Where do YOU want to Give?
Wherever your passions for giving lie, Giving List nonprofits are on the frontlines of making our community stronger.
Animal Instincts
The COVID crisis has been quite a challenge for nearly everyone in the world. But for Santa Barbara Bird Sanctuary […more…]
Redwings Horse Sanctuary, a 501(c)3 nonprofit horse rescue in Paso Robles, is having a special event during the month of […more…]
Back in 2006, the year before horse slaughter in the U.S. ceased for good, the last three such stateside slaughterhouse […more…]
Caretakers
Ernesto Paredes, the longtime executive director of the transportation service Easy Lift, was 16 years old when he got his […more…]
When we connected last week, Santa Barbara RiteCare center director and speech-language pathologist Julie DeAngelis was particularly excited to talk […more…]
In 2012, we launched an after-school literacy program called Brain Lab. This program is designed for students in first grade […more…]
Centers of Peace and Preservation
Casa del Herrero – Montecito’s National Historic Landmark – announced last week that an art exhibition at the property, Channing […more…]
Cindy Faith Swain, Director of La Casa de Maria, has vivid memories of the day a Santa Barbara treasure was […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
Geoff Green knows that Dan Pritzker and MacKenzie Scott are on to something. That is, Green believes that community colleges […more…]
California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) has served as a landing spot for underrepresented minorities and/or the economically disadvantaged since […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
Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley (FBSMV) does some very important and impactful work. Since its founding in 2003 as a […more…]
It might seem like bad timing to be writing about Unity Shoppe in the last week of the year, considering […more…]
The Santa Barbara coastal region has largely escaped any major disasters in the past year, save, of course, for the […more…]
Community Resources
The statistics on Alzheimer’s Disease are staggering. Someone in the United States develops the devastating disease every 65 seconds. More […more…]
Libraries across America enjoy the support of friend groups for funding support, whether it’s for a reading room, an embellished […more…]
April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), an annual campaign aimed at raising public consciousness to consider sexual assault […more…]
End of Life
Since 2020, Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) has adjusted to the new realities that come with COVID-19 by creating their […more…]
The modern hospice movement was born in 1967 in a leafy neighborhood of southeast London when a nurse named Dame […more…]
Lots of people in Santa Barbara might have only become more aware of Hospice of Santa Barbara (HSB) over the […more…]
Environment
Explore Gaviota Beach Using Freedom Trax On Sunday, March 13, from noon to 4pm, NatureTrack will be at Gaviota State […more…]
In one of the funnier moments in the famous 1967 film The Graduate, a friend of Ben’s parents takes him […more…]
In 1969, a major blowout at Union Oil’s Platform A caused an estimated four million gallons of crude to pour […more…]
Food
It might seem like bad timing to be writing about Unity Shoppe in the last week of the year, considering […more…]
Shop Deckers Brand Showcase on December 22rd and 40% Will Support Organic Soup Kitchen Organic Soup Kitchen has been named […more…]
Funds move low-income cancer patients, seniors, and chronically ill off waiting list Organic Soup Kitchen hosted a Crab Boil […more…]
Housing
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…]
Back in 1955, Hillside House relocated to what was then a state-of-the-art facility capable of housing and caring for children […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
Like many teens, 15-year-old Stephan Abrams was devastated by the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. […more…]
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…]
Mental Wellness and Family Ties
On any given weekday, as many as 100 community members living with mental illness enter through the blue doors and […more…]
Family Service Agency Advocates for Mental Wellness May is the time to raise awareness of those living with mental or […more…]
Mariela Marin gets anxious any time they look at the waitlist of people seeking mental health services. On a typical […more…]
Performing Arts
For Palmer Jackson Jr., philanthropy and supporting the community he loves, Santa Barbara, is a family tradition. When his father […more…]
It’s purely coincidence that this week’s Montecito Journal hits newsstands the same day the Granada Theatre officially unveils Plaza Granada, […more…]
Over the last two years, Santa Barbara Symphony President & CEO Kathryn R. Martin has noticed a marked change in […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…]
Speciality Health
The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara was founded 73 years ago based on the simple concept that a city that […more…]
When Lillian Taylor Converse was diagnosed with cancer in 1948, she knew the odds of a recovery were long, but […more…]
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute (SDRI) was established 77 years ago by Dr. William Sansum, the first U.S. physician to manufacture […more…]
Teach Our Children Well
Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) has been well-known for the opportunities it provides Santa Barbara Unified students throughout the school […more…]
Head Start, the federal early childhood education program, was established in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson’s War on […more…]
Last month, 99.9 KTYD dedicated all of February to the Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Keep the Beat Instrument Drive. The […more…]
To Your Health
Dr. Charles Fenzi has served as Chief Medical Officer for the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) for nearly a decade, […more…]
For 100 years, Sansum Clinic has been improving the overall health of its patients by providing the latest innovations in […more…]
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation announces the public phase of Reaching Higher Together: The Cottage Campaign for Excellence with $15M […more…]
Visual and Educational Arts
For Palmer Jackson Jr., philanthropy and supporting the community he loves, Santa Barbara, is a family tradition. When his father […more…]
Clay Studio Founder and Executive Director Patrick Hall credits working with clay for a dramatic shift in his life from […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
People in the nonprofit world often talk about “A Tale of Two Santa Barbaras” to describe the county’s gaping wealth […more…]
Estefany Can was eight years old when social workers removed her and her brothers from their home. Her mother was […more…]
On Tuesday January 11th, 2022, Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved moving forward with Racial Equity Fund of […more…]
Youth Empowerment
It’s a big honor for Explore Ecology to be receiving Santa Barbara Permaculture Network’s Local Food Hero Award at the […more…]
This coming Sunday Feb. 13, from 10am to 1pm, NatureTrack will be at Goleta Beach Park to introduce those who […more…]
Campamento 1: domingo 19 de junio, 16 horas-miércoles 22 de junio, 12 del mediodía;Campamento 2: miércoles 22 de junio, 16 […more…]