Grant-Making History

Below you will find a brief description of the Fund for Santa Barbara's most recent grant recipients (listed in alphabetical order by grant cycle beginning with the most recent):

Spring 2008 Grants


2008 Multi-Year Grants

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueña / General Operations - $6,550 per year for 2 years (Year 2)

Support to maintain an office in Santa Maria that provides information to the Oaxacan community in Spanish and indigenous dialects
Apoyo para mantener una oficina en Santa Maria que proporciona información a la comunidad Oaxaqueña en español y dialectos indígenas

Just Communities (formerly NCCJ) / Building Just & Inclusive Communities Initiative - $10,000 Year 1 & $2, 000 Years 2 & 3 (Year 2)
Seed funding for county-wide bilingual workshops to engage people in discussions of multiple forms of oppression and ways to take action
Financiación de semilla para talleres bilingües por todo el condado para involucrar a personas en discusiones de múltiples formas de la opresión y maneras de tomar acción

PUEBLO / North County Organizer - $10,000 year / 3 years (Year 3)

Funding for a field organizer to build the leadership, power, and influence of low-income residents of the Santa Maria Valley
Financiamiento para una organizadora para construir el liderazgo, poder e influencia de residentes de bajo-ingresos del Valle de Santa Maria

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics / Promotores de Salud Program - $5,000 year for 3 years (Year 3)
Staff support for the continuation of a health education & outreach program by and for Latinas
Provea apoyo para la continuación de un programa por y para Latinas sobre la educación de salud


2008 Emerging Need Grants

WillBridge of Santa Barbara / Homeless Outreach Project and Foot-Washing Event- $3,000
Support for this one-day event that brought together homeless individuals, service providers, religious leaders and community members


2008 Donor Advised Grants

City At Peace / Training for Community-Based Peace-Makers - $9,600
Funding for follow-up work on the emerging gang truce in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara County Action Network / General Operations - $5,000
Support for SB CAN's on-going work in support of fair and affordable housing, open space preservation and effective public transportation


Fall 2007 Grants

Alliance for Pharmaceutical Access (APA) / Outreach & Staff - $9,000
Ongoing support to outreach and train bilingual volunteers & Staff to assist and train monolingual Spanish-speakers to obtain medications online
Apoyo continuo para entrenar a voluntarios y personal bilingües a poder a entrenar personas de hable español monolingües en como obtener las prescripciones sobre el Internet

Arts Mentorship Program (AMP) / Staff - $5,000
Support for youth staff to organize & promote various teen street art events to encourage youth in creating different forms of traditional & non-traditional art
Apoyo para el personal juvenil para que organicen y prometen a varios eventos de arte para jóvenes y alentarlos a crear diferentes formas de arte tradicional y moderna

Bici Centro of Santa Barbara / Start Up - $5,660
Seed funding to start a local do-it-yourself bike kitchen to train community members on how to fix their bikes, promote alternative forms of transportation, and reuse materials
Fondos para la creación de un centro de reparación de bicicletas en donde la comunidad esta entrenada a reparar sus bicicletas al mismo tiempo pro motando formas alternativas de transportación y materiales que se vuelven a usar

Cesar Chavez Charter School / Padres Adelantes - $5,950
Funding for parents of students at Cesar Chavez School to empower themselves to become advocates for their children in the different levels of the educational system
Apoyo para que los padres de los estudiantes de la Escuela Cesar Chávez puedan aprender como abogar para sus hijos sobre los diferentes niveles del sistema de educación

COAST / Coalition for a Fair Measure D (CCFMD) - $5,000
Continuing support for a county-wide coalition to assure inclusion of alternative transportation in Measure D 2008
Apoyo continuo para una coalición representando a toda el condado para asegurar la inclusión de medios alternativos de transportación en la Medida D del 2008

CAC of Santa Barbara County / Los Compadres Program - $8,000
Funding for staff to work with young men of color in Lompoc around issues of pregnancy prevention, violence & gangs
Fondos para que el personal pueda ayudar a los jóvenes varones de color sobre cuestiones de como prevenir el embarazo, la violencia y pandillas en la ciudad de Lompoc

Community Health Centers of the Central Coast (CHCCC) / Hispanic Leadership Program - $7,600
Funding for the development of a leadership program of, by and for farmworkers at the Self-Help Las Adobes Farmworker Housing Complex in Santa Maria to become advocates on various personal & civic issues
Apoyo para la creación de un programa de liderazgo hecho de y para los campesinos en el Self-Help "Los Adobes Farmworkers Housing Complex" en Santa Maria, para que puedan abogar por uno mismo en varios cuestiones personales y cívicos

ILRC / Feel the Power of the Disability Vote - $8,108
Funding for education, registration & get out the vote efforts of people with disabilities
Fondos para la educación, registración y los esfuerzos para el voto de gente incapacitado

North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center / Bilingual Self Defense Project - $5,100
Staff support for self-defense courses in Spanish in Santa Maria & Lompoc
Apoyo para el personal habla-hispana para clases de autodefensa en Santa Maria y Lompoc

Pacific Pride Foundation (PPF) / LGBT Community Council - $9,952
Support for the creation of a county-wide council consisting of diverse LGBT people to guide PPF in their programs & services
Apoyo para la creación de un concilio que representa a todo el condado que consiste de gente diversa de LGBT para que guien a PPF en sus programas y servicios

Santa Barbara Don Riders (Umbrella: SBHS ASB) / Start Up - $2,170
Seed funding for a high school club that teaches skills, promotes higher education & tackles stereotypes of young Latin@s through the creation of customized bicycles

Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) / Accessibility Equipment & Training - $10,000
Funding for the purchase of accessible equipment & training to serve survivors with disabilities
Fondos para adquirir equipo accesible y entrenamiento para poder a servir a sobrevivientes de asalto sexual incapacitados

Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) / Grassroots & Women's Regional Power Building - $4,250 (Supported by the Atterbury Foundation)
Funding for Santa Barbara County residents to gain skills in organizing & campaigning for economic justice & women's issues
Fondos para que los residentes del Condado de Santa Bárbara puedan e obtener la habilidad y conocimiento práctico en organizando una campaña para la justicia económica y de la mujer

La Casa de La Raza / Youth Leadership Development Program - $8,000 (Supported by the Atterbury Foundation)
Funding for the creation of a youth advisory council to implement programs at La Casa around current & emerging youth issues
Financiación para la creación de un concilio asesora de jóvenes para implementar programas en La Casa de La Raza alrededor de temas actuales o que emergen en la juventud

Youth Media Project / Shape of Voice - $10,000 (Supported by the Atterbury Foundation)
Continued funding for a newspaper written by youth, about youth issues for local youth
Apoyo continuo para un periódico escrito por jóvenes sobre los temas que afectan a la joventud local


Spring 2007 Grants

Art From Scrap / Guadalupe Community Connections - $8,150
Support to collaborate with the Guadalupe Cultural Arts & Education Center to implement an environmental advocacy program with 4th-12th graders
Apoyo para colaborar con el Centro de Arte y Educación de Guadalupe aplicar un programa ambiental con estudiantes de los grados 4 - 12

Citizen's Planning Foundation / Public Process & Community Involvement Workshop Series - $5,000
Support for bilingual county-wide community education workshops to educate people on various public processes and how to get involved
Apoyo para talleres bilingües por todo el condado para educar a personas en varios procesos públicos y cómo involucrarse

Citizen's Planning Foundation / Outreach Materials - $3,650
Funding for the creation of new outreach materials in English & Spanish for distribution county-wide
Financiación para la creación de nuevas materias en ingles y español para distribución por todo el condado

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) / Measure D 2008 - $6,000
Continuing support for the county-wide campaign to include alternative transportation in the development of the Measure D renewal
Apoyo continuo para la campaña por todo el condado para incluir el transporte alternativo en el desarrollo de la renovación de la Medida D

Conflict Solutions Center - Community Mediation / Restorative Justice Community Organizing - $10,000
Continuing support of the development of county-wide Restorative Justice Task Forces to promote holistic approaches when dealing with juvenile offenders
Apoyo continuo para el desarrollo de grupos por todo el condado trabajando por Justicia Reconstituyente para promover los enfoques holísticos cuando tratando ofensores juveniles

Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County / Las Comadres Program - $8,500
Support for the development of former participants into volunteer peer educators to educate young women in Santa Maria & Lompoc in pregnancy prevention, healthy relationships, and confidence
Apoyo para el desarrollo de participantes anteriores en educadores voluntarios para educar mujeres jóvenes en Santa Maria y Lompoc en la prevención del embarazo, el las relaciones saludables y en la confianza

Families ACT / Start Up - $8,100
Seed funding for families and individuals affected by the loss of dually diagnosed individuals to advocate for more compassionate treatment instead of incarceration
Financiación de semilla para familias e individuos afectados por la pérdida de individuos doblemente diagnosticados para recomendar el tratamiento más compasivo en vez de la encarcelación

Harding Elementary School / School Cafeteria Project - $5,900
Support for the creation of a Parent Education Program by Latin@ parents to empower themselves in building knowledge about health, nutrition, and use of local fresh foods
Apoyo para la creación de un Programa de Educación por padres latin@s para autorizar a sí mismo acerca de la salud, la nutrición y el uso de alimentos frescos y locales

IDEAS / Central Coast AB-540 Network - $5,250
Seed funding for group of UCSB students to create a network of resources for undocumented students who qualify under AB-540
Financiación de semilla para un grupo de estudiantes de UCSB para crear un red de recursos para estudiantes sin documentación que califican bajo AB-540

Isla Vista Teen Center / General Support - $10,000
Funding to employ a Grant Writer to solicit and implement a fundraising plan
Financiación para emplear un Escritor de Becas para solicitar y aplicar un plan de recaudación de fondos

Prop. 63 for Me (Umbrella: Independent Living Resource Center) / General Operations - $6,000
Continuing support for group of clients receiving mental health services to be self-advocates in the implementation of Prop. 63
Apoyo continuo para un grupo de clientes que reciben los servicios de sanidad mentales ser auto-abogados en la implementación del Propósito 63

Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum (CAF) / Platicas en Español - $4,550
Funding of six performances featuring Latin@ artists to educate and unite Latin@ communities through the discussion of issues relating to arts and culture
Financiación de seis desempeños que representan artistas latin@s para educar y unir las comunidades latin@s por la discusión de los asuntos que relacionan a artes y cultura


2007 Multi-Year Grants

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueña / General Operations - $6,550 per year for 2 years (Year 1)

Support to maintain an office in Santa Maria that provides information to the Oaxacan community in Spanish and indigenous dialects
Apoyo para mantener una oficina en Santa Maria que proporciona información a la comunidad Oaxaqueña en español y dialectos indígenas

Just Communities (formerly NCCJ) / Building Just & Inclusive Communities Initiative - $10,000 Year 1 & $2, 000 Years 2 & 3 (Year 1)
Seed funding for county-wide bilingual workshops to engage people in discussions of multiple forms of oppression and ways to take action
Financiación de semilla para talleres bilingües por todo el condado para involucrar a personas en discusiones de múltiples formas de la opresión y maneras de tomar acción

PUEBLO / North County Organizer - $10,000 year / 3 years (Year 2)

Funding for a field organizer to build the leadership, power, and influence of low-income residents of the Santa Maria Valley
Financiamiento para una organizadora para construir el liderazgo, poder e influencia de residentes de bajo-ingresos del Valle de Santa Maria

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics / Promotores de Salud Program - $5,000 year for 3 years (Year 2)
Staff support for the continuation of a health education & outreach program by and for Latinas
Provea apoyo para la continuación de un programa por y para Latinas sobre la educación de salud

2007 Emerging Need Grants

Santa Barbara UNA-USA / Many Voices, One Song - $1,150
Funding for outreach and publicity for this celebration in music and spoken word. Four distinct styles of music from four groups, ranging from Gospel to Mexican/South American, to American Folk, to European Classical Vocal, unified in the theme, “Thresholds to a Culture of Peace.”


2007 Donor Advised Grants

Alliance For Justice
/ "Worry-Free Advocacy" Training - $1,765

Sponsorship of & scholarships for this full-day training for local nonprofit organizations on the ins & outs of effective lobbying and advocacy

International Documentary Association / "The Naked Option" Film Project - $1,000
Pre-production support for this feature length documentary which reveals how local women in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta use “stripping naked”, a serious cultural taboo, to fight environmental and cultural ruin by the world’s most powerful corporate giants

Kevin McKiernan's "Bringing King To China" Film Project - $10,000
Pre-production support for this film documenting how the work of of Martin Luther King, Jr. is experienced by and relevant to the experiences of young people in China and the United States

Light Blue Line Project / General Operations - $5,000
Support for the start-up of this public art project highlighting the practical effect of what a 7 meter sea level increase would mean to Santa Barbara's shoreline

Santa Barbara County Action Network / General Operations - $10,000
Support for SB CAN's on-going work in support of fair and affordable housing, open space preservation and effective public transportation

Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee / Diversity & Inclusion Project - $5,000
Funding for a series of workshops & retreats focussed on making the Santa Barbara Women's Political Committee more inclusive to women of color

Fall 2006 Grant Awards

Alliance for Pharmceutical Access / General Support - $7,000
Continuing support of bilingual and bicultural staff to train volunteers & clients to access medications online in Santa Maria
Apoyo continuo de personal bilingüe y bicultural para entrenar voluntarios y clientes para conseguir acceso a las medicinas sobre el red


Environmental Defense Center's Central Coast Environmental Health Project / Train the Trainers Pesticide Education Program - $9,135

Support to develop and expand a peer-based Train the Trainer program that educates farmworkers about pesticide-related health risks in northern Santa Barbara County
Apoyo para desarrollar y ensanchar un programa de Entrenrar el Entrenador que educa a campesinos acerca de riesgos de pesticida a la salud en el Condado septentrional de Santa Bárbara

Community Action of Santa Barbara County / Los Compadres Young Mens' Retreat - $4,505
Young men's retreat educating and empowering young men to make informed decisions on relationships, education & personal responsibility
Una retirada de jóvenes que educa y autoriza a jóvenes sobre haciendo decisiones informadas en relaciones, la educación y la responsabilidad personal

La Casa de La Raza / Alliance for Immigrant Rights - $3,900
Continuing support for staff to coordinate events which challenge stereotypes and frame immigrant rights as human rights in Santa Barbara
Apoyo continuo para el personal para coordinar los acontecimientos que desafían los esterotípos y encuadran los derechos de inmigrante como derechos humanos en Santa Bárbara

Lompoc Health Awareness / Obesity Health Awareness Campaign - $6,080
Support for emerging group providing bilingual education on obesity and health to students and their familias
Apoyo para grupo emergente para propocionar educación bilingüe sobre la obesidad y la salud a estudiantes y sus familias

Lompoc High School Gay-Straight Alliance / General Support - $1,500
Continuing support for high school students creating a more accepting environment for LGBT students at Lompoc High School
Apoyou continuo para estudiantes preparatorias que crean un ambiente más aceptando para estudiantes LGBT en la preparatoria de Lompoc

Los Padres ForestWatch / National Forest Awareness Campaign - $4,000
Staffing for campaign focused on increasing individual and green business support for protecting the Los Padres Forest
Personal para campaña enfocó en aumentar apoyo de individuos y negocios verdes para proteger el Bosque Los Padres

North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center / Bilingual Volunteer Advocates - $5,000
Support to hire bilingual staff to outreach and train bilingual volunteer advocates throughout northern Santa Barbara County
Apoyo para emplear personal bilingüe para solicitor y entrenar abogados bilingues voluntarios a través de el Condado septentrional de Santa Bárbara

Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People / Organización de Familias Latinas Parent Education Workshops - $6,000
Continuing support for Latino parents at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School to empower themselves to be better advocates for their families
Apoyo continuo para padres Latinas en la preparatoria Santa Ynez Valley Union para autorizar a sí mismo ser mejores abogados para sus familias

Prop. 63 for Me / Client Empowerment - $5,000
Support for emerging group of clients receiving mental health services to be self-advocates in the implementation of Prop. 63
Apoyo para grupo emergente de clientes que reciben los servicios de sanidad mentales ser auto-abogados en la implementación del Proposición 63

Independent Living Resource Center / Santa Barbara County Network of Mental Health Clients Start-Up - $5,000
Seed funding for group of mental health clients to provide skills for self-advocacy, stigma busting and mutual support
Financiamento de semilla para grupo de clientes de servicios mentales de salud para proporcionar las habilidades para el auto-abogar, desafíar de stigma y apoyo mutuo

Santa Maria Peace Coalition / Speakers & Educational Events - $1,500
Continuing support for peace group in Santa Maria to provide alternative information and perspectives on US foreign policy
Apoyo continuo para el grupo de la paz en Santa Maria para propocionar información y perspectivas alternativas en la política exterior de EEUU


Santa Ynez Valley Union High School Gay-Straight Alliance / Awareness Campaign - $1,000
Support for emerging group of students at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School creating a more accepting environment for LGBT students
Apoyo para grupo emergente de estudiantes en la preparatoria de Santa Ynez Valley Union que crean un ambiente más aceptando para estudiantes LGBT


Spring 2006 Grant Awards

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño / Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales Office Staff - $9,000
To hire bilingual staff who will provide information to the Oaxacan community in Spanish and indigenous dialects
Para emplear personal bilingüe que proporcioné información a la comunidad Oaxaqueña en español y en los dialectos indígenas

Club Cahuayaxi de Santa Maria / Guelaguetza Festival - $1,500
Continuing support of indigenous Mixteco communities to organize the 2nd Annual Guelaguetza Festival
Para continuar el apoyo de comunidades indígenas Mixtecas para organizar la segunda Guelaguetza anual

Conflict Solutions Center (formerly Community Mediation Program) / Restorative Justice Community Organizing & Education - $7,740
For a part-time staff person to coordinate a community coalition working within the juvenile justice system to promote restorative justice in the courts and local CYA facility, FitzGerald
Para personal de medio tiempo para coordinar una alianza comunitaria trabajando dentro del sistema juvenil de justicia para promover la justicia reconstituyente en los tribunales y CYA facilidad local, FitzGerald

Good Samaritan Shelter / Lompoc Expansion - $5,000
To expand locally-based services for those living with addiction in Lompoc through a series of community workshops
Para engrandecer los servicios localmente-basados para esas personas viviendo con problemas de adición en Lompoc por una serie de talleres de comunidad

La Casa de La Raza / Sembrando Semillas Organizational Development - $7,500
To build on the 35 year legacy of La Casa by building capacity amongst its board, staff, and volunteers
Para elaborar en el 35 año legado de La Casa construyendo la capacidad entre su mesa directiva, personal y voluntarios

League of Women Voters of the Santa Maria Valley / Family Planning Outreach - $2,000
To create a bilingual pamphlet and community forums promoting low-cost medical and reproductive information and services
Para crear foros comunitarias y folletos bilingües para promover información y servicios de bajo-costo médicos y reproductivos

Santa Ynez Valley Alliance / Outreach Project - $4,800
Funding for a staff person to support Santa Ynez Valley residents to have a voice in local environmental, development, and housing issues
Financiamiento de personal para sostener a residentes del Valle de Santa Ynez para tener una voz en los asuntos ambiental, el desarrollo y viviendas

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics / Teen Health Advocates - $9,000
Staff support for a health advocate program by and for teens in local high schools focusing on various health & social issues
Provea apoyo para el programa de abogar de salud por y para jóvenes en las preparatorias locales que enfocan en varios asuntos de salud y social

Transitions-Mental Health Association / Lompoc Drop-In Center "Building Bridges for Employment" - $5,000
Support to a peer-run, peer-governed resource center for people living with mental disabilities to educate local businesses and employers to reduce discrimination in employment & hiring
Apoyo a un centro de recurso social humanitario gobernado y manejado por semejantes para personas viviendo con incapacidades mentales para educar los negocios y empleadores locales para reducir la discriminación de empleos y empleados

UCSB Center for Black Studies / Dr. Shirley Kennedy Documentary Project - $3,000
Seed funding for a documentary film about the life of local activist, educator, and leader Dr. Shirley Kennedy
Financiamiento de semilla para una película documental acerca de la vida de activista, educador y líder local Dra. Shirley Kennedy


2006 Multi-Year Grants

PUEBLO / North County Organizer - $10,000 year / 3 years (Year 1)

Funding for a field organizer to build the leadership, power, and influence of low-income residents of the Santa Maria Valley
Financiamiento para una organizadora para construir el liderazgo, poder e influencia de residentes de bajo-ingresos del Valle de Santa Maria

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics / Promotores de Salud Program - $5,000 year for 3 years (Year 1)
Staff support for the continuation of a health education & outreach program by and for Latinas
Provea apoyo para la continuación de un programa por y para Latinas sobre la educación de salud

Good Samaritan Shelter, Inc. / Art Therapy Program - $3,500 per year for 3 years (Year 3)
Staff support for an art program for clients as a means to educate the general public on alcoholism and homelessness in Santa Maria
Personal para un programa artístico para los clientes, para educar al público en general en Santa Maria sobre alcoholismo y el no tener dónde vivir

National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ) / Social Change Leadership Institute (SCLI) - $7,500 per year for 3 years (Year 3)
Support for the establishment of an SCLI program as a resource for local organizations to challenge and ultimately dismantle oppression of all kinds
Apoyo para establecer el programa de liderazgo como recurso para las organizaciones locales para retar y desmantelar la opresión de todo tipo en sus agencias, su trabajo y sus vidas


2006 Emerging Need / Immigrant Justice Grants

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) / Coalition for a Fair Measure D - Measure D Renewal - $3,000

To support a multi-issue coalition of environmental and social justice organizations to advocate for the passage of a tax measure on the November 2006 ballot supporting alternative transportation

La Casa de La Raza / Week of the Immigrant Events - $3,000
To support a week of activities around Immigrant Justice issues throughout Santa Barbara during "The Week of the Immigrant" which began with the May 1st Rally & March

Just Communities Central Coast (formerly NCCJ) / Week of the Immigrant Events - $3,000
To support a week of activities around Immigrant Justice issues throughout Santa Barbara during "The Week of the Immigrant" which began with the May 1st Rally & March

PUEBLO / Week of the Immigrant March on May 1st - $3,000

Funding for logistical support of the May 1st march and rally in downtown Santa Barbara


2006 Donor Advised Grants

Alternatives to Violence Project / AVP in the Prisons - $7,000
Support to train and educate community members from throughout Santa Barbara County in non-violent communication and to enter prisons throughout the state to facilitate workshops

Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Trainging (GIFT) / Scholarships To Local Organizers - $2,080
Support for 20 local activists to attend this intensive 2-day trainng on grassroots fundraising strategies

Committee For Social Justice / Homeless Calendar Project - $2,500
Production support for this 2007 calendar featuring the photography and graphic artwork of work of several of the residents of the Casa Esperanza who also participated in the 2004/2005 People's Institute Art Courses at Casa Esperanza


Fall 2005 Grant Awards

AFFIRM (Adolescent Females For Intervention Reform Models) / Start Up at El Puente Continuation School - $8,500
Seed funding for this program for girls in the juvenile correction system focusing on empowerment, education, and identity
Dinero de semilla para un programa para jovencitas en el sistema juvenil de correción enfocando en la autorización, la educación, y la identidad

Alliance for Pharmaceutical Access / General Operations - $4,960
To train and support bilingual volunteers to assist and train monolingual Spanish speakers to obtain medications online
Para entrenar y sostener a voluntarios bilingües ayuder y entrenar a oradores españoles monolingües para obtener las medicinas sobre el red

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño-Santa Maria / General Operations - $5,000
To maintain an office in Santa Maria that provides information to the Oaxacan community in Spanish and indigenous dialects
Para mantener una oficina en Santa Maria que proporciona información a la comunidad Oaxaqueña en español y en los dialectos indígenas

Community School / Committee for Social Justice Youth Newspaper - $7,800
For the creation of a newspaper written, edited, and produced by local youth
Para la creación de un periodístico escrito, redactado, y producida por juventud local

Gay-Straight Alliance at Lompoc High School / Start Up - $3,850
For Lompoc High School students to educate themselves and their school on tolerance and acceptance of LGBT youth
Para estudiantes de la preparatoria de Lompoc para educar a sí mismo y su escuela en la tolerancia y la aceptación de la juventud de LGBT

Growing Solutions Restoration Education Institute / Soil to Oil - $1,950
To cultivate Jathropa plant and create locally-produced biodiesel at Santa Barbara High School Environmental program
Para cultivar la planta Jathropa y producir biodiesel localmente para el programa ambiental en la preparatoria de Santa Bárbara

Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) / SB County Progressive Response Alliance - $5,100
For the creation of a roundtable of progressive organizations advocating on local policy
Para la creación de una mesa redonda de las organizaciones progresivas que recomienda en la política local

Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People / Organización de Familias Latinas - $7,800
To support Latin@ parents at Santa Ynez HS to become stronger advocates for their children around education and other issues faced by teens
Para sostener a padres Latinas de la preparatoria de Santa Ynez para llegar a ser abogados más fuertes para sus niños alrededor de la educación y otros asuntos encarados por jóvenes

UCSB MultiCultural Center / Race Matters Series - $6,300
Continuing support for this programming series on issues of race, racism, white privilege, and oppression
Apoyo continuo para esta serie de programas en asuntos de raza, del racismo, del privilegio blanco, y de la opresión

UCSB Resource Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (RCSGD) / LGBT Youth Leadership & Advocacy Institute - $5,500
Residential institute for LGBT youth at UCSB to educate around LGBT issues and encourage youth leaders
Un instituto residencial para la juventud de LGBT en UCSB para educar alrededor de asuntos de LGBT y alentar a líderes de juventud

Women In Black-Lompoc / Lompoc Coalition for Peace & Justice Peace Activities - $4,000
Continuing support to this anti-war/peace group educating the public on alternatives to militarism
Apoyo continuo a este grupo contra-guerra/de la paz que educa el público en alternativas al militarismo


Spring 2005 Grant Awards

Adelante Mujer Hispana / La Guelaguetza Indigenous Festival - $6,500
Seed funding for the creation of an indigenous Oaxacan celebration to educate the public and dispel misconceptions about the Mixteco community in Santa Maria

Americans for a Just Peace in the Middle East (AJPME) / Speaker Project - $4,500
Funding to bring experts on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to SB to educate the local community and offer insights traditionally unavailable to the American public

Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE) / Organizer - $6,180
Resources to hire a part-time organizer to create coalitions amongst different local faith & religious communities on issues of economic and social justice

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) / CoastalRailNow - $3,600
Funding to increase public interest and input into the on-going community discussion of the feasibility of a commuter rail between Ventura & SB counties

Indigenous Alliance / Indigenous People's Day Celebration - $5,000
Seed funding for the city-wide celebration of Indigenous People's Day (formerly Columbus Day) to educate people on the historical context and modern expression of California Native Americans

People To People TV / "Electile Dysfunction" - $4,000
Funding for the Spanish subtitling of this documentary created by local filmmakers focusing on election fraud in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections

Los Padres ForestWatch / Community Empowerment Campaign - $3,960
Resources to increase community input and create an action network focused on protecting the Los Padres National Forest

Our Children's Earth Foundation / Transportation Equity Project - $4,000
Funding for an organizer to build on the current coalition of stake-holders in the process of identifying & remedying the unmet transit needs of farmworkers in the Santa Maria Valley

Para Un San Martin Mejor / Cultural Events - $6,000
Seed funding for the purchase of instruments to support and encourage local Mixteco youth in Santa Maria to learn & practice their Oaxacan culture

Pesticide Awareness & Alternatives Coalition (PAAC) / Santa Barbara County Organic Resources Guides - $6,000
Funding for the translation and printing of a local guide to organic resources of all kinds

Santa Barbara County Action Network (SB CAN) / North County Civic Engagement Project (NCEEP) - $5,040
Seed funding for this project focused on developing leadership and organizing skills amongst community members in Northern SB County

Santa Barbara Cultural Development Foundation / Faces from the Fields - $5,000
Funding for local artists to assist local Carpinteria youth in the creation of photo and video exhibits focused on their migrant backgrounds to be showcased in Carpinteria, Guadalupe, and Lompoc

Santa Barbara Genetically Engineered-Free Agriculture (SB GE-Free) / Farmer Advocacy Project - $4,130
Seed funding (pun intended) to educate and organize local farmers to taking collective action to insist on our right to locally-grown produce free of genetic contamination

Santa Barbara LULAC Councils - CA District 18 / Leadership Training, Advocacy & Conferences - $5,000
Funding support for this local Latin@ organization focusing on civil rights and educational equity in local schools

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) / Promotores de Salud - $5,000
Staff support for the continuation of a health education & outreach program by and for Latinas on women's and other health issues

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) / Teen Health Advocates - $5,000
Staff support for health advocate program by and for teens in local high schools focusing on various health & social issues

Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center (SBRCC) / Transgender/Genderqueer Inclusion Project - $6,800
Support for SBRCC to make its services welcoming and accessible to the TG/GQ community and serve as a model to other community-based organizations

Tri-Counties Regional Center / Santa Maria Peer Advocate - $5,000
Support for the creation of a Peer Advocate position in Santa Maria to advocate for and educate people with disabilities on accessing social services and developing skills for self-advocacy

2005 Multi-Year Grants

Good Samaritan Shelter, Inc. / Art Therapy Program - $3,500 per year for 3 years (Year 2)
Staff support for an art program for clients as a means to educate the general public on alcoholism and homelessness in Santa Maria

National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ) / Social Change Leadership Institute (SCLI) - $7,500 per year for 3 years (Year 2)
Support for the establishment of an SCLI program as a resource for local organizations to challenge and ultimately dismantle oppression of all kinds

PUEBLO / Neighborhood Committee Program - $7,500 per year for 3 years (Year 3)
Funding for a field organizer and the supplies necessary to build the leadership, power, and influence of low-income residents of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria

2005 Emerging Need Grants

Associated Students Womyn's Commission / Womyn of Color Conference - High School Component & Keynote Speaker - $3,000
Support for local high school students to participate in.the annual Womyn of Color Conference at UCSB and for the securing of keynote speaker Cherrie Moraga

Kids Speaking Up / KSU 'zine - $1,400
Seed funding for the creation of a 'zine by local Goleta Valley Jr. High students to encourage other youth to become active on social justice issues

Santa Barbara For a Living Wage / Coalition Organizer - $3,000
Funding for a part-time organizer to coordinate coalition members' activities and involvement in the current effort to pass a living wage in the City of Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara For a Living Wage / Coalition Organizer (Follow-Up) - $3,000
Funding for a part-time organizer to coordinate coalition members' activities and involvement in the current effort to pass a living wage in the City of Santa Barbara

2005 Donor Advised Grants

Our Children's Earth Foundation / Expert Testimony - $2,200
Funds to secure the testimony of a key expert in a lawsuit which will establish a key precedent in the on-going effort to of identify & remedy the unmet transit needs of farmworkers in the Santa Maria Valley

SBCC Education Foundation / Homelessness Series - $10,000
Support for the creation of a five-part series of community forums on the issue of homelessness and the struggle to end it

Fall 2004 Grant Awards

Activists for Equal Representation / La Barda y Sus Ficciones - $4,200
Funding to conduct interviews with day laborers. These interviews will document the daily conditions faced by day laborers and help combat "las ficciones" (non-truths and misunderstandings) of the labor line and the day laborer community.

The Brotherhood of Santa Barbara / General Operations - $2,990
Office and general operating support to continue voter registration and education public forums outreaching to the African-American community.

Committee for Social Justice / RV Rights Legal Project - $7,500
Legal support to challenge the City of Santa Barbara's laws pertaining to RV dwellers which have targeted RV's and RV living for the poor on streets within the city limits.

Community Mediation Program / Valuing Diversity Work Group & Restorative Justice - $6,084
Staff support for a bilingual mediator and resources to begin a Restorative Justice Program in Santa Maria.

Filipino American National Historical Society (Central California Coast) / Central Coast Filipino-American Heritage Mural Project - $5,000
Funding for the creation of a mural in Lompoc depicting the contributions of Filipinos to the community of Lompoc and the Central Coast.

Organización Campesina Mixteco Unidos - Santa Maria / Programa Sobre Pesticida y Salud - $5,000
Resources to support two full-time Mixteco organizers to conduct workshops at worksites and to educate other Mixteco farmworkers on the dangers of pesticides and the importance of good sanitation in the home.

Pacific Pride Foundation / Families of Pride - $6,270
Staff support, outreach materials, and childcare to support community-building, advocacy, and political education to same-sex parents and their families.

The People's Institute at Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter / Winter 2005 Program - $3,000
Funding to support classes and seminars at Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter organized independently by volunteer teachers, activists, and homeless.

Transitions-Mental Health Association / Growing Grounds Organic Farm II - $3,584
Funding to hire a Transitions-MHA client to staff the organic farm's Saturday Market which sells organic, pesticide-free vegetables grown by Transitions-MHA clients.

Westside Boys & Girls Club / Youth DJ Radio Project - $2,060
Funding for local Santa Barbara youth of color to learn the roots of hip-hop's social awareness and political activism through DJ clinics and production of their own radio show on KCSB 91.9 FM.

Women In Black-Lompoc / Lompoc Coalition for Peace & Justice - $1,650
Continuing support to this anti-war/peace group educating the public on alternatives to militarism through films, forums, outreach to local schools, and a public access television program.

Youth Against Oppression / Start-Up - $2,650
Start-up support for this youth-led organization consisting of youth from all over the Santa Maria Valley to educate themselves on issues of oppression and to then provide workshops for other youth on social justice issues.


Spring 2004 Grant Awards

Academy Theatre / Project at Los Prietos Boys' Camp - $4,500
Support for youth incarcerated at Los Prietos Boys Camp to create theatrical work based on their experiences

Autism Society of America - Santa Barbara / Legislative Project for Families with Disabilities - $7,500
Funding for training and travel of parents and autistic children to lobby directly to policymakers and participate in stakeholder meetings

CALPIRG Education Fund / Affordable Textbooks for an Affordable Education Campaign - $5,500
Staff for UCSB campaign to change the current practices of textbook publishers & make texts more affordable for all students

Carpinterians for Peace & Justice / Lecture Series - $1,100
Resources to educate & bring together residents of Carpinteria in an effort to promote peace and social justice

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) / Unmet Transit Needs & Farmworker Outreach - $5,750
Funding for an assessment of transportation patterns and needs and the creation of an action plan

Community Mediation Program / CITY@PEACE - $2,500
Resources for a youth-lead theatrical production & performance team to outreach to other youth

El Congreso de UCSB / Ce-Ollin (First Movement) - $998
Support for an outreach program for continuation high-school students that promotes cultural and political awareness and exposes students to non-traditional viewpoints of history and current events

El Sabor de México Ballet Folklorico / Outfits for Dance - $5,000
Outfits for a Lompoc-based performance group consisting of Latino youth and focusing on cultural heritage and community

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) - Santa Barbara General Membership Branch / Workers' Rights Workshops - $2,240
Funding to provide regular workers' rights' workshops in southern Santa Barbara County and staff a hotline

Santa Barbara Independent Media Center / Media Equipment & Training - $3,665
Equipment to provide the Santa Barbara community with the means to produce alternative, independent media and counter media monopolies

Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics (SBNC) / Promotores de Salud Program - $3,000
Staff support for a part-time bilingual Latina outreach worker to provide workshops and information for Latina women on women's health issues

Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center (SBRCC) / Transgender/Genderqueer Inclusion Efforts - $7,500
Support for SBRCC to make its services welcoming & accessible to the Transgender / Genderqueer community and serve as a model to other community-based organizations

Santa Maria Peace Coalition / Speakers' Fees - $1,000
General support for this effort to organize public events focusing on issues of peace and social justice in the Santa Maria Valley

Santa Ynez People Helping People / Organización de Familias Latinas - $5,100
Support for parent-led organization of Latin@ parents at Santa Ynez High School conducting workshops to educate themselves about youth issues to support their children

Southern California Steelhead Coalition (SCSC) / Mission Possible Vision, Phase 2 - $2,500
Support for meaningful public participation in the Mission Creek project design in an effort to protect Steelhead Trout

UCSB MultiCultural Center / Race Matters Series - $4,500
Funding to continue these public presentations & discussions of race and racism, discrimination and oppression, and power and privilege

Women In Black-Lompoc / Lompoc Coalition for Peace & Justice - $2,150
Continuing support to Lompoc anti-war/peace group focusing on issues of peace, social justice, and alternatives to militarism


2004 Multi-Year Grants

Good Samaritan Shelter, Inc. / Art Therapy Program - $3,500 per year for 3 years (Year 1)
Staff support for an art program for clients as a means to educate the general public on alcoholism and homelessness in Santa Maria

National Conference for Community & Justice (NCCJ) / Social Change Leadership Institute (SCLI) - $7,500 per year for 3 years (Year 1)
Support the establishment of an SCLI program as a resource for local organizations to challenge and ultimately dismantle oppression of all kinds in their lives, agencies, and work

PUEBLO / Neighborhood Committee Program - $7,500 per year for 3 years (Year 2)
Funding for a field organizer and the supplies necessary to build the leadership, power, and influence of low-income residents of Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria


2004 Emerging Need Grants

CineMedia Film Festival / Youth Project at Carpinteria Camper Park - $3,000
Funding for a Coordinator to assist youth at Carpinteria Camper Park in the use of media equipment and the production of original films to be viewed as part of 1st Annual Santa Barbara Latino CineMedia Festival

Community Planet Foundation / "9-11: A Closer Look" at Marjorie Luke Theatre on September 11th, 2004 - $2,000
Funding for a one-day conference to provide a space for people to discuss the effects of the 9/11terrorist attacks, critique "official" findings, and create an on-going community dialogue

Independent Living Resource Center / Feel the Power of the Disability Vote Campaign - $850
Funding to support a "Get Out The Vote" campaign created of, by and for individuals with disabilities to get to the polls and/or vote by mail in the November 2, 2004 election an begin to build a base for future efforts

People's Coalition / Event at UCSB Campbell Hall "One Year Later: Has the War on Iraq been Justified?" - $808
Funding for a March 9, 2004 film and panel discussion on the US-lead occupation of Iraq held at UCSB's Campbell Hall

Veterans for Peace, Chap. 54 / Arlington West - $2,000
Funding for a coordinator to organize the weekly Sunday memorial at Stearn's Wharf tracking the American troops killed since the invasion of Iraq


2004 Donor Advised Grants

PUEBLO / Voter Mobilization - $10,000
Funding to support the identification, outreach, and turn-out of low-come residents in Santa Barbara, Goleta, and Carpinteria

Kurdistan Peace Initiative / "In The Shadows No More" - $5,000
Support for the completion of a book which follows up on the issues and people chronicled in the documentary film "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds"

Barbareño Chumash Council / "The Crossing: Coming Full Circle" Return to Limuw - $3,000
Support for a gathering at Limuw (Santa Cruz Island) focusing on reconciliation of the relationship between culture and land for the Chumash

Committee for Social Justice / People's Institute at Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter - $2,200
Seed funds to create a series of classes, organized independently by volunteer teachers, activists, and shelter residents

The League of Women Voters of Santa Barbara Education Fund / SmartVoter.org Multilingual Voter Education Materials - $3,000
Support for a comprehensive multilingual non-partisan voter information website and publicity