Where do YOU want to Give?
Wherever your passions for giving lie, Giving List nonprofits are on the frontlines of making our community stronger.
Youth Development
In the 36 years since the Endowment for Youth Community (EYC) was founded, Santa Barbara’s Black community has shrunk from […more…]
Santa Barbara native Kevin Haeberle has been a self-described “gearhead” ever since his dad taught him how to work on […more…]
In our divided and bellicose world, peace can seem like an amorphous and unattainable concept. AHA! Peace Builders serves as […more…]
The Arts
When The Granada Theatre reopened its doors in October 2021 after a long, dark 18-month closure, did the audiences rush […more…]
The stage is set, the curtain has been raised, and live performances are back for UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) […more…]
Music is the soundtrack of our lives. From the morning radio alarm, to the headphones fueling your run, to your […more…]
Senior and Speciality Compassion Care
If ever a well-known Latin phrase epitomized a venerable Santa Barbara organization, “in loco parentis” (“in place of a parent”) […more…]
Just about everything Hillside does is for its residents, the 59 people who live at the facility that have developmental […more…]
Long before entertainment news trailblazer Rona Barrett interviewed everyone from Raquel Welch to Tom Cruise, she was a young girl […more…]
Nourishment
Santa Barbara, CA, March 1, 2023: Organic Soup Kitchen has received the 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Guidestar (formerly […more…]
Organic Soup Kitchen is hosting its first annual Holiday SouperMarket and Soup Tasting Party on December 10th. The event will […more…]
For a decade, the Organic Soup Kitchen (OSK) hosted community meals on Christmas Day at the Veterans Memorial Building on […more…]
Homelessness & Housing
When your mission is to end homelessness in California, watching the number of unsheltered people continue to climb across the […more…]
New Beginnings Executive Director Kristine Schwarz swung into action after learning that a nursing home was about to release one […more…]
Healthcare
Dr. William Sansum, renowned diabetes specialist and Sansum Diabetes Research Institute’s (SDRI) founder, was the first U.S. physician to manufacture […more…]
World Telehealth Initiative’s new program in Kenya is in full swing, expanding healthcare access for a rural community using telehealth […more…]
Take a look at any person in front or back of you in line at the grocery store, and chances […more…]
Global Reach
In 1945, William Zimdin, an Estonian immigrant who had fled fascism to California, dedicated his fortune to sending relief parcels […more…]
Tikkun olam, translated as “repairing the world,” is one of the most important social justice concepts of contemporary Judaism. The […more…]
Don’t ever ask Director of Human Rights Watch Santa Barbara Lis Leader to pit one human rights crisis against another. […more…]
Giving Paws
Back in 2009 when Isabelle Gullö co-founded C.A.R.E.4Paws, she knew there was a desperate need locally for programs that reduce […more…]
While shelters along California’s Central Coast do their best to provide care for abandoned dogs and cats, the facilities can […more…]
When two children got lost during a hike in rural New York with oncoming rain commingling with the darkening night, […more…]
Giving Paws
Over the last couple of months (and as recent as this week), Montecito residents have been repeatedly reminded of the […more…]
For the Children
Julie DeAngelis helps children to speak clearly. Even those who still want to wear COVID-19 masks to hide their language […more…]
While statewide data lags, it is clear that the number of children entering foster care in Santa Barbara County has […more…]
Camp Chit Chat is a fun and socially interactive camp for preschool age children with mild-moderate speech and language delays. […more…]
Family Well-Being
When the seemingly endless series of atmospheric river rainstorms drenched the area last month, people from Santa Barbara, Lompoc, or […more…]
Santa Barbara came together to celebrate Unity in Our Community at the Annual Unity Telethon. This 36-year tradition entertains, warms […more…]
“People Helping People is about an outpouring of generosity from community people volunteering to help people in the community,” says […more…]
Environment
Imagine an artistic hub in downtown Santa Barbara brimming with materials, tools, ideas, and creativity, a curated and dynamic gathering […more…]
This year, with more than 11 billion snow crabs disappearing from the sea floor, the Alaskan snow crab fishing season […more…]
Nestled on a 37-acre Montecito estate, Lotusland is a Botanical Garden paradise purchased in 1941 by Madame Ganna Walska, a […more…]
Education
Dunn School’s Kalyan Balaven, head of school for the private co-ed college prep boarding and day school in Los Olivos, […more…]
In honor of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which is celebrated annually on December 3rd, NatureTrack Film Festival’s award-winning […more…]
The Santa Barbara Education Foundation will award 71 grants to SB Unified teachers totaling $100,000 to help meet the needs […more…]
Community Resilience
St. Vincent’s is not just a place or an institution. It is Santa Barbara’s longest-running social services organization, woven into […more…]
Almost everyone is aware that America’s current cultural climate is perhaps more polarized than at any time since the Civil […more…]
Our fifth cohort of Leading for Community Impact (LCI) has launched. LCI is a 10-month program that assembles a select […more…]
Advocacy
Civil legal representation is expensive. Even basic legal services cost thousands of dollars. If you are struggling to pay rent, […more…]
Jenna Tosh watched the erosion of reproductive rights in America for years and knew Roe vs. Wade would one day […more…]
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast (PPCCC) is one of scores of affiliates across the country that share a vision of […more…]