One of Santa Barbara’s longest-running community-organized festivals, our Earth Day celebration is also one of the oldest in the country, […more…]
As centennial celebrations go, the commemoration may not be as center-of-attention as that of the Granada Theatre or Old Spanish […more…]
Are you wondering why there’s a whole lot of hoopla about the Granada Theatre 100th birthday beyond merely marking a […more…]
New Beginnings’ Safe Parking program turned 20 earlier this year, a milestone you need to celebrate. On the other hand, […more…]
It was Geoff Green, the longtime CEO of SBCC Foundation, who created and spearheaded the organization’s SBCC Promise, the program […more…]
Most locals are probably aware of the best Santa Barbara place to visit every Memorial Day weekend for a glimpse […more…]
Brady United Against Gun Violence, aka the Brady Center, marks its 50th anniversary since its founding. But the organization that […more…]
For the Santa Barbara Symphony, the 2023-24 season expresses a number of the outreach efforts in its mission: to enrich […more…]
When Gina was preparing to adopt a baby girl, she experienced a rush of thrilling emotions that comes with going […more…]
Last month’s groundbreaking ceremony marked Sanctuary Centers’ initiation of its forthcoming new building. To witness the launch of this transformative […more…]
You’d be hard-pressed to find a local nonprofit that brought its outsized quest to fruition more speedily than did the […more…]
Seniors experiencing depression or related mental health challenges have a new resource to help them retain their independence and improve […more…]
The Montecito Journal’s 2024 Giving List book for Santa Barbara was just published last month in time for Giving Tuesday, […more…]
It might seem disingenuous to employ the expression “a blessing in disguise” when it comes to Covid. But the truth […more…]
Santa Barbara Foundation’s latest report on the State of Nonprofits in Santa Barbara County, published in autumn of 2023, indicates […more…]
Tammy Johnson, Santa Barbara Foundation’s Vice President of Philanthropic Services since April of 2022, didn’t set out to work in […more…]
Back in 2018, when the Montecito debris flows left huge swaths of the village buried under hundreds of tons of […more…]
The SBCC Foundation has posted a job opening for the position of Chief Executive Officer of California’s top community college […more…]
White Buffalo Land Trust (WBLT) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, a journey that began in 2018 with a […more…]
November is special for many in the home healthcare field as the month is recognized as National Home Care Month, […more…]
As recently as the early 20th century, a diagnosis of diabetes meant the certainty of a shortened life plagued with […more…]
It was back in 2011 that UCSB environmental studies professor Dr. David Cleveland published his white paper indicating that 99 […more…]
Having books in the home has been proven to positively benefit children in many different ways. One 20-year study found […more…]
Savie Health opened its doors in June of 2022 as Santa Barbara County’s first and only free health clinic for […more…]
There’s no doubt that The Granada Theatre has played a vital role in developing and extending Santa Barbara’s thriving music […more…]
Cue the fanfare! LotusFest is coming back to Lotusland, the spectacular public gardens nestled in the Cold Spring neighborhood of […more…]
An art show at a downtown Santa Barbara gallery might seem to have little to do with a nonprofit working […more…]
Craig Lewis was as horrified as any of us to hear of the Maui wildfires that have caused so much […more…]
Hospice of Santa Barbara’s (HSB) 11th annual Heroes of Hospice luncheon – back in person for a second year following […more…]
There’s no doubt that the Granada Theatre is one of the crown jewels in Santa Barbara’s enviable and outsized arts […more…]
You may not have noticed, but Unity Shoppe, one of Santa Barbara’s oldest nonprofits, had a significant change in its […more…]
The Fund for Santa Barbara’s Development and Communications Manager – Alina Rey Keswani – is understandably proud that Bread & […more…]
The NatureTrack Film Festival was created as an extension of the NatureTrack Foundation, the nonprofit that combats “Nature-Deficit Disorder” by […more…]
You might wonder how a chowder festival has anything to do with providing free, high-quality legal services to low-income and […more…]
Big plans are in store for Hillside, the residential facility for 59 people with developmental disabilities, including intellectual disabilities, cerebral […more…]
From DakhaBrakha and The Linda Lindas to Lang Lang and Ballet Preljocaj, UCSB Arts & Lectures’ 2022-2023 season included a […more…]