The Santa Barbara Symphony is proud of its upcoming 2022-23 season, which marks the organization’s milestone 70th anniversary. Understandably so, as the season’s nine concerts boast an impressive list of guest artists including pianist Alessio Bax, jazz saxophone legend Ted Nash, Sinatra crooner Tony DeSare, and two different Grammy-nominated violin soloists in Guillermo Figueroa and Philippe Quint. That’s nothing new, as booking international superstar soloists has been a hallmark of the Symphony since at least [...more...]
Sanctuary Centers has been around for 46 years, and while the nonprofit’s array of services and team of experienced clinical providers has grown to encompass both inpatient and outpatient care, as well as an integrated [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Animal Instincts
The COVID crisis has been quite a challenge for nearly everyone in the world. But for Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary […more…]
Inspiring the Next Generation of Young Conservationists In honor of Earth Day, April 22nd, 2022, The Elephant Project and Chantecaille […more…]
100% of Net Proceeds From The Elephant Project’s Charitable Gift Line Goes Directly to Wildlife Rescue Organizations The Elephant Project, […more…]
Caretakers
Ernesto Paredes, the longtime executive director of the transportation service Easy Lift, was 16 years old when he got his […more…]
Little Ryan was only three years old when he was diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), an uncommon motor […more…]
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Centers of Peace and Preservation
Laura Bridley comes by her affinity for Casa del Herrero honestly. A native of Montecito, Bridley has a lot of […more…]
Santa Barbara has been fortunate to have many proud residents. One of them was Pearl Chase, a founding committee member […more…]
On the day of the great 1925 earthquake, George Fox Steedman was visiting Santa Barbara from St. Louis, Missouri, reviewing […more…]
College Access and Higher Education
California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) has served as a landing spot for underrepresented minorities and/or the economically disadvantaged since […more…]
Geoff Green knows that Dan Pritzker and MacKenzie Scott are on to something. That is, Green believes that community colleges […more…]
It’s a sunny August morning, just a couple days before California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) starts its 2021-22 school […more…]
Community Action
On a wall next to the entrance of Edwin Weaver’s office at Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) hangs a […more…]
Firefighters do a lot more than fight fires. On any given day, Montecito Fire’s 33 active-duty firefighters wake up to […more…]
One805’s original Kick Ash Bash was a legendary gathering that will forever be etched in the community’s consciousness. This huge […more…]
Community Resources
During the pandemic, Santa Barbarans got a fresh reminder of how vital the public library is to the community. As […more…]
It might seem like bad timing to be writing about Unity Shoppe in the last week of the year, considering […more…]
Since it opened its doors in 1974, TV Santa Barbara’s mission has been to provide an outlet for freedom of […more…]
End of Life
In the quarter-century since its founding, Dream Foundation, the only national dream-granting organization serving terminally-ill adults, has provided end-of-life Dreams […more…]
Lots of people in Santa Barbara might have only become more aware of Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) over the […more…]
Grant funding will bring inspiration, comfort and closure to those facing the end of life. Dream Foundation is announcing the […more…]
Environment
Last summer, just a couple of months before Montecito Journal’s 2nd annual The Giving List book was published, Clean Coalition’s […more…]
In what is being heralded as a historic win for advocates working to tackle the plastic pollution crisis, parties to […more…]
The 70 miles of coast spanning Lake Casitas to Point Conception, and including Carpinteria, Montecito, Santa Barbara, and Goleta, is […more…]
Food
It might seem like bad timing to be writing about Unity Shoppe in the last week of the year, considering […more…]
Boasting a year-round growing calendar, Santa Barbara County is known as a food mecca, ranking in the top one percent […more…]
Organic Soup Kitchen does not just make soup, it makes perfect soup: nutrient-rich, life-sustaining, and hand-delivered every week to 720 […more…]
Giving Challenges
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People in the nonprofit world often talk about “A Tale of Two Santa Barbaras” to describe the county’s gaping wealth […more…]
This coming Sunday Feb. 13, from 10am to 1pm, NatureTrack will be at Goleta Beach Park to introduce those who […more…]
Housing
Back in 1955, Hillside House relocated to what was then a state-of-the-art facility capable of housing and caring for children […more…]
During its 76-year history, Hillside House, a residential facility for people with moderate to severe intellectual and developmental disabilities, has […more…]
It’s the middle of August in 2021 and the number of people experiencing homelessness across Santa Barbara County has reached […more…]
International
ShelterBox’s reason for being is because human displacement is one of the biggest issues plaguing our planet, one that’s increasing […more…]
Hurricane Katrina was a major turning point in the history of Direct Relief. Until then, the Santa Barbara-based nonprofit that […more…]
Leading the Way
In its short 13-year history, Leading From Within — which was founded in 2008 as the Courage to Lead program […more…]
In 2007, a group of authors published “Freedom from Mid-East Oil,” a lengthy treatise on energy, national security, and global […more…]
Like many teens, 15-year-old Stephan Abrams was devastated by the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. […more…]
Mental Wellness and Family Ties
Family Service Agency (FSA) of Santa Barbara County announced that it has voted in a new slate of leadership for […more…]
Family Service Agency is a Santa Barbara institution, as much a part of local history as major landmarks like the […more…]
Family Service Agency Advocates for Mental Wellness May is the time to raise awareness of those living with mental or […more…]
Nonprofit Partners
National dream-granting organization for terminally-ill adults to help host 90th birthday dance party Dream Foundation, the only national dream-granting organization […more…]
Summer sessions for Littlest Little Farm are ENROLLING NOW! Teens: Learn regenerative farming skills in a fun, supportive, caring community! PROGRAM […more…]
100% of Net Proceeds From The Elephant Project’s Charitable Gift Line Goes Directly to Wildlife Rescue Organizations The Elephant Project, […more…]
Performing Arts
It was March 2020 when Rodney Gustafson received the call no creative director wants to get. It was the week […more…]
Over the last two years, Santa Barbara Symphony President & CEO Kathryn R. Martin has noticed a marked change in […more…]
To many, the 2021 Music Academy of the West Summer School and Festival was nothing short of a miracle. Despite […more…]
Reaching Beyond Ourselves
Soon after taking office in 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced intellectual disabilities would become one of his administration’s priorities. […more…]
Social Sector Leaders
Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) has been well-known for the opportunities it provides Santa Barbara Unified students throughout the school […more…]
On Thursday, April 28, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation hosted the Hope Awards to celebrate individuals and programs supporting students […more…]
Santa Barbara Education Foundation has worked to support the needs of students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District since […more…]
Speciality Health
When Lillian Taylor Converse was diagnosed with cancer in 1948, she knew the odds of a recovery were long, but […more…]
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation (TBCF) was founded by Nikki Katz back in 2002 after hearing of the financial and emotional […more…]
The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara was founded 73 years ago based on the simple concept that a city that […more…]
Teach Our Children Well
Anne was a senior at Hollywood High School hoping to become a veterinarian. But the daughter of a single mom […more…]
On Thursday, April 28, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation hosted the Hope Awards to celebrate individuals and programs supporting students […more…]
Snow is in the forecast for students at Storyteller Children’s Center! On Wednesday, December 15th at 10 am, over 50 […more…]
TGL Features
To Your Health
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has received two awards from the American Heart Association: the Get With The Guidelines®Stroke Gold Plus […more…]
For 100 years, Sansum Clinic has been improving the overall health of its patients by providing the latest innovations in […more…]
Findings will help identify population health concerns in Santa Barbara County Cottage Health and Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, […more…]
Visual and Educational Arts
Clay Studio is excited to announce that registration is now live for our Children’s Outdoor Clay Camp! Our camp will […more…]
In recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Clay Studio is honored to present “Sculpting a Legacy,” on display at their gallery […more…]
This February Clay Studio is giving away a piece of art by celebrated ceramicist Patrick Hall, as well as free […more…]
Working For Our Most Vulnerable
The Supreme Court ruling that reversed the half-century old landmark Roe v. Wade decision had been handed down only hours […more…]
Estefany Can was eight years old when social workers removed her and her brothers from their home. Her mother was […more…]
Youth Empowerment
This coming Sunday Feb. 13, from 10am to 1pm, NatureTrack will be at Goleta Beach Park to introduce those who […more…]
Head Start, the federal early childhood education program, was established in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on […more…]
Many nonprofits like to throw around the word grassroots to describe their organizations, but few do the term justice as […more…]