Shop Deckers Brand Showcase on December 22rd and 40% Will Support Organic Soup Kitchen  Organic Soup Kitchen has been named […more…]

It was just three months ago that the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) celebrated the completion of a six-year, […more…]

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation will award 64 grants to SB Unified teachers totaling $100,000 to help meet the needs […more…]

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics operates eight clinics in Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Isla Vista, largely located in neighborhoods where healthcare […more…]

To many, the 2021 Music Academy of the West Summer School and Festival was nothing short of a miracle. Despite […more…]

Montecito Firefighter Lucas Grant is too young to have personal memories of what it was like when local firefighters were […more…]

The slogan “Bread, and Roses, too” is at the heart of every philanthropic organization and cause in the United States. […more…]

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, UCSB Arts & Lectures, like every establishment across the country, was forced […more…]

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

As a child growing up on the Santa Ynez Chumash Reservation, Kenneth Kahn never felt neglected. His neighborhood was filled […more…]

Thomas Rollerson is a natural-born empathizer and philanthropist – a condition that literally harks back to his birth. Driven by […more…]

Kai Tepper knew from a young age that she was destined for the arts. Along with her sister – who […more…]

Sometimes, life’s lessons emerge from the most unlikely places. For Janet Garufis – Montecito Bank & Trust’s dynamic chairman and […more…]

Warren Ritter says that he was born with the passion to give back. By building a career in private wealth […more…]

As told to Daniel Heimpel In 2018, a Native American philanthropy professional dropped a bomb on the industry. In his […more…]

The winding path of Santa Barbara philanthropist Kevin Brine – from near-broke college student obsessed with Sanskrit studies to living […more…]

As told to Daniel Heimpel I have known CNN host Lisa Ling for nearly a decade now. I never saw her […more…]

As told to Brian Rinker Charlie Casey inherited the family business, Pacific Foundation Services (PFS), and turned it into a […more…]

As told to Brian Rinker Geoff Green’s mantra is “of, by, and for.” Having learned the value of both activism […more…]

Other than a brief stint in New York City in 1989, Katya Armistead has spent almost her entire adult life […more…]

He grew up in Compton, but Guy Walker has deep roots in Santa Barbara County going back to the 1970s, […more…]