Fund for Santa Barbara

"Change Not Charity"™ since 1980

Bread & Roses

Sponsorships now available online for our biggest event of the year!

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Learn more about our funding guidelines and application materials

~ We've doubled the number of workshops we're offering this summer! ~

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Community Organizing & Power Analysis Workshops

Thanks for everyone who shared their time and insight at our our workshops!

The Fund for Santa Barbara is a non-profit community foundation that supports grassroots organizations working for social, economic, environmental, and political change in Santa Barbara County.

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Learn more about applying for a grant from the Fund for Santa Barbara

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Other Resources for Nonprofits

Scroll through our compiled list of local and out-of-area resources for activist organizations

Resources

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Find out about progressive events going on in your community

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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."

-Alice Walker

There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives."

- Audre Lorde

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Spring Awards

The FUND for Santa Barbara hosted it's annual Mid-Year Grant Awards Celebration in June 2016 and here are the highlights! Thanks to our videographer, Ryan Pettey and multi-talented filmmaker Board Members, Ted Rhodes & Margaret Lazarus. This video would not have been possible without the support of Jean Kaplan.