coast is never saved, it is always being saved. The Gaviota Coast is a unique bioregion of global significance. To protect and enhance its environmental and cultural integrity, it relies on advocates standing up for sound land-use planning, careful resource management, regenerative agriculture and land stewardship, and appropriate coastal access. The Gaviota Coast Conservancy (GCC) conducts hikes, paddling trips, and other activities to engage the community with Gaviota’s exceptional environments and help people become stewards of and advocates for our coast. Join us and support a future of preserved biodiversity and managed, sustainable public access on the Gaviota Coast.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$10,000

Gaviota Coast Conservancy Board of Directors

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

ROBERT A. SOLLEN FELLOWSHIP WHAT WE DO:

The Santa Barbara Independent is a weekly newspaper distributing 40,000 copies across south Santa Barbara county with a mission to provide information to individuals to foster a sense of community and belonging. It is our vision to remain the go-to source for news, culture, arts and entertainment information for the community and provide a platform that connects businesses and organizations to our readers.

OPERATION WARM WILDLIFE

Nothing catalyzes human connection quite like saving a life. Operation Warm Wildlife will provide the crucial warming equipment that animals need during transportation and rehabilitation, and it will help us educate and excite our thousands of animal-rescuing constituents. It is our mission to serve animals and members of our community; our volunteers must be equipped with heating pads to warm stressed animals. Thousands of community members who rescue wildlife and bring them to us must rest assured knowing that the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network will provide top-notch care for animals in need.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

ROBERT A. SOLLEN FELLOWSHIP

YEAR FOUNDED: 1996 PAID STAFF: 2 VOLUNTEERS: 60 ORG. BUDGET: $262,000

Named after trailblazing environmental reporter Robert Sollen, this fellowship is designed to provide promising young reporters the training necessary to increase their writing and research skills while focusing their energies on environmental questions for which no easy answers currently exist. Fellows are paid a stipend and work under the direction of Independent editor Nick Welsh in an effort to bolster the quantity and quality of environmental reporting the Independent can offer the Santa Barbara community.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

YEAR FOUNDED: 1988 PAID STAFF: 12 VOLUNTEERS: 234 ORG. BUDGET: $590,000

ENVIRONMENT

WHAT WE DO:

The Gaviota Coast Conservancy is dedicated to enhancing the rural character and environmental integrity of the Gaviota Coast for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.

$500

Santa Barbara Independent

YEAR FOUNDED: 1986 PAID STAFF: 47 VOLUNTEERS: 0 ORG BUDGET: $3,790,680 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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PARTNERS IN HOUSING SOLUTIONS WHAT WE DO:

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

VENTURA COUNTY COALITION ADVOCATION PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK WHAT WE DO:

To protect public health, improve environmental quality and support a sustainable and just agricultural system by building a diverse movement across Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties to change local and statewide pesticide policies and practices.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: ORGANIZING TO REDUCE THE PESTICIDE THREAT IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

In 2017, a staggering 205 million pounds of agricultural pesticides were used in California, roughly 20 percent of the national total — with 5.4 million pounds used in Santa Barbara alone. Many of these pesticides are hazardous to humans and the environment.

Our goal is to build the pesticide reform movement in Santa Barbara County. We will build local leadership, identify local campaign priorities, cultivate relationships with local decision makers, maintain a sustained media and social media presence, and connect local efforts to statewide work in order to promote the transition to safe, sustainable farming in Santa Barbara County.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2017 PAID STAFF: 1 VOLUNTEERS: 25 ORG. BUDGET: $97,000

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ENVIRONMENT

Partners in Housing helps people who are experiencing homelessness to secure and retain permanent housing through our network of private landlords.

FINDING HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS

Our social change idea is to use the business sector to solve a social sector issue. Instead of relying on social service practices alone to address homelessness, PHS draws on landlords and the private housing market to fill in the substantial gaps not covered by the social service model. Because we work with clients who are farther along in their ability to maintain permanent housing, we take some of the pressure off the public housing system by freeing up units that can then be used for the most disadvantaged and hard to house.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$1,300

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FINDING HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS

YEAR FOUNDED: 2015 PAID STAFF: 4 VOLUNTEERS: 5 ORG. BUDGET: $304,690

UNITE TO LIGHT

SHOWERS OF BLESSING

EMPOWERING THE HOMELESS

WHAT WE DO:

Showers of Blessing engages the compassion and volunteer spirit of both housed and houseless residents of south Santa Barbara County in the operation of a mobile shower trailer in order to promote health and wellness, build avenues to employment, and restore dignity to our most vulnerable neighbors.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: CLEANLINESS RETURNS DIGNITY TO THE HOUSELESS

Basic hygiene and cleanliness break down the walls of prejudice and stereotyping, which results in greater acceptance of houseless individuals. Showers of Blessing, a mobile shower service for the houseless in the greater Santa Barbara area, provides 140 showers every week at our seven weekly sites and promotes larger societal change by transforming how our community sees and serves people experiencing homelessness. As one of our clients so perfectly stated, “I can finally sit on the bus without having people move away from me.”

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SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: For the chronically unsheltered, access to a working phone is critical for employment, medical, and homeless services, and access to a solar-powered light can assist with safety and ability to improve self-care. Unite to Light aims to provide solar-powered phone chargers and solar lights to some of the most at-risk homeless people. In partnership, DWW-SBSM will distribute chargers to clients actively establishing routine medical and/or mental-health care.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$600

John Bowers, Raindance Partners

HOME FOR GOOD (UNITED WAY OF NSBC) WHAT WE DO:

United Way improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: FLEXIBLE HOUSING SUBSIDY POOL

YEAR FOUNDED: 2010 PAID STAFF: 2 VOLUNTEERS: 55 ORG. BUDGET: $262,000

This Housing First initiative provides a rental subsidy paired with support services for Santa Barbara County’s most vulnerable homeless populations.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$3,000

$5,000

Laurus College Together We Succeed

HOMELESSNESS

WHAT WE DO:

This is a joint project between Unite to Light and Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine. Access to clean and affordable energy is critical to improving health, education, and prosperity globally; therefore, Unite to Light is dedicated to providing lowcost solar lighting and power to those without electricity. Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine (DWW-SBSM) is a local clinical nonprofit organization, established in 2008, dedicated to providing free volunteer medical care for the most vulnerable in Santa Barbara County when and where they are in need, including in times of disaster.

Everett Stevens, John & Janet Kruger, Ken Ralph & Anita Blume

YEAR FOUNDED: 1959 PAID STAFF:11 VOLUNTEERS: 522 ORG. BUDGET: $2,101,112

YEAR FOUNDED: 2014 PAID STAFF: 3 VOLUNTEERS: 50 ORG. BUDGET: $145,000 DONATE AT AT SBGIVES.ORG SBGIVES.ORG DONATE

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YOUTH & EDUCATION

AHA! (ATTITUDE. HARMONY. ACHIEVEMENT.)

ARTS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM WHAT WE DO:

WHAT WE DO:

AHA! inspires communities to feel safe, seen, celebrated, and emotionally connected.

We equip teenagers and adults with socialemotional intelligence to transform schools and communities into welcoming, nourishing spaces where all work together toward the highest good.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

PARENT GROUPS FOR INTEGRATIVE SOCIALEMOTIONAL HEALTH AND INTERGENERATIONAL SUPPORT

In AHA!’s 20 years, our approach to socialemotional learning (SEL) has been singularly recognized for improving campus climate and reducing student conflict. In our experience, reaching adults alongside youth is the most effective path to long-term change. Thus, in addition to training teachers, we wish to expand our parent group offerings. Today’s teens face unprecedented anxiety, and parents are experiencing parallel tension. AHA! Parent Groups will offer tools to recognize red flags in youth; to intervene in cyberbullying/digital addiction; to communicate; and especially to model positive coping strategies for their children. When adults and teens work together on social-emotional intelligence at school and at home, the possibilities are boundless.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$1,700

Parents of AHA! Teens

YEAR FOUNDED: 1999 PAID STAFF: 26 INCLUDING 6 AHA! ALUMNI JUNIOR FACILITATORS VOLUNTEERS: 4 (STAFF) + 50 (DEVO + EVENTS) ORG BUDGET: $1,078,400

ALTERNATIVES TO VIOLENCE PROJECT WHAT WE DO:

To empower people to lead nonviolent lives through affirmation, respect for all, community building, cooperation, and trust. Using real-life experiences of prisoners and others, and building on a spiritual base, AVP encourages every person’s innate power to positively transform themselves and the world. AVP offers experiential workshops in personal growth and creative conflict management for adults and youth in and around the county of Santa Barbara.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: 50% REDUCTION IN TRUANCY!!?

What could truant high schoolers do to increase their interest in school? It’s as simple as taking a 20-hour highly interactive workshop, off-campus. (This is the reduction shown in early data of a three-year project with the Santa Barbara Unified School District.) Teens having trouble in school are referred by Assistant Principals to attend an Alternatives to Violence Project workshop are having fun learning more productive ways to communicate, listen, deal with conflict and to be a part of safe and healthy community.

How does one prepare for the big world out there without attending school? Pretty hard …. So staying in school and learning fresh people skills in this thought-provoking fun workshop looks to be an effective way. Give this program a chance by donating now.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

Arts Mentorship Program (AMP) provides creative guidance, mentorship, and financial support to young, emerging performing artists in the Santa Barbara area who wouldn’t otherwise have these opportunities. AMP provides four core programs: Scholarship Mentorship Program, Rent Subsidy Program, No Limits, and Student Performance Companies.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: SCHOLARSHIP MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND NO LIMITS

The Scholarship Mentorship Program provides financial support, creative guidance, and mentorship to low-income and at-risk youth pursuing dance education in Santa Barbara.

Students ages 4-18 progress from beginning to advanced in ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, and tap at Santa Barbara Dance Arts (AMP’s home studio), allowing them to have the same experience as the most affluent students in our community. No Limits works in tandem and is an entirely free, four-week dance program with two classes: an adaptive dance class for students with disabilities and an all-access class for students with limited financial resources. Participants conclude with a performance at our student-produced showcase in the spring.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$1,350

AMP Executive Board, Chiarappa Family, Christie Glanville, Janean Acevedo Daniels, Lighthouse Coffee, Mesa Burger, SB Dance Arts, The Gores, Vince & Patrice Zubas

YEAR FOUNDED: 2004 PAID STAFF: 4 VOLUNTEERS: 30 ORG. BUDGET: $141,461

$1,620

Board of Directors of SBAVP, Four Winds Graphics, Milpas Kentucky Fried Chicken, Santa Barbara Computer Recycling, Santa Barbara Friends Meeting (Quakers)

YEAR FOUNDED: 1994 PAID STAFF: 1 VOLUNTEERS: 43 ORG. BUDGET: $120,000

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FREEDOM 4 YOUTH

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

YOUTH-LED STEM DIVERSION & REENTRY AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM

FOUR INGENIEROS FOUNDATION WHAT WE DO:

Four Ingenieros Foundation believes in providing educational assistance to underrepresented students who have the vision to obtain a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

Four Ingenieros Foundation tiene la misión de proveer asistencia a estudiantes de bajos recursos quienes tienen la visión de continuar sus estudios profesionales en los campos de las ciencias, la tecnología, la ingeniería y las matemáticas (CTIM).

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: FOUR INGENIEROS FOUNDATION ENGINEERING COMPETITION

In 2020, Four Ingenieros Foundation aspires to bring STEM outreach to traditionally underrepresented community college students in Santa Barbara County who wish to pursue a career in STEM. Students will participate in a one-day engineering competition, gaining exposure to fundamental teamwork and problem-solving skills.

Freedom 4 Youth (F4Y) has established a centrally located Center where youth that are justice system impacted work alongside volunteer mentors from UCSB, SBCC, and Westmont. The objective is to support and empower Santa Barbara County youth with the resources and skills needed to either not enter the justice system (diversion) or to help leave the system once they are involved (reentry).

F4Y is requesting community support to create two self-sustaining STEM after school classes where students will study Robotics along with 3D Game Design. Students will learn robotics engineering and programming along with basic artificial intelligence.

F4Y needs community support to continue providing a safe space for youth throughout the county to support one another through reciprocal mentorship in order to raise rates of academic achievement, gainful employment, and self-efficacy while reducing recidivism, incarceration, and violence in the community. Thank you for your support!

Para el año 2020, Four Ingenieros Foundation tiene el objetivo de generar un mayor impacto en estudiantes de colegio comunitario quienes radican en el condado de Santa Bárbara y quieren continuar sus estudios profesionales en los campos de CTIM. Four Ingenieros Foundation llevará acabo su competencia de ingeniería, en la cual todos los participantes podrán practicar sus habilidades de administración de proyectos, trabajo en equipo y metodología para resolver problemas.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2008 PAID STAFF: 3 VOLUNTEERS: 73 ORG BUDGET: $250,000

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WHAT WE DO:

The mission of Girls Inc. of Carpinteria is to inspire and empower girls and women to achieve personal, social, political, and economic success in order to become strong, smart, and bold.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: Advocacy Project

Girls Inc. offers a continuum of ageappropriate advocacy opportunities for girls from transitional kindergarten to high school. Younger girls take part in our annual She Votes program, learning about the democratic process, exploring elections and local candidates, and taking part in a mock election. Teen girls examine public policy priorities and social issues affecting their communities. Girls work to establish action items and share them with area lawmakers as well as in meetings with legislators in D.C. We need your support so that our girls can continue to make long-term change by addressing the root causes of injustice.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$925

Dawn Lazenby, DF Rigby, Gail Persoon, Jacquelyn Pawela-Crew, Katie Convoy & Brandon Grisson, Sharon Organista, Terri Allison, Theresa & Juan Huerta

YEAR FOUNDED: 1971 PAID STAFF: 21 VOLUNTEERS: 30 ORG BUDGET: $1,321,398

YEAR FOUNDED: 2015 PAID STAFF: VOLUNTEERS: 30 ORG BUDGET: $8,000

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GIRLS INC. OF CARPINTERIA

YOUTH & EDUCATION

WHAT WE DO:

Freedom 4 Youth’s mission is to uplift and empower youth to build safe and compassionate communities.

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SB COUNTY NETWORK OF PROMOTORES

YOUTH & EDUCATION

GOLETA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

WHAT WE DO:

WHAT WE DO:

The mission of Children and Family Resource Services is to provide high-quality, familyfocused, strength-based, culturally appropriate educational and health services to build resilient communities throughout Santa Barbara County.

The S.B. County Network of Promotores program aims to empower families and individuals with respect, dignity, and compassion by enhancing the quality of all aspects of their lives through education and promoting healthy behaviors.

The Goleta Education Foundation (GEF) engages the community to invest in and enhance an excellent educational experience for all students attending schools in the Goleta Union School District (GUSD).

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: WHOLE-CHILD EDUCATION THROUGH SCHOOL GARDENS

As part of its commitment to enhancing an outstanding, whole-child educational experience for Goleta Valley’s young scholars, the Goleta Education Foundation (GEF) is raising funds to provide materials and supplies to improve, enlarge, and, in some instances, relocate the school gardens at all nine Goleta Union School District sites. Educating the whole child — ensuring every student is healthy, engaged, supported, and challenged in a safe environment — is increasingly important to balance the effects of today’s fastpaced, technology-driven world. In outdoor learning environments, students’ abilities to focus, cooperate, socialize, and gain self-confidence soar as they learn to integrate math, science, art, health, and social studies with the natural world. Together, with your donation, we can build school gardens where knowledge grows, learning thrives, and kids achieve.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$4,500

The Looker Foundation

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

MENTAL WELLNESS CENTER WHAT WE DO:

The Mental Wellness Center aims to advance mental wellness in Santa Barbara County through person-centered, practical programs for local residents 10 years and older. Across the spectrum, we help people identify and use needed resources for their well-being through housing, employment services, day-use mental-health recovery programming, family support (we partner closely with the local National Alliance on Mental Illness chapter), education for managing symptoms and promoting recovery, and activities that build awareness of the importance of mental health and what it entails. Our services are in English and Spanish, often at no or nominal cost to reduce financial barriers.

SUPPORTING THE SOCIALEMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN

The push to recognize and support healthy social-emotional growth in early childhood settings has been expanding with ever-growing evidence on the critical role of social-emotional health in school success and as a predictor for adult life. This project will support training for the lead promotores through the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning’s evidence-based series Positive Solutions for Families, which helps professionals working with parents to promote positive, effective parenting behaviors for advancing children’s social and emotional development. This project will also involve purchasing resources in Spanish for promotores and parents.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$350

Board of Directors of the Children & Family Resources Services

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

YOUTH WELLNESS CONNECTION PROJECT

YEAR FOUNDED: 1989 PAID STAFF: 1 VOLUNTEERS: 70 ORG BUDGET: $338,840

The Youth Wellness Connection Project is changing the community’s next generation through a positive approach to the basics of behavioral health. With on-campus clubs and an overarching leadership council, the project provides a platform for secondary school students to learn connection and awareness to defend against stigma and disenfranchisement and support wellness and recovery practices.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2018 PAID STAFF: 12 VOLUNTEERS: 25 ORG BUDGET: $2,175,948

YEAR FOUNDED: 1947 PAID STAFF: 50 VOLUNTEERS: 100 ORG BUDGET: $3,876,186

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WHAT WE DO:

SBHS COMPUTER SCIENCE ACADEMY FOUNDATION WHAT WE DO:

The CSA’s mission is to expose as many SBHS students as possible to computer science and to demonstrate its relevance to their academic and career interests. Through innovative courses, opportunities outside the classroom, and industry partnerships, academy students will expand their knowledge and experience in computer science and gain preparation to pursue a career in this dynamic field.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: CODING FOR CHANGE

Our social change idea is to give all students at SBHS the opportunity to be exposed to computer science and acquire the computer science skills necessary to enter the workforce. This includes those aiming at jobs right out of high school or a two-year college as well as those aiming at a four-year college and/or graduate school. As computer-related professions grow rapidly, the field remains overwhelmingly white and male. We are helping to change this story through student-led outreach to young people who might not receive exposure to the rewarding opportunities accessible through a computer science education. We are proud that the CSA’s demographics approach the diversity of our school at large. This is how we build a more equitable future.

The Santa Barbara Police Activities League (PAL) strives to build positive mentoring relationships among teens, the police department, and members of the community through educational, athletic, cultural, and leadership development programs.

PAL programs help steer low-income and disadvantaged teens toward successful academic and career goals while fostering positive relationships between the youth and law enforcement personnel. PAL focuses on three primary areas: Teen Center Enrichment, Teen Leadership, and Family/Community Outreach.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: POSITIVE MENTORING WITH POLICE EXPLORER POST

Fractured relationships between law enforcement and minority populations continue to abound, and healing that distrust is a valiant effort. The Explorer Post program offers positive interaction with law enforcement and a glimpse into the daily lives of law enforcement personnel. The program provides weekly mentoring, training, and education on the purposes, mission, and objectives of law enforcement and public safety. PAL hopes to be an instrument in reversing the negative view of law and authority and an avenue for creating a stronger, united community.

STANDING TOGETHER TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT WHAT WE DO:

Standing Together to End Sexual Assault empowers people through healing and social change to eliminate all forms of sexual violence. We are committed to transforming lives by providing services and education to meet the needs of our diverse community.

To fulfill this mission, STESA provides: 1) crisis intervention, counseling, advocacy and support in order to heal and empower sexual assault survivors, their family members and friends; and 2) community education and prevention programs to increase the awareness, empathy and understanding necessary to effect the attitudinal and behavioral changes which are essential to the elimination of sexual assault.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: END SEXUAL TRAFFICKING OF YOUTH (ESTY)

YEAR FOUNDED: 1999 PAID STAFF: 7 VOLUNTEERS: 20 ORG BUDGET: $630,431

STESA’s Rape Prevention Program in junior high and high schools includes education about sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

Youth are highly vulnerable to sexual exploitation and education on root causes, risk factors and the development of strategies for prevention are important deterrents to this crime.

Sexual traffickers actively recruit youth in our schools. It’s important to give youth the education and tools they need to keep them from becoming vulnerable to sexual traffickers.

CHALLENGE GIFT: Tomchin Family Foundation

YEAR FOUNDED: 2013 PAID STAFF: 3 VOLUNTEERS: 86 ORG BUDGET: $157,600

$2,500

YOUTH & EDUCATION

SANTA BARBARA POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE

YEAR FOUNDED: 1974 PAID STAFF: 14 VOLUNTEERS: 138 ORG BUDGET: $1,130,150 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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WILDERNESS YOUTH PROJECT

TRUTH IN RECRUITMENT

YOUTH & EDUCATION

WHAT WE DO:

Truth in Recruitment’s goals are to educate students, families, and school districts about alternatives to military careers; inform families of their children’s privacy rights; and advocate for policies regulating recruiter presence on campuses.

WHAT WE DO:

The mission of Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) is to foster confidence, health, and a lifelong love of learning for young people and families through active outdoor experiences and mentoring. WYP envisions teaching the next generation of children to be peaceful, respectful, and confident stewards of our world.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

BRINGING AWARENESS TO STUDENTS OF THE REALITIES OF MILITARY CAREERS AND THEIR ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS

Truth in Recruitment’s Social Change Project is to enact policies that regulate military recruiting in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (SMJUHSD). Truth in Recruitment also seeks to ensure the existing recruiter policy in the Santa Barbara Unified School District that we helped implement remains enforced. With the aid of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Santa Maria’s SMJUHSD recently agreed to allow Truth in Recruitment to table at career fairs and make classroom presentations. We wish to organize communities and build goodwill through our support of student social justice clubs and by increasing awareness of students’ and families’ rights to privacy and the realities of military careers. Our recent public Summit on Youth and the Military in Santa Maria supported our effort to increase parent, student, and community leadership and participation.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$1,000

Santa Barbara Friends Meeting (Quakers)

YEAR FOUNDED: 2016 PAID STAFF: 4 VOLUNTEERS: 30 ORG BUDGET: $48,500

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

UNITED WAY OF SB COUNTY WHAT WE DO:

Since 1923, United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC) has provided area children, families, and seniors with community services and resources, building a reputation as the community’s fundraiser. In the past 22 years, however, UWSBC has transformed into a hybrid organization, building partnerships and delivering direct services to accomplish community-driven goals. Our mission statement is “Right here, right now, through the Power of Partnership, we are improving lives for children, families, seniors, and you!” Our vision is to ensure that every community member has a hopeful future.

$12,500

Anonymous

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Anonymous

FUN IN THE SUN (FITS)

FITS is a collaborative summer program that, with the support of more than 80 partners, provides comprehensive academic and enrichment curriculum and family support services to help families from low-resource neighborhoods reach their full potential. FITS serves 300 children and 200 parents at five South S.B. County sites. FITS reduces summer learning loss and the achievement gap through educational, artistic, relational, and recreational activities. The program fosters a sense of community that gives children and families a sense of connectedness, skills, and resources they need to produce longterm behavioral and academic improvements.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

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YEAR FOUNDED: 1923 PAID STAFF: 65 VOLUNTEERS: 2,500 ORG BUDGET: $2,819,432

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ALL CHILDREN NEED NATURE

All children need nature — and not just the ones whose parents appreciate nature. Not only those of a certain economic class or culture or gender or sexual identity or set of abilities. Every child. Wilderness Youth Project is building a bridge to nature so that young people become smarter, healthier, happier, and more likely to protect the environment.

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YEAR FOUNDED: 1999 PAID STAFF: 53 VOLUNTEERS: 100 ORG BUDGET: $1,335,931

CLUE SB

WHAT WE DO:

Advancing progressive social change by strengthening movements for social, political, economic, and environmental justice.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: YOUTH MAKING CHANGE

Youth Making Change (YMC) is a teen-led grant-making and leadership development program that provides youth with the opportunity to engage directly in philanthropy (grant giving).

YMC empowers youth to lead and make decisions based on Movement Building Strategies of the Fund. Our two boards, in Santa Maria and in Santa Barbara, are led by teens 13-19.

The board conducts outreach and encourages youth groups that address pressing needs for youth in Santa Barbara County to apply. They each give out $15,000 in grants to projects that strive to bring positive change for youth. Since 2008, YMC has awarded over $275,000 to 130 youth-led groups throughout Santa Barbara County.

We are celebrating 10’s years of YMC. Help us ensure continued CHANGE NOT CHARITY work in Santa Barbara County! YMC is a program of the Fund for Santa Barbara and is inspired by Santa Barbara Foundation’s Katherine Harvey Fellows Class of 2006-2007.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$3,000

Jean Kaplan

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

SOCIAL JUSTICE

YOUTH MAKING CHANGE

YOUTH & EDUCATION

WHAT WE DO:

CLUE S.B. is an interfaith network of community & faith leaders and members organized to address the root causes of local economic injustices in S.B. County.

NETWORKING FAITH COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN SOCIAL JUSTICE

We currently face challenges and decisions that will have lasting influence on the welfare of the most vulnerable in our community — those impacted by harm to the environment, cycling through a broken criminal justice system, experiencing discrimination, and struggling with housing and homelessness. By mobilizing people of multiple faith traditions and people of conscience to bring their faith into action, CLUE is strengthening our response to these injustices through collaborative learning, conversations, and participating in policy making. Holding the vision of universal justice of many faith communities, as well as the power of their combined voices and actions, we work together with community partners who are leading the efforts to create a more just society.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$3,000

Anonymous, Santa Barbara Friends Meeting (Quakers)

YEAR FOUNDED: 2009 PAID STAFF: 1 VOLUNTEERS: 33 ORG BUDGET: $18,400

YEAR FOUNDED: 1980 PAID STAFF: 8 VOLUNTEERS: 130 ORG BUDGET: 106,000 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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EL CENTRO

SOCIAL JUSTICE

WHAT WE DO:

El Centro, also known as the Santa Barbara Lower Westside Community Center, is a volunteer-activist-led grassroots community space that centers people working toward the liberation and uplift of people of color, womxn, youth, indigenous and queer communities.

El Centro was established for these groups to exercise artistic expression, fundraise, and host meetings and educational events, building local networks that connect folks to a collective struggle toward self-determination, self-empowerment, self-expression, and liberation. El Centro actively builds toward financial autonomy on a membership-based model.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

DOGSTAR THEATER COMPANY WHAT WE DO:

DogStar Theater Company is based on the principles of collaboration, whole-sightedness, and shared inspiration. We carefully select plays that resonate with the times, and we bring these stories to the stage in order to spark creative conversation, initiate connection within the community, and inspire positive action.

SOMOS SEMILLAS, WE ARE SEEDS Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds will expand on the vision of El Centro by providing a space for members of our community to engage in place-based learning, public health, nutrition education, and community empowerment.

Participants will have the opportunity to nourish their physical selves and well-being through community gardening workshops that also cultivate knowledge of ethnic studies while affirming cultural and generational knowledge of horticulture.

CHALLENGE GIFT: El Centro SB Board of Directors

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: INTIMATE CONSTELLATIONS

We bring nontraditional theatergoers into our audience in a nontraditional space for an intimate performance of a selection of curated short plays based on contemporary issues. The audience is limited to 25 individuals and the space is quite small, giving the audience a truly meaningful and moving evening.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

YEAR FOUNDED: 2016 PAID STAFF: 0 VOLUNTEERS: 15 ORG BUDGET: $15,000

$50

Tom Eubanks, Partner, Beacon Theatre Co.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2017 PAID STAFF: 0 VOLUNTEERS: 8 ORG BUDGET: $15,000

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WHAT WE DO:

Our mission: Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.

Our vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live. All are welcome: We welcome volunteers and supporters to help serve people in need of decent housing regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views, or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION

Under the Neighborhood Revitalization umbrella, Habitat Santa Barbara works to meet the community’s growing housing needs through home repairs that help lower income homeowners remain safely in their homes as well as neighborhood projects ranging from supporting community nonprofits with capital improvements to beautifying public spaces and parks. Habitat Santa Barbara’s home repair programs include the A Brush with Kindness program (external home repairs) and Critical Home Repair program (internal, partial, or whole-home repairs in critical-need areas). Home repairs depend on residents’ needs.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2000 PAID STAFF: 9 VOLUNTEERS: 2,860 ORG BUDGET: $1,300,000 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF SB EDUCATION FUND

JUST COMMUNITIES WHAT WE DO:

WHAT WE DO:

Just Communities advances justice by building leadership, fostering change, and dismantling all forms of prejudice, discrimination, and oppression.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS

According to author Glenn Singleton, in order to achieve equity we need to have “courageous conversations about race.” Just Communities’ Courageous Conversations creates a monthly meeting space for honest self-reflection and dialogue about issues related to racism and other forms of oppression. People come together to support each other and hold each other accountable in our efforts to become powerful advocates for racial justice. We believe that this internally focused work is a key component of social change.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

$3,890

Just Communities Board of Directors

LA CASA DE LA RAZA WHAT WE DO:

Since 1971, La Casa de la Raza, the Cesar Chavez Center, has provided a community center on the Eastside of Santa Barbara.

Our mission is to develop and empower the Latino community by affirming and preserving Latino cultural heritage, providing an umbrella for services, and advocating for participation in the larger community. We provide both direct support and innovative programming. Through a spectrum of needbased programming, La Casa works to empower community members of all ages with information and skills needed to overcome obstacles and achieve personal successes.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER’S EL ARTE DE AMARTE

YEAR FOUNDED: 2001 PAID STAFF: 8 VOLUNTEERS: 25 ORG BUDGET: $1,139,301

La Casa de la Raza’s Family Resource Center provides consumer rights, advocacy, and empowerment assistance to more than 20 area residents per day. The families we work with are among the most disenfranchised, isolated, and undeserved in our community. Responding to high demand and the high-stress lives of our families, we began El Arte de Amarte/The Art of Loving Yourself in January 2019. These bilingual weekend workshops and support groups for adults and youth focus on immigration/legal rights and responsibilities, mental and physical wellness, cultural arts, and overall mindfulness for self-care.

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The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920, the same year women won the right to vote, to help educate the new voters. The League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara was founded in 1938. The Education Fund was incorporated in 2000 to support the unbiased Voter Service and Citizen Education programs of the League.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK: CELEBRATING THE RIGHT TO VOTE

As we prepare for the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote, we will continue and expand our outreach to new voters in underserved communities. The League acknowledges that the suffrage movement did not include all women, excluding women — and men — of color. Our goal is to empower people, especially those who have not previously participated in the democratic process. LWVSB is organizing a community Women’s Equality Day event on Aug 26, 2020. We will collaborate with other organizations, registering, educating, and encouraging people to vote in the March and November elections.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

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Anonymous, LWVSB Board & LWVSB Ed Fund Board

YEAR FOUNDED: 2000 PAID STAFF:0 VOLUNTEERS: 75 ORG BUDGET: $25,000

SOCIAL JUSTICE

Making Democracy Work: We envision a democracy where each person has the desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate.

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La Casa de la Raza Board of Directors

YEAR FOUNDED: 1971 PAID STAFF: 11 VOLUNTEERS: 220 ORG BUDGET: $439,450 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

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WHAT WE DO:

The mission of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara is to foster positive relationships among the many diverse groups in the Santa Barbara community and the surrounding areas; to sponsor programs and events that exemplify the teachings of Dr. King; and to observe and celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. S.B. WEEKEND OF EVENTS

LEGAL AID FOUNDATION WHAT WE DO:

Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal assistance to Santa Barbara County residents. Our mission is to provide high-quality civil legal services to lowincome and other vulnerable residents in order to ensure equal access to justice. We change lives through direct representation, legal advice and information, and community education.

Our Social Change work is the presentation of programs that inspire and engage the community pursuing the ideals of Dr. King, who believed the elimination of racial discrimination to be a moral imperative.

The committee works throughout the year to create programs that include arts and cultural events that showcase the richness of our community and to engage our diverse audiences in activities that enhance cross-cultural understanding and encourage peaceful coexistence.

CHALLENGE GIFT:

Anita Blume, Beverly & Hartley King, Congregation B’nai B’rith, Wealth Management Strategies

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: EMPOWERING SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County seeks support for our Family Violence Prevention Project. We provide free legal advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence, including children, to get protection from abusers. Once individuals and families are protected, we provide a holistic range of legal services to ensure that survivors can permanently live free from abuse and rebuild their lives.

YEAR FOUNDED: 2007 PAID STAFF:0 VOLUNTEERS: 197 ORG BUDGET: $22,070

YEAR FOUNDED: 1959 PAID STAFF: 16 VOLUNTEERS: 33 ORG BUDGET: $1,569,392

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NAACP WHAT WE DO:

The National Association For The Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation’s largest, oldest civil rights grassroots organization. Founded by some 53 white abolitionists and seven African Americans in response to the horrific lynching taking place across the nation, our mission is to ensure the social, political, educational, and economic equality of rights by removing barriers such as racial hatred in order to eliminate racebased discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. Our vision is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT:

RENOUNCE REJECT RACISM HATRED AND BIGOTRY PROJECT (RRRHBP)

Through RRRHBP, where we consider silence to be acceptance, each month we address issues relevant to racism, hatred, bigotry, inequality, equity, and discrimination of all kinds with workshops and speakers; unity rallies, marches, and circles; collaborations with like-minded organizations; tabling at various events such as Pride and Labor Day; hosting events such as a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration and Black history celebration; and holding monthly meetings with open discussion on topics such as diversity and tolerance, implicit bias, privilege, inclusivity, and ethnic and gender studies.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1909 PAID STAFF:0 VOLUNTEERS: 28 ORG BUDGET: $43,185 DONATE AT SBGIVES.ORG

PATHPOINT

SYV COMMUNITY ACTION ALLIANCE

WHAT WE DO:

PathPoint supports people in living the life they choose. The organization partners with people with disabilities, people with mental-health diagnoses, and young adults to pursue their hopes and dreams through strengthening workplace abilities, building life skills, and developing meaningful relationships.

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THE ONE COMMUNITY PROJECT

SELF-ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

PathPoint supports people with developmental disabilities in learning about their personal rights and advocating for themselves. We partner with self-advocacy groups such as People First to amplify their voices in local policy decision-making processes. This year PathPoint completed a successful campaign to request more funding for developmental disability services from the state, with self-advocates calling and writing letters to their local legislators and visiting elected officials. Help us strengthen the self-advocacy skills of people with developmental disabilities by sending them to the California Disability Services Association’s Legislative Affairs Conference in Sacramento this year!

YEAR FOUNDED: 1964 PAID STAFF: 76 VOLUNTEERS: 12 ORG BUDGET: $4,585,960

PEOPLES’ SELF-HELP HOUSING CORPORATION WHAT WE DO:

The One Community Project will host monthly public art projects, speaker forums and workshops, topical documentary films, and other interactive activities that build community and identify and address local issues of social and environmental justice, racism, women’s rights, health care, and civic engagement.

We build affordable homes with site-based services that offer opportunities to change lives and strengthen communities on the central coast of California.

SOCIAL CHANGE PROJECT: ISLA VISTA RESIDENT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Creating great neighborhoods needs engaged residents who are unafraid to use their voices. Rather than passively accepting decisions made by others, residents of Peoples’ Self-Help Housing’s Isla Vista Apartments deserve to have a say in decisions that affect them. They will build on two years of leadership development as they tackle neighborhood safety, create beautiful shared spaces, and build their capacity to collaborate with city and county representatives. This project empowers low-income people to participate in decisions around building a safe, inclusive community. To date, residents have improved the safety of Children’s Park, worked with the UCSB Community Garden Network, and received training through the county Sheriff ’s Office.

CHALLENGE GIFT: Christine Pizarro

YEAR FOUNDED: 2016 PAID STAFF:0 VOLUNTEERS: 40 ORG BUDGET: $10,000

$1,000

SOCIAL JUSTICE

SYV Community Action Alliance facilitates the convergence of neighbors and networks who stand against discrimination and take action to affirm and protect civil, political, environmental, and human rights for all.

YEAR FOUNDED: 1970 PAID STAFF: 200 VOLUNTEERS: 52 ORG. BUDGET: $12,795,445

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ENVIRONMENT

Channel Islands Restoration

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation

Explore Ecology

Gaviota Coast Conservancy

Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

Robert A. Sollen Fellowship

Ventura County Coalition Advocating for Pesticide Safety

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Food From The Heart

Sanctuary Centers

SB Alliance for Community Transformation

Santa Barbara County Trails Council

Seaside Wellness Gardens

HOMELESSNESS

Partners in Housing Solutions

Showers of Blessing

Unite to Light, Inc.

United Way of Northern Santa Barbara County IMMIGRATION

CAUSE

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Immigrant Hope

SBC Immigrant Legal Defense Center LGBTQ

Pacific Pride Foundation, INC

PFLAG Santa Barbara

Planned Parenthood California Central Coast

Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network

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CLUE SB

DogStar Theater Company

El Centro

Habitat for Humanity

Just Communities

La Casa de la Raza

League of Women Voters of SB Education Fund

Legal Aid Foundation

MLKSB

NAACP

PathPoint

Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Corporation

SYV Community Action Alliance

YOUTH & EDUCATION AHA! (Attitude. Harmony. Achievement.)

Alternatives to Violence Project

Arts Mentorship Program

Four Ingenieros Foundation

Freedom 4 Youth

Girls Inc. of Carpinteria

Goleta Education Foundation

Mental Wellness Center

Santa Barbara County Network of Promotores

Santa Barbara High School Computer Science Academy Foundation

Santa Barbara Police Activities League

Standing Together to End Sexual Assault

Truth in Recruitment

United Way of Santa Barbara County

Wilderness Youth Project

Youth Making Change

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