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Granting 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):

Fall 2011 Grants

2^nd Story Associates / Rental Housing Mediation Task Force - $5,000
To support the continuation of the Rental Housing Mediation Task Force (established out of a grassroots effort in 1976) in its mission to resolve rental housing disputes out of court, help to maintain housing, and to prevent homelessness by mediating between landlords and tenants

AB 540 Coalition of Santa Barbara - $5,720
Continued support for the AB 540 Coalition’s empowerment of AB 540 students, parents and allies with the information and tools necessary to access higher education in the wake of the passage of the California DREAM Act

Adsum Education Foundation, Inc. / General Support - $5,000
Funding to help expand fund development and student outreach strategies as well as cover operating expenses

Carpinteria Valley Foundation / Hydraulic Fracturing Coalition - $10,000
Funding to: 1) ensure enforcement of and consider improvements to current County fracking regulations; 2) enhance state and federal regulatory oversight of fracking and 3) raise public awareness, understanding and engagement

Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) / Santa Maria Civic Engagement Project - $7,000
Funding for CAUSE to support Future Leaders of America (FLA) in building a non-partisan civic engagement program in 2012 in Santa Maria, thereby strengthening voter participation in Santa Maria’s Latino community

Conflict Solutions Center / Restorative Justice Partnership Initiative - $9,000
Support for the Restorative Justice Partnership Initiative’s goals, including 1) to bring peace and restoration to the victim and community, 2) to hold youth accountable for their actions, and 3) to provide an alternative to incarceration

Alliance with Mexican Immigrant Labor / MILPA (Mexican Immigrant Labor and Producer’s Association) - $10,000
Continued funding for Mexican Immigrant Labor and Producers' Association (MILPA) to address economic and social inequalities resulting from relationships established between disenfranchised family farmers and powerful transnational corporations

Mental Health Association in Santa Barara County / Pushy Shovel Community Peace and Freedom Garden - $3,543
Pushy Shovel Community Peace and Freedom Garden Group started growing in February of 2011. The Garden Group will supply organic vegetables to the Santa Barbara Mental Health Association's Fellowship Club, which provides free lunches to members with mental health challenges five days a week.

Orcutt Area Seniors In Service, Inc. / Celebrate Our World - $8,000
Continued support for The Luis Oasis Senior Center’s “Celebrate Our World” program which aims to bring about a change in society by first giving people the resources for which they can begin to understand a new culture, then later adapt to new ways of thinking to lessen racial prejudice and promote a society with less tension and better harmony

Pacific Pride Foundation / Santa Barbara Lavender Elders - $5,000
Funding for the continuation of efforts to create a climate in Santa Barbara in which LGBT elders feel safe and supported by the agencies that serve them; become more empowered to speak on their own behalf; and experience less isolation by developing a sense of community with other LGBT elders

PALABRA (collaborative effort with Esperanza and ySTRIVE) / One Community, One Voice, One Power - $10,000
One Community, One Voice, One Power joined together to take a positive position against Santa Barbara’s proposed gang injunction by researching the effects of other similar suppression tactics on other cities and advocate for their alternative vision by promoting peace and unity with a healthier use of community organizations, local businesses, schools, parks and other non-monetary resources

Project Gutpile / Educational Video: “The Non-Lead Hunter” - $7,000
Continued funding to educate Spanish and English speaking hunters about the poisonous effects of lead ammunition for humans and wildlife

Santa Ynez Valley Alliance / Valley Blueprint Evaluation Project - $2,500
Funding for The Santa Ynez Valley Alliance to create a “progress report” on the 1998 Valley Blueprint to evaluate what progress has been made towards the goals set forth in the Blueprint, highlight areas where the community has made very little progress, such as the provision of affordable housing, and refocus the community’s efforts to achieve such goals

William James Association / Poetic Justice Project - $10,000
Funding for this collaboration of formerly incarcerated writers, artists, musicians and actors to create original theatre examining crime, punishment and redemption

Spring 2011 Grants

Santa Barbara County Education Office / SB County Network of Promotores de Salud - $8,000
Funding for a lead Promotora to educate and empower disenfranchised communities on health, nutrition and wellness

Asociacion de Traductores de Idiomas Indigenas / Indigenous Languages Translators Association - $6,000
Seed funding to organize translators in Santa Maria’s Mixtec communities to address communication needs at social and medical service sites

Casa Esperanza - Bringing Our Community Home / Homeless Inmate Discharge Planning Project - $3,000
Continued funding to reduce the revolving door of homeless individuals in and out of jail

Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) / Pedestrian and Transit Organizing - $10,000
Support for education and advocacy for safer walking routes and better transit service on Santa Barbara’s Eastside

Community Counseling and Education Center / Speak Out - $2,000
Start up funds to create an online forum for LGBTQ youth to combat isolation and cultivate self confidence

Families ACT! / Wake-Up Coalition - $5,000
Support for a coalition of mental health advocates to reform service delivery and criminal justice systems

The Foundation for SBCC / Transitions Program - $9,500
Funding for a peer-run program teaching formerly incarcerated students the skills to succeed in college and develop their careers

Good Samaritan Shelter / Faces of Homelessness - $5,000
Funding for an art exhibit to educate and engage the public about the needs of homeless families in North County

Jodi House, Inc. / Club Diversity - $1,300
Funding for a safe, accessible downtown “nightclub” as a vibrant social opportunity for people of all abilities

People for a Green Community / Green Community Television - $9,300
Start up funding for a community television program and website to create a strong environmental voice in the North County

Art Without Limits / Santa Barbara NewSource - $9,500
Pilot funding for a local, in-depth print and online media outlet to foster a more informed, engaged and democratic community

Santa Maria Valley Future Search Collaborative / Familias Unidas Buscando Esperanza - $10,000
Support for a coalition of youth, parents and service providers in finding solutions to youth violence

Village Farmers’ Market Association / Vandenberg Village Farmers’ Market - $3,092
Start up funds for a farmers’ market to educate local consumers about responsible and sustainable food practices

2011 Multi-Year Grants

Santa Barbara Channelkeeper / Clean Water Advocacy and Enforcement Program - $8,000 per year for 2 years (Year 1)
Support to lobby for updating sewage infrastructure in the City of Santa Barbara and reducing plastic bag use county-wide

Santa Barbara County Action Network (SB CAN) / General Operational Support - $10,000 per year for 3 years (Year 1)
Continued funding for advocacy on housing, open space, public transportation, redistricting, and Guadalupe programs

University Park Homeowners Association / Mobile Homeowners Project - $7,800 for Year 1 and $7,200 for Year 2
Continued support for community organizing to protect affordable housing for mobile home residents

Just Communities Central Coast / Youth and Family Organizing for Education Justice - $10,000 per year for 2 years (year 2)
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Multi-year support for this innovative program providing tools for youth and their families to address issues of oppression in schools & communities

Pacific Pride Foundation / Strategic Alliance for Marriage Equality (S.A.M.E.) - $10,000 per year for 2 years (year 2)
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Multi-year support for the on-going struggle for LGBT civil rights, equality and the campaign to re-gain marriage equality in California

PUEBLO Action Fund / Identifying, empowering and inspiring new leadership in Santa Maria - $10,000 per year for 3 years (year 2)
Multi-year support for this Santa Maria-based effort to develop voter empowerment strategies and build progressive political leadership

Pacific Pride Foundation / Safe Schools Initiative - $10,000 per year for 3 years (year 3)
Funding for increased efforts in S.B. County High Schools to create more gay & straight alliances and education for faculty to create greater safety and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students

2011 Emerging Need Grants

Alternative U.S. at UCSB / SOA Watch Conference and Action - $3,000

American GI Forum Santa Maria Chapter / Tour de Dreams - $1,031

Casa Espeanza Homeless Center / Gap Funding in advance of Bringing Our Community Home (BOCH) & Common Ground Consolidation - $3,000

Coalition for Global Dialogue / “Our House Divided” Forum on Immigration - $2,900

Environmental Education Group / Voices From The Gulf - $3,000

Freedom Warming Centers / Survival Santa Barbara - $3,000

Just Communities Central Coast / Multilingual Capacity-Building & Training - $1,000

Pacific Pride Foundation - LGBTQ Training for the Santa Barbara Police Department - $3,000

Santa Barbara Foundation / Recidivism Reduction in the County Jail - $2,500

2011 Donor Supported Grants

Children's Creative Project / Michael Katz Storyteller Residencies - $2,500
Support for a series of residencies at local schools for storyteller Michael Katz to work with youth of all ages in area schools

Family Therapy Institute / Academy of Healing Arts (AHA!) - General Support - $2,500
General support for this innovative program for youth - focused on social consciousness, character, imagination, and emotional intelligence

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

Sarah House / General Support - $2,500
Funding for Sarah House's nationally recognized "social model" of end-of-life care and HIV/AIDS support for low-income individuals

Youth Cinemedia / General Support - $10,000
Funding to support the ongoing work of empowering youth on the use of media tools to address challenges in their communities

Committee for Social Justice / The People’s Institute at Casa Esperanza - $800
Ongoing support for courses taught by, with and for residents of Casa Esperanza Homeless Center

Freedom Warming Centers / General Operations - $15,000
General support for this campaign to make emergency shelters available on nights when temperatures are life-threatening across Santa Barbara County

Gay Rights Advocates for Change & Equality (GRACE) / General Operations - $1,000
General support for this LGBTQ advocacy organization based in Santa Maria

Central Coast Human Rights Fund Grants

Adsum Education Foundation / General Support - $20,000

Importa / Non-Partisan Voter Registration Campaign - $30,000

Primo Boxing / Say Yes to Kids - $10,000

PUEBLO / Youth Violence Programming in Resonse to the Gang Injunction - $10,000

Youth Cinemedia / Media Classes at Los Prietos Boys Camp - $10,000

Youth Making Change 2010-2011 Grants

— YMC South —

The ACE Academy / ACE Tennis - $723
Funding for a sports program for underserved youth in the community to learn basic tennis skills

The Business Club Youth Outreach Program / Isla Vista Elementary Business Club – $800
Funding to teach business concepts and financial responsibility to elementary schools students

Friendship Club of San Marcos High School / Learn 2 Live Project - $1,500
Funding for teens to provide life skills training to Special Education students at San Marcos High School

Isla Vista Teen Alliance / Teen Wellness Program - $2,505
Funding to provide teens with ideas and practical advice on implementing a healthy lifestyle

Ready2Move / Club Development and Santa Barbara High School Wellness Week - $500
Funding for peer education on the importance of physical, emotional and social health at Santa Barbara High School

Santa Barbara Police Activities League (PAL) Youth Leadership Council / 1st Annual Big & Little PAL Break Camp - $2,022
Funding for teens to mentor youth from five elementary schools in Santa Barbara

What is Love Group – PSA on Teen Dating Violence - $1,950
Funding to develop Public Service Announcements about recognizing and intervening in teen dating violence

— YMC North —

Future Leaders of America / “Take the Lead” Project - $1,025
Funding for a leadership conference to empower youth to pursue higher education

Gay Straight Alliance of Santa Maria High School - $1,600
Funding for a four-hour event to raise awareness of homophobia and heterosexism and begin projects for change

Girls for Change (G4C) / G4C in the 21st Century - $3,375
Funding for a conference addressing key issues facing girls today: bullying, eating disorders, cutting, depression, healthy relationships and communication skills

Pioneer Valley High School Link Crew - $600
Funding for a mentoring program where High School juniors & seniors aid freshmen in transitioning successfully into high school

The Good Life / Junior High Mentoring Program - $1,400
Funding for a mentoring program where the life experience of Junior High School youth will be used to create plays to present to the community.

Youth Action Advisory Council to the Santa Ynez Valley Coalition to Promote Drug Free Youth / Healthy Alternatives for Youth - $2,000
Funding for alternative activities for youth to help reduce the use of alcohol and drugs

Fall 2010 Grants

Cesar Chavez Dual Language Immersion Schools, Inc. / Adelante Charter School Translation Project - $3,000
Support to translate key school documents into Spanish including meeting minutes, new Charter & Parent Handbook

Citizens Against Walmart Expansion / Stop Walmart Expansion 2010 - $3,000
Continued support for community organizing to prevent the proposed Lompoc Walmart expansion

Conflict Solutions Center / Restorative Justice Partnership Initiative - $8,200
Continued funding to support the use of Restorative Justice principles and practices in the juvenile justice system

Families ACT! / The Santa Barbara Homeless Blog - $5,000
Support for a blog representing the voices of and issues about Santa Barbara County’s homeless

GRACE (Gay Rights Advocates for Change and Equality) / Start-up - $3,000
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Start-up funding to support the LGBT community and its allies through social networking, advocacy, and community coalition-building in the Santa Maria Valley

League of Women Voters of Santa Maria Valley / “Know Your Town” - $2,810
Funding to print and place on websites this bilingual (Spanish / English) guide to government in Santa Maria

Pacific Pride Foundation / LGBT Elders, Santa Barbara - $5,000
StartUp funding to create a sensitivity training program for agencies serving LGBT elders

Palabra / Community-Based, Socio-Culturally Sound Program for At-Risk Youth - $10,000
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Funding to implement community-based and culturally sensitive outreach programs for youth and their community in order to reduce youth violence

PUEBLO / Building Capacity to Carry Out the “Insecurity of S-Comm Campaign”: A Movement Effort to Undo Racial Profiling - $3,000
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Support to develop fundraising and outreach materials to help PUEBLO attract a wide array of supporters for their programs

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace / Mothers in Defense of Downwind Communities - $7,000
Funding for their legal case to force the NRC to meet the legal requirements & regulations designed to protect the health and safety of communities downwind of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

Santa Barbara Teen Legal Clinic (SBTLC) / Street Law Program - $3,000
Funding to teach teens about their legal rights and the legal process and to teach law school students the value of providing pro bono services to our community

University Park Mobile Homeowners Association / The Mobile Homeowners Alliance - $7,200
Continued support to organize and empower mobile home owners in Southern Santa Barbara County and build coalitions state-wide to preserve and protect affordable mobile home units

Wilderness Youth Project / Adventure Leadership Program - $5,000
Funding to teach inclusive leadership techniques to teens of all backgrounds, including those with diverse physical & cognitive abilities

William James Association / Poetic Justice Project - $5,000
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Funding to support performances of the play “Off the Hook” to help educate audiences about issues surrounding incarceration, rehabilitation and re-entry in Santa Maria

Spring 2010 Grants

AB 540 Coalition of Santa Barbara / Making Higher Education Accessible to Undocumented Students -$5,000
Support to organize existing resources, conduct trainings, advocate and develop tools to make higher education more accessible to AB 540 students

Barbareño Chumash Council / United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (DRIP) Campaign - $5,000
For a series of workshops and forums throughout the region on the UN DRIP and promote self-determination, democracy, and human & civil rights

Carpinteria Valley Foundation / Ongoing organizing of opposition to Venoco’s Paredon Project - $7,000
Support for organizing the opposition to Venoco’s proposed oil drilling project (Paredon) in Carpinteria

Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine / Wrap-Around Care & Women’s Free Homeless Clinic - $7,800
Funding for the creation of manuals to be used to recruit and train volunteers for street medicine teams

Environmental Defense Center / Mission Creek: Rediscovering Connections in Nature and Community - $6,000
For bilingual (Spanish/English) presentations on Mission Creek and steelhead restoration in order to educate and create greater community involvement

Project Gutpile / Educating hunters and ranchers on alternatives to lead ammunition - $2,400
Educating hunters and ranchers on alternatives to lead ammunition and the health and environmental effects of lead toxicity

Santa Barbara County Action Network / Lompoc Livable Communities & Civic Engagement Program - $8,000
Support for a series of town hall meetings training and other engagement opportunities for low-income families in Lompoc

Veterans for Peace, Chapter 54 / SBCC Teen Memorial: Peace is Inevitable - $7,500
Supplies and materials for a memorial to the 900+ deaths of U.S. military personnel aged 18 & 19 in Afghanistan and to educate about the humans costs of war as well as U.S. foreign policy

SBCEO Health Linkages Program / Promotores de Salud Parent Education Project - $7,500
Ongoing support for this innovative health education program for Latino community members

Transitions-Mental Health Associations / Santa Barbara Community Grown Agriculture (SB-CGA) -$5,460
Seed funding for this community-based agriculture pilot project in Santa Maria

2010 Multi-Year Grants

Just Communities Central Coast / Youth and Family Organizing for Education Justice - $10,000 per year for 2 years (year 1)
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Multi-year support for this innovative program providing tools for youth and their families to address issues of oppression in schools & communities

Pacific Pride Foundation / Strategic Alliance for Marriage Equality (S.A.M.E.) - $10,000 per year for 2 years (year 1)
*With support from the Atterbury Foundation
Multi-year support for the on-going struggle for LGBT civil rights, equality and the campaign to re-gain marriage equality in California

PUEBLO Action Fund / Identifying, empowering and inspiring new leadership in Santa Maria - $10,000 per year for 3 years (year 1)
Multi-year support for this Santa Maria-based effort to develop voter empowerment strategies and build progressive political leadership

Bici Centro & Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition / Outreach, Education and Empowerment for Underserved Cyclist - $5,000 per year for 2 years (year 2)
Continuing support for the merger of the Bicycle Coalition's advocacy work and Bici Centro's repair shop and education center to empower South Coast bicyclists

Families ACT! / Collaborative Community Organization and Education Campaign - $5,000 per year for 2 years (year 2)
Funding to promote dialogues amongst criminal justice and mental health service providers and to launch an education and outreach campaign to deliver the message that public safety requires treatment and prevention

Pacific Pride Foundation / Safe Schools Initiative - $10,000 per year for 3 years (year 2)
Funding for increased efforts in S.B. County High Schools to create more gay & straight alliances and education for faculty to create greater safety and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students

Conflict Solutions Center – Community Mediation Program / Restorative Justice Partnership Initiative - $8,320 in Year 1 and $5,000 in Years 2 & 3 (Year 3)
Multi-year support to continue promoting & implementing restorative justice practices with youth in the court system in Santa Barbara County

2010 Emerging Need Grants

Pacific Pride Foundation / 2010 County-Wide LGBT Summit - $3,000
Support for this one-day (Saturday, February 6, 2010), county-wide strategy summit organized by the LGBT Community Collaborative of the Central Coast and focusing on LGBT community strengths, needs and next steps in Santa Barbara County

Environmental Education Group / A Dialogue For Peace - $3,000
Support for this pilot project which opened a direct line of communication between the American and Iraqi people (students at University of California, Santa Barbara and Islamic University, Baghdad) via a webcast and allowed for unscripted communication between the two groups

"Stand In The Sand" / A Gathering for the Gulf - $3,000
Seed funding for this community-wide grassroots effort to make a statement of support, sympathy, and solidarity with the communities of the Gulf Coast who are being devastated by the BP Oil Disaster and to raise funds for relief and recovery

PUEBLO / Shared Prosperity Forum - $2,000
Funding for transportation of community members to participate in this regional day-long activist conference, training, and discussion focused on progressive policy and values.

American Indian Movement SB Chapter / Legal Fees - $1,000
Funding to file legal challenges to the portrayal of Native Americans on MTV’s “The Dudesons in America: Cowboys and Findians”

University Park Mobile Homeowners Association / The Mobile Homeowners Alliance - $2,660
Continued support to organize and empower mobile home owners in Southern Santa Barbara County and build coalitions state-wide to preserve and protect affordable mobile home units

Families ACT! / 2010 Election Cycle Community Mobilization - $3,000
Funding for this 3-month campaign to educate and mobilize the community around the intersection of drug laws, alcohol/drug/mental health treatment services and crowded jails

No On T, 2010 - $3,000
Funding to oppose this measure which would have eliminated access to medical cannabis in the City of Santa Barbara

Committee For A Safer Santa Barbara County / Yes On Measure S Anti-Recidivism Messaging - $3,000
Support for the campaign effort highlighting the $5 million allocation in Measure S to mental health services, drug & alcohol counseling, education and other critical services in the jail

Youth Making Change 2009-2010 Grants

— YMC South —

Environmental Education for the Next Generation, (EENG) - 1st and 2nd Grade Teaching Program - $2,320
Funding to train and place college students in 1st and 2nd grade Santa Barbara Elementary School classrooms in order to foster critical thinking about the environment

Everybody Dance Now! - Hip Hop Dance Classes - $1,000
Funding to support free dance classes for youth at Harding, McKinley and Franklin Schools plus select Housing Authority sites

Manauia - Youth Legal Awareness Project - $2,900
Funding to provide legal awareness to youth in Santa Barbara’s Westside and Eastside neighborhoods and address perceptions of youth based on appearance, race and class

Project Excel - Youth Tutoring Center - $2,200
Funding for a center for youth in grades 5 to 12 providing tutoring and educational assistance

Santa Barbara Youth Council – Teens: Know Your Rights Project - $950
Funding for educational forums and trainings on youth/teen rights, how to defend them and becoming a peer advocate for other teens

UCSB RHA & NRHH Community Service Team - I want to be Barbie / I want to be Ken - $630
Funding for an eating disorder educational awareness event for Junior High School youth and their parents

— YMC North —

Future Leaders of America – Take the Lead - $750
Funding for a youth-led one-day leadership conference for junior high students that will help promote Latinos moving on to higher education

Pioneer Valley High School Link Crew - $800
Funding for a year-long student-led freshman mentor program linking juniors and seniors with incoming freshman to increase graduation rates, freshman involvement at PVHS, and to decrease suspensions, violence and drop out rates

CE’ENI (Colectivo Educativo Estudiantil de Naciones Indigenas) – Lente Cultural - $1,200
Funding for a multicultural art and music event organized by Mexican Indigenous youth that will be documented and shared with the Santa Maria community (translation: Educational Collective of Students of Indigenous Nations - in Mixteco “ce’eni” means: sus hijos / their children)

CHANGE (Committed 2 Helping A New Generation Excel) – Teen Mentorship Project - $2,000
Funding for a mentorship project where homeless and foster teens mentor younger youth dealing with homelessness and the foster system

Rayo de Esperanza – Guadalupe Youth Soccer League - $2,250
Funding for a Guadalupe teen-led soccer league for youth ages 10-13. ( translation: Ray of Hope)

Young Artists Unlimited – Youth Intervention Project - $3,000
Funding for a Lompoc-based teen-led community event focusing on youth ages 10-16 that includes a mural, speakers on youth violence and drug abuse, and cultural dance groups

2010 Other General Fund Grants

Santa Barbara International Film Festival / 2010 Social Justice Award for Documentary Film - $10,000
Annual funding for this (11th Annual) award organized and juried by the Fund for Santa Barbara in order to recognize the contribution that documentary film can make to the advancesment of social economic justice

Yes On Measure S Anti-Recidivism Messaging - $5,000
Support for the campaign effort highlighting the $5 million allocation in Measure S to mental health services, drug & alcohol counseling, education and other critical services in the jail

Citizens Committee Against Paredon / General Support - $2,000
Support for this successful campaign to defeat Measure J in Carpinteria

2010 Donor Supported Grants

Citizens Committee Against Paredon / General Support - $2,000
Support for the Carpinteria community's successful organizing campaign against Venoco's drilling proposal

Family Therapy Institute / Academy of Healing Arts (AHA!) General Support - $2,500
General support for this innovative program for youth - focused on social consciousness, character, imagination, and emotional intelligence

Nonprofit Support Center of Santa Barbara County / Future Search Conference - $3,000
Seed funding for this Santa Maria Valley conference addressing youth violence

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

Sarah House / General Support - $2,500
Funding for Sarah House's nationally recognized "social model" of end-of-life care and HIV/AIDS support for low-income individuals

Vineyard Valley Theatre Company / General Support - $5,000
Funding for this innovative theatre group to bring Latino arts & culture to the region and to build bridges among Anglo & Latino community members in the Santa Ynez Valley, paving the way for honest discussions of race, culture and history

Committee for A Safer Santa Barbara County / Yes On Measure S Anti-Recidivism Messaging - $3,000
Support for the campaign effort highlighting the $5 million allocation in Measure S to mental health services, drug & alcohol counseling, education and other critical services in the jail

ySTRIVE / Sponsorship of “An American Tract” Performance at the Marjorie Luke - $3,000
Support for this special theatre presentation tackling issues of race and class in modern American communities

Seigel-Boettner Productions / “With My Own Two Wheels” Film - $6,000
Production support for this film tying the local work of BiciCentro to bicycling in Rwanda, Zambia, Ghana, India, and Guatemala as a means of access to education, health care, and economic opportunity

Pacific Pride Foundation / Just Communities Central Coast Response to Goleta Valley Junior High Program Challenge - $3,000
Emergency support for Just Communities staff to respond to attacks on GVJH’s anti-discrimination and bullying programming

Fall 2009 Grants

Alliance with Mexican Immigrant Labor / Mexican Immigrant Association of Farmers - $7,200
Seed funding for the organization of an association of Mexican immigrant family farmers in the Santa Maria Valley to work for economic justice
Fondos initiales para la organización de una asociación de familias de agricultores inmigrante mexicanos en el Valle de Santa María para trabajar por la justicia económica

Black Women for Community Empowerment / Black Unity Summit - $3,000
Support for a summit to discuss and build a coalition In support of improved education, job services programs, tutoring and social services for the Black community
Apoyo a una reunión cumbre para discutir y construir una coalición en apoyo al mejoramiento de la educación, programs de servicios para el empleo, tutoría y servicios sociales para la comunidad negra

Bringing Our Community Home / Transportation from Jail to Shelter - $5,000
(umbrella: Casa Esperanza)
Funding for homeless inmates to have transportation to permanent or transitional housing to end the "revolving door" at the County Jail
Fondo para reclusos sin hogar para tener transporte a alojamiento permanente o transitorio para poner fin a la "puerta giratoria" en la Cárcel del Condado

Citizens Against Walmart Expansion (CAWE) / Stop Walmart Expansion 2010 - $3,000
Support for community organizing to prevent the proposed Lompoc Walmart expansion
Apoyo a la organización de la comunidad para prevenir la expansión de Walmart en Lompoc

Esperanza, La Voz de Nuestra / Building Community Connections - $8,000
Funding for organizing to unite isolated groups working to prevent youth violence and propose systemic changes within our school system and the City of Santa Barbara
Fondos para organizar y unir a grupos aislados que trabajan para prevenir la violencia juvenil y para proponer cambios en el sistema escolar y en la Ciudad de Santa Bárbara

Guadalupe Cultural Arts & Education Center / Women's Conference - $6,050
Honoring the 100th Year of International Women's Day (1910 - 2010), funding for the organization of a North County Women's Conference to share women's needs with community agencies
En honor al 100o Año del Día Internacional de la Mujer (1910 - 2010), los fondos apoyarán la organización de una Conferencia para Mujeres en el Norte del Condado para compartir necesidades de las mujeres con agencias de la comunidad

Naples Coalition / Public Access Project - $5,000
Support for the ongoing community organizing to enhance and ensure permanent public coastal access to the eastern Gaviota Coast, including the Naples property
Apoyo a la organización continuada de la comunidad para promover y asegurar el acceso público a la costa del este de Gaviota, incluyendo la propiedad de Naples

Santa Barbara Birth Center / Start-Up Funding - $10,000
Support for a bilingual/bicultural birth center offering a medically-equipped, comfortable, home-like setting for prenatal care, labor, and birth with midwifery support
Apoyo inicial para dar fondos a un centro de nacimientos bilingue/bicultural que ofrezca un lugar para nacimientos con equipo médico, cómodo, y similar al hogar para atención prenatal, partos, y nacimientos con el apoyo de parteras

University Park Mobile Homeowners Project - $7,500 (umbrella: SBCAN)
Funding to organize, mobilize and empower people who live in mobile home parks to defend their affordable housing and have a voice in shaping housing policies
Fondos para organizar, movilizar, y dar poder a personas que viven en parques de casas móviles para defender su alojamiento costeable y para tener una voz en la formulación de políticas para el alojamiento

Wilderness Youth Project / La Cuesta Program & Youth Leadership Council - $5,750
Support for nature-based mentoring at La Cuesta Continuation High School and a retreat with the Youth Leadership Council at the SB Police Activities League to teach life and leadership skills
Apoyo para mentoría basada en la naturaleza en la Escuela Preparatoria de Continuación La Cuesta, y un retiro con el Consejo Juvenil de Líderes en la Liga de Actividades de la Policía de Santa Bárbara para comunicar habilidades para la vida y el liderazgo

Media Grants

Santa Barbara International Film Festival / 10th Annual Social Justice Award for Documentary Film - $10,000
Funding for this annual competition featuring documentary films on critical social justice issues, which includes an independently juried cash award to the winning documentary filmmaker.

Studio 8 / Prop 8 Film Project - $9,500
Seed funding for this documentary film which explores the personal and political lanscape of the marriage equality debate in California pre- and post- Proposition 8, as well as current organizing around the issue

Spring 2009 Grants

American Indian Movement Santa Barbara / AIM TV - $3,050
Support for an alternative public access television show on current issues, inter-tribal education about traditions, songs and languages and contemporary achievements of native peoples

Carpinteria Valley Foundation / Opposition to Venoco's Paredon Project - $10,000
Funding for legal advocacy to oppose Venoco's slant drilling proposal in Carpinteria

Consumer Advocacy Coalition / Raising Community "Mental Health" Awareness - $8,450
Continuing support for advocacy, community outreach and marketing to help better conditions for people with mental health challenges

Lompoc Housing and Development Corporation / Lompoc Community Gardens - $5,500
Support for the creation of community gardens in West Lompoc to build knowledge about health, nutrition, and use of local fresh foods during these current hard economic times

Pacific Pride Foundation / Strategic Alliance for Marriage Equality (SAME) - $5,000
Seed funding to promote local activism to achieve marriage equality at the local, state and national level in the wake of the passage, and California Supreme Court upholding of, Proposition 8

PUEBLO / General Support - $10,000
Continuing support for building power and leadership amongst low income Santa Barbara County residents on economic and environmental justice issues

Rental Housing Roundtable / Justice for Renters! - $6,250
Seed funding for a group of community organizations and individuals to address the lack of legal rental protections, protect and increase the number of rental units and advocate for cooperative ownership

Santa Ynez Valley Alliance / Outreach Project - $10,000
Funding to support grassroots involvement in key issues affecting local sustainability, including affordable housing, transit, trails and recreation, urban growth boundaries, job housing balance and more

Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People / Mujeres Unidas - $7,092
Funding for a women's educational support group in Los Alamos to address issues of unmet social service needs, Latino students retention rates, rise in drug use and pregnancy rates

Boys and Girls Club of Santa Barbara / UP-2-US - $5,000
Funding to help Eastside young men organize themselves to keep youth of the streets and engage them in educational and vocational/employment training and internships

Women of Color Revolutionary Dialogues (WORD) - $3,060
Seed funding for performance art workshops that represent and analyze the lives and struggles of immigrant and working-class women and queer people of color

2009 Multi-Year Grants

Bici Centro & Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition / Outreach, Education and Empowerment for Underserved Cyclist - $5,000 per year for 2 years (year 1)
Continuing support for the merger of the Bicycle Coalition's advocacy work and Bici Centro's repair shop and education center to empower South Coast bicyclists

Families ACT! / Collaborative Community Organization and Education Campaign - $5,000 per year for 2 years (year 1)
Funding to promote dialogues amongst criminal justice and mental health service providers and to launch an education and outreach campaign to deliver the message that public safety requires treatment and prevention

Pacific Pride Foundation / Safe Schools Initiative - $10,000 per year for 3 years (year 1)
Funding for increased efforts in S.B. County High Schools to create more gay & straight alliances and education for faculty to create greater safety and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students

Just Communities / Building Just & Inclusive Communities Initiative - $2,000 (Year 3 of 3)
Multi-year support for county-wide bilingual workshops to engage people in discussions of multiple forms of oppression and ways to take action

Youth Making Change 2008-2009 Grants

Carpinteria Youth Leadership Council’s “Dare to be Different” Program - $1,040
For the creation of a day long camp to instill self-esteem, respect for others, and positive decision-making for the youth in Carpinteria

Notes for Notes / MusicBox Concert Series - $1,500
To provide a live music performance venue for youth throughout 2009

Torch Club & Keystone Club Leadership Groups / Teen Center @ "The Club" - $2,000
To create a Teen Center @ "the Club" by aesthetically and structurally remodeling an existing 2,250 square foot room at the Westside SB Boys & Girls Clubhouse

Future Leaders of America Master Achievers / Finding the Leader Within You - $2,500
For a day camp where youth help 5th & 6th graders from Cesar Chavez Charter School make good decisions in life by helping to improve self-esteem and stop youth violence

SBPAL Youth Leadership Council / Junior High Basketball and Soccer Tournament - $2,950
To create a venue where youth who cannot afford to participate in league sports will have an opportunity to showcase their talent

2009 Emerging Need Grants

2009 African Heritage Film Series / Little Rock High - 50 Years Later- $1,500
Support for a film screening and lecture by Dr. Terrance Roberts, one of the Little Rock Nine

American Indian Movement (AIM) Santa Barbara / Public Transit Ad Campaign - $3,000
Funding for a month-long campaign to educate the Carpinteria community on Native American history with advertising on the local transit system

Black Women For Community Empowerment / 1st Annual Santa Barbara Black Family Reunion - $2,560
Start-up funding and supplies for this inaugural gathering of Black families from the Santa Barbara region

Consumer Advocacy Coalition / No On Measure 1D & 1E Campaigns - $3,000
Support for the successful effort to defeat these two May 19th Ballot measures that would have decimated critical mental health and early childhood development programs

Environmental Defense Center / Expert Witness in Goleta Beach Protection Hearing - $1,500
Funding to allow a key researcher in coastal protection testify in the on-going struggle to better protect Goleta Beach Park from erosion

Santa Barbara County Action Network / University Mobile Home Park Organizing - $3,000
Support for the effort to challenge the use of condo conversion law to allow the conversion and sale of some our community's critical affordable housing

2009 Donor Advised Grants

Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter / 10-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness - $8,000
General support for the on-going efforts to implement Santa Barbara County's 10 Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness

Children's Creative Project / Michael Katz Storyteller Residencies - $5,000
Support for a series of residencies at local schools for storyteller Michael Katz to work with youth of all ages in Santa Barbara

Center for Successful Aging / General Support - $10,000
General support for this recently independent organization advancing local seniors' quality of life

El Congresso de UCSB / "El Plan de Santa Barbara" 40th Anniversary Conference - $3,000
Sponsorship of a statewide multi-generational gathering of Chicano Studies faculty, staff, and students to celebrate the history of and plan for the future of Chicano Studies

Families ACT! / General Support - $1,500
Funding to support on-going organizing of criminal justice and mental health services by this group of clients and familie

Family Therapy Institute / Academy of Healing Arts (AHA!) General Support - $5,000
General support for this innovative program for youth - focused on social consciousness, character, imagination, and emotional intelligenc

Just Communities Central Coast / Institute for Equity in Education - $6,000
Support for this residential training for educational leaders on issues of race and difference, and to explore ways to address institutional racism and educational inequality in schools

Just Communities Central Coast / Youth Violence Service Providers Retreat - $5,000 + $15,000 (site)
Support for long-time leaders in youth violence and gang intervention work to address issues that have historically prevented collaboration & sustainability

Just Communities Central Coast / Emergency Response Funding - $3,000
Emergency funding to respond to attacks on tolerance and ant-bullying training by a parent at Goleta Valley Junior High School

NoozHawk / GreenHawk Sustainable Living On-Line Media Project - $5,000
Start-up funding for this online daily news site focusing on sustainable living, energy and environmental issues in the Santa Barbara region

Quail Springs Learning Oasis & Permaculture Farm / General Operations - $2,500
General support for the work of this experiential permaculture learning site

Sarah House / General Support - $5,000
Funding for Sarah House's nationally recognized "social model" of end-of-life care and HIV/AIDS support for low-income individuals

Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center / 2009 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Programming - $3,000
Support for a month-long series of workshops, arts projects, community gatherings and trainings focused on addressing, responding to and preventing sexual assault in the the LGBT community

The People's Institute at Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter / Winter 2008-2009 Program - $800
Funding to support classes and seminars at Casa Esperanza Homeless Shelter organized independently by volunteer teachers, activists, and homeless residents

Toastmasters International / Youth Leadership at Los Prietos Boys Camp & Academy - $5,000
Seed funding for this program teaching public speaking and self expression skills to incarcerated youth