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Santa Barbara Foundation Santa Barbara Foundation

For almost a century, the Santa Barbara Foundation has been a catalyst for change in Santa Barbara County, analyzing issues […more…]

A Community Philanthropic North Star

Jackie Carrera, President and CEO, Santa Barbara Foundation. (photo by Dean Zatkowsky) Santa Barbara Foundation’s latest report on the State of Nonprofits in Santa Barbara County, published in autumn of 2023, indicates that the total of such organizations has now soared past 2,000 – a significant number considering that the county’s total population is just a tad over 455,000. It might seem both difficult and daunting to navigate among nonprofits, given that there are multiple, often single-issue organizations, serving nearly every imaginable sector, all of which do important, impactful work.  That’s where the Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) comes in, and [...more...]

Stepping up Then and Now: Santa Barbara Foundation Santa Barbara Foundation

With nearly a century of experience serving the Central Coast, the Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) has always been there when […more…]

Jackie Carrera Puts the ‘Community’ in Santa Barbara ‘Community’ Foundation Jackie Carrera Puts the ‘Community’ in Santa Barbara ‘Community’ Foundation

Jackie Carrera’s powerful sense of community started with her family, long before she moved from Maryland to California and eventually […more…]

The Santa Barbara Philanthropy Pivot The Santa Barbara Philanthropy Pivot

Santa Barbara has been defined, all at once, as an enclave of the wealthy, a surf-bum beach town, and a […more…]

Santa Barbara Foundation Leads Our Philanthropic Community Through Thick and Thin Santa Barbara Foundation

There are an estimated 1,900 nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County, each dedicated to helping the community in some way. […more…]

Santa Barbara Foundation’s Social Good Santa Barbara Foundation

Writing this inaugural issue of The Giving List has entailed speaking with and studying the work of 52 of Santa […more…]