Nourishing Santa Barbara County’s Social Sector

Santa Barbara County’s vibrant nonprofit sector responds to a wide array of challenges that our communities face — from food and healthcare needs to the conservation of our natural environment. Through our Collaboration for Social Impact (CSI), the Santa Barbara Foundation is pleased to support organizations in our social sector to optimize their effectiveness, capacity, strength, and focus through several initiatives.

We connect our nonprofit workforce with field experts and facilitate collaboration at peer learning convenings, a series of capacitybuilding workshops focused on nonprofit management disciplines, such as board governance, program evaluation, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA), and more.

In collaboration with organizations such as Leading from Within, The Fund for Santa Barbara, Center for Nonprofit Leadership (at California Lutheran University), the Santa Barbara Nonprofit Resource Network, and Association for Fundraising Professionals, we help nonprofit leaders and their staff members to develop individualized, responsive approaches to meet their missions and individual aspirations.

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