The Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) is the oldest and largest community foundation on California’s Central Coast, proudly serving our vibrant Santa Barbara County community and helping donors achieve their charitable goals for the last 95 years.
In 2023, we reflected on the past five years of our work and reviewed progress made toward the goals set forth in our strategic plan, which included:
• Invest in our communities; Build our organizational culture;
• Create opportunities for community engagement; and
• Increase revenue and strengthen business.
Looking ahead to 2024, SBF staff and trustees embarked on a year-long process to develop our new strategic roadmap for the coming five years. (Read about our new strategic plan on page 19.)
Our mission remains to mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive, and resilient communities.
And our new vision statement – A Thriving Community for All – provides the north star to which we will aspire in all we do.
In this report, you’ll find updates on the progress of our work – with support from our generous donors – to strengthen child care, workforce development, housing affordability, digital equity, our county’s nonprofit organizations, our natural environment, and more.
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Cover: Children grow and learn at Santa Maria Valley YMCA with scholarship support from SBF’s William and Lottie Daniel Fund for Child Care Scholarships. Photo: Veronica Slavin.
Opposite: A family enjoys time in Hollister Meadow during a visit to the The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County’s Arroyo Hondo Preserve, supported in part by a Conservation, Environment & Public Trails (CEPT) grant from SBF. (See page 16 to learn more about CEPT grants.) Photo: Blake Bronstad.
From Our Leaders
MATT ROWE AND JACKIE CARRERA
As the Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) reflects on our impact in 2023 – our 95th year of service to our county – and looks ahead to the five years leading up to our 100th anniversary in 2028, we are excited to continue our mission:
To mobilize collective wisdom and philanthropic capital to build empathetic, inclusive, and resilient communities.
Over the last five years, we brought together people countywide to advance strategic priorities and plans that were identified by many community stakeholders, and to respond to unexpected and growing concerns, including:
• Natural disasters like storms, wildfires, and the 1/9 Debris Flow;
• COVID-19 pandemic;
• Our housing affordability crisis;
• Timely community needs (like the campaign to save San Marcos Foothills), and more.
We believe that our best path to achieving our vision for Santa Barbara County – A Thriving Community for All – is through working together.
That’s why SBF fosters collaboration among business, government, education, health care, community members, and philanthropists.
In 2023, we led coalitions to address the needs of working families, critical gaps in internet access and digital literacy, inequitable access to health education and care, and more.
And we leveraged research and identified the unique flexibility of the philanthropic community to spur innovation in housing affordability.
Our aim to help our donors achieve their financial and charitable goals, and to support local nonprofits to achieve their missions, provided clear direction for our work.
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Our neighbors in greatest need are an ongoing priority for all of us.”
SBF grants supported community organizations that secure a safety net for our lowest-income residents by providing behavioral health and health care, food, and safe shelter.
Grant programs funded by your generosity also supported access to high-quality child care, protected our natural environment, contributed to the performing arts, and bolstered college students with scholarships.
Throughout this report, you will find data, stories, and images that highlight the impact of our shared efforts.
We are honored to serve as your community foundation. Our generous donors gave over $28 million through more than 2,600 grants in our region and beyond. And donors entrusted us to steward more than $800 million in total assets in 2023.
Thank you for your partnership in our work to support a thriving Santa Barbara County for all.
In community,
MATT ROWE Chair, Board of Trustees
JACKIE CARRERA President & CEO
Santa Ynez Valley Therapeutic Riding Program provides community members of all ages who live with disabilities the opportunity to build relationships, trust, balance, strength, and more by working with trainers and horses regardless of their ability to pay. Photo: Kim Dotzler.
Your Community Foundation: What We Do
The Santa Barbara Foundation serves all who live, work, visit, and invest in Santa Barbara County. In 2023, we reviewed outcomes of our five-year strategic plan launched in 2019.
Our guiding goals for 2019-2023 were to:
• Invest in our communities;
• Build our organizational culture;
• Create opportunities for community engagement; and
• Increase revenue and strengthen business.
Some of our approaches to achieve those goals included:
• Expand and streamline our community grants program;
• Offer grants, learning opportunities, and technical assistance to strengthen local nonprofits (See page 10.);
• Provide education offerings, conduct research, publish reports, and sponsor public events;
• Bring together partners in education, business, government, nonprofits, and individuals with lived experience to address our most pressing challenges; and
• Provide exemplary service to our philanthropic community.
Natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic underscored the foresight of our plan to prioritize our most vulnerable neighbors and working families, exactly those hardest hit by disasters. Timely opportunities like the Foothills Forever campaign to save the San Marcos Foothills preserve provided a unifying moment for 5,500 donors in our community, and SBF’s fiscal sponsorship of this effort aligned with our goal to engage with and support communityled projects.
In this report, you’ll find stories and data that show the impact of our work in 2023.
Students from third to 12th grade at Amplify Arts Project’s sleep-away summer camp explore arts including photography, rock band performance, and music production in a supportive environment, with funding from the Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts (TFPA). (See all TFPA grant recipients on page 21.) Photo: Amplify Arts Project.
Leadership in Action
SBF leads collaborations to identify and address major challenges affecting our county. One of our unique roles is that of “convener.” We bring together community leaders and other stakeholders from across the county to clarify, brainstorm, develop, and implement solutions.
We conduct and commission research and produce reports used by the community to advance initiatives and procure funding for critical projects.
In 2023, we completed an expansive Housing Affordability report which lays out the specifics about the housing crisis in Santa Barbara County and provides statewide context for our unique concerns. (See page 13 to learn more.)
We also actively cultivate relationships across sectors, from business and government to health care, nonprofits and education, along with individuals who share their lived experience on topics affecting and influencing quality of life in Santa Barbara County. These topics include child care, solutions for housing affordability, bridging the digital divide, access to health care and health education, and strengthening the nonprofit sector, among others.
SBF staff and trustees are proud to provide support and resources as Santa Barbara County tackles our most complex and pressing problems.
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) hosts a Reunion Communitaria monthly to offer diapers and culturally appropriate foods to 300 agricultural workers and their families in Santa Maria, in partnership with the Foodbank of Santa Barbara County. MICOP leveraged support from an SBF Behavioral Health and Health Care grant and the Foodbank recieved a Food grant from SBF to assist farmworkers. Photo: Adriana Mandujano Angel.
from top left: AHA! Attitude. Harmony. Achievement. leveraged a Behavioral Health and Health Care grant to support youth mental health with the Sing It Out program. Teens navigate a journey of claiming their voices and identities, culminating with a performance at the Lobero Theatre. Photo: Carly Otness. CommUnify’s Head Start program at the JC Washington Center in Santa Maria offers curriculum sensitive to each family’s linguistic and cultural heritage, with support from an SBF Expanded Learning Advancing Educational Equity grant. Photo: CommUnify. People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) provides an array of supportive services, to help unsheltered community members stay healthy and transition to stable housing and jobs when possible. Photo: PATH. Pets find their humans, and loving homes, thanks to Santa Barbara Humane, which received a Small Capacity Building Grant to upgrade their animal check-in equipment. Photo: Zach Mendez.
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Strategic Grantmaking
Santa Barbara County is home to more than 2,000 nonprofits in service to our community. Among other services SBF provides to support our nonprofit sector (See next page for details.), we are honored to fund essential and innovative organizations and projects through our Community Grants Program.
Our Strategic Priorities funding ensures a strong safety net for individuals and families who need help to meet their basic needs, and other grants support endeavors that advance our vision for a thriving community for all.
SBF grants supported the following:
• Child care scholarships for families;
• Business and professional development for child care providers;
• Behavioral health, health care, and youth mental health services;
• Safe shelter for our neighbors facing homelessness or domestic violence;
• Food;
• Conservation of and access to our county’s iconic natural spaces;
• Our robust and creative cultural and performing arts organizations; and more.
SBF is proud to support hundreds of organizations providing valuable services across Santa Barbara County.
See page 20 for a complete list of nonprofit partners who received funding through our strategic grantmaking.
DISCRETIONARY INVESTMENTS
$6,346,498 TOTAL
Santa Barbara Foundation deployed $6,346,498 in discretionary investments in service to Santa Barbara County in 2023. These investments are broken down into the following categories:
$619,000 Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
$1,101,200 Behavioral Health & Health Care (B)
$409,819 Child Care (C)
$1,637,920 Education & Youth Development (D)
$580,930 Environment & Animals (E)
$176,650 Food Systems (F)
$109,246 Housing Affordability (G)
$319,000 Housing & Shelter (H)
$92,250 Human Services (I)
$1,035,184 Public & Societal Benefit (K)
$265,299 Workforce Development (L)
Nurturing Santa Barbara County Nonprofits
SBF’s Collaboration for Social Impact (CSI) is a program dedicated to supporting our social sector with the goal to help Santa Barbara County’s many nonprofit organizations serve the community, be sustainable, and achieve their missions.
To accomplish this goal, CSI shares resources, provides capacity building grants, supports peer learning, conducts research and issues reports, and engages in advocacy.
Grants
Small Capacity Building Grants (SCBG), of up to $6,000 each, are awarded year-round. In 2023, CSI awarded $331,260 in SCBGs to 59 nonprofits.
We also provide grants to partners who strengthen our nonprofits through education: Leading from Within, The Fund for Santa Barbara, Nonprofit Resource Network (NPRNSB. org), Partnership for Excellence, and Association of Fundraising Professionals.
Professional Development
CSI is proud to offer education and other opportunities to local nonprofits. More than 150 staff and board members from almost 90 organizations participated in programs to develop board and executive leadership, program evaluation and technical expertise, and to operationalize diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
One in 13 members of Santa Barbara County’s workforce serves in the nonprofit sector, which demonstrates its importance to our local economy.
The Board Leadership Institute’s culminating session and graduation in SBF’s South County conference space. Photo: Veronica Slavin.
Report: State of Nonprofits in Santa Barbara County
In 2023, we partnered with UCSB’s Center for Evaluation and Assessment to conduct research and produce the State of Nonprofits in Santa Barbara County report. Executive summaries were shared with the community via digital channels and in The Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Maria Times, Lompoc Record, Santa Ynez Valley News, and Orcutt Pioneer
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“Participating in the Board Leadership Institute through CSI developed my knowledge, cultivated self-efficacy, and laid the groundwork for me to serve the community in both elected and nonprofit roles. It was also the single most influential training to be poised for my current role as CEO. When we invest in our own development, we can develop the people and community we serve.”
Space to Convene
SBF facilities are available to community organizations to conduct business and share special occasions.
Financial literacy education program “Let’s Talk Finance” training in our Santa Maria conference room. Photo: Santa Barbara Foundation.
Ensemble Theatre Company hosted its 45th Season kickoff for sponsors at Foundation House. Photo: Ensemble Theatre Company.
ERICA FLORES CEO, Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People California 37th Assembly District Woman of the Year
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Partners in Philanthropy
At the heart of Santa Barbara County is a spirit of giving that SBF is honored to nurture. Our generous donors partner with us to support the community and trust us to steward their investments for the collective good.
As a community foundation, one of our priorities is to expand investment capital capacity to address community needs, and to help our philanthropically-minded community members achieve their charitable and financial goals. We invite philanthropists and professional advisors to partner with us.
“Collaborating with the Santa Barbara Foundation enables me to offer our clients charitable giving strategies along with crucial community knowledge tailored to help them achieve their financial goals and support the causes closest to their hearts.”
Santa Barbara Foundation deployed $21,824,095 in non-discretionary investments in service both inside and outside Santa Barbara County. These investments are broken down into the following categories:
$2,870,178 Arts, Culture & Humanities (A)
$1,249,956 Behavioral Health & Health Care (B)
$544,894 Child Care (C)
$5,366,226 Education & Youth Development (D)
$2,947,396 Environment & Animals (E)
$2,999,439 Food Systems (F)
$1,883,945 Housing & Shelter (H)
$1,958,740 Human Services (I)
$641,720 Other (J)
$1,354,101 Public & Societal Benefit (K)
$7,500 Workforce Development (L)
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Housing Affordability Initiative
Santa Barbara County faces a housing affordability crisis as the fifth least affordable county in the country. A household of three earning under $112,000 per year is considered “low-income” in Santa Barbara County.
More affordable housing options are needed for everyone in our community:
• Families with small children;
• Graduates of our many institutions of higher learning who want to continue to call Santa Barbara County home;
• Those who work in the service sector, grow our food, teach our children, and care for our older adults;
• People who grew up here and want to establish a home near parents and other family;
• Talent working in one of our county’s many nonprofit, government, university, or business-sector jobs;
• Transitional-aged youth moving on from foster care; and
• Our neighbors who want to age in the communities where they built their lives.
In response, SBF convened a 40-person advisory committee and gathered input from 80 more stakeholders countywide to develop our Housing Affordability Report, launched in October 2023.
More than 31,000 workers commute to South County for their jobs each day. Long commutes between a community where one can afford to live and where one can find employment degrade community investment, quality of life, and the environment.
While government, development and business, and the nonprofit sector are all tackling housing issues in our county, SBF’s report recommends both cross-sector opportunities and unique ways the philanthropic community can help.
Areas of opportunity for the philanthropic community, which can act with agility and innovation to preserve, produce, and protect affordable housing:
• Grantmaking
• Impact investments
• Research, education, convening, and influence.
SBF established a Housing Affordability Loan Fund and began working with donors to contribute to creative funding opportunities for our county.
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Members of the media and housing stakeholders joined us for a Housing Affordabiltiy report launch press conference at People’s Self-Help Housing’s site, Jardin de las Rosas, in Santa Barbara. Photo: Veronica Slavin.
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Child Care
Families in Santa Barbara County, within a variety of income levels, face challenges in finding affordable, high-quality child care.
Access to high-quality child care helps children thrive, allows families to work, and improves health, education, and economic outcomes for the community and businesses. That’s why SBF works with private and social sector child care providers to increase access to affordable child care.
Here you’ll find an overview of our child care initiatives that made direct impacts to families and children countywide in 2023.
Child Care Scholarships
Since 1997, our William and Lottie Daniel Child Care Scholarship Fund has been supporting families and nonprofit child care programs by offering scholarships to parents. In 2023, we awarded over $320,000 in grants to 10 organizations and provided 73 scholarships for Santa Barbara County families in need of quality child care. (See page 21 for a complete listing of child care programs that received grants from SBF in 2023.)
Child Care Providers Grants
In 2023, SBF provided nine grants totaling $75,000 to nonprofit child care providers for professional development, leadership training, family engagement, and curriculum development for ESL and children with special needs.
Chloe is a Santa Maria single mom working full-time as a retail manager, but she wasn’t able to afford quality child care for her son. With a Daniel Fund grant from SBF, the Santa Maria Valley YMCA was able to provide Chloe with a 50% child care tuition scholarship.
“With my car payment and other expenses, I wouldn’t be able to pay for his pre-school. But with the scholarship, I can make it work. He’s doing great and learning so much. I’m so grateful for the scholarship that makes it possible.”
A teacher and student share a moment of wonder at Santa Maria Valley YMCA Child Care Center, which upgraded their outdoor play space with grant funding from SBF. Photo: Veronica Slavin.
Chloe received a Daniel Fund Child Care Scholarship to send her son to a pre-school she could not otherwise afford. Photo: Veronica Slavin.
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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Support for working families has long been a priority focus for SBF. Equipped with extensive research about how critical quality child care is for families to thrive, SBF advocated vigorously for ARPA funding dedicated to child care expansion in our county.
We were proud to secure $1,125,000 of ARPA funding from the County Board of Supervisors –to partner with Children’s Resource and Referral of Santa Barbara County (CRR) and the Santa Barbara County Education Office’s Child Care Planning Council (CPCC) – to accomplish the following by 2025:
• Increase infant and toddler child care spaces;
• Expand the child care workforce;
• Support the expansion of child care facilities, through grants, technical assistance, and business training;
• Co-create a child care facilities master plan for Santa Barbara County; and
• Assist childcare operators to recover from the effects of COVID-19 on their businesses.
In 2023, SBF's partnership with CRR and CCPC created 456 new infant and toddler child care spaces countywide, conducted a countywide
survey that showed there are 523 individuals with required infant/toddler qualifications, established a database to track expansion and child care facility projects, conducted a comprehensive countywide child care facilities development needs assessment and child care asset-map by region, and developed a child care grant program for for-profit providers.
“CRR is pleased to collaborate with SBF and SBCEO to maximize the impact of ARPA funds to address the child care crisis in Santa Barbara County. SBF’s proficiency in fostering partnerships enables the allocation of funding and resources to enhance the quality of life for working families and children. The ripple effects of local investment spread far and wide, creating a web of opportunities for all to thrive.”
JACQUI BANTA, MA Chief Operating Officer
LEAP: Learn Engage Advocate Partner offers pre-schoolers from low-income families space and guidance to play and learn at their Children’s Center in Goleta. Photo: Darcy Brakeman.
Children’s Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County
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Conservation, Environment and Public Trails (CEPT)
The natural landscape of Santa Barbara County is one of our most precious and beautiful resources. Preserving our open spaces, restoring delicate habitats, and expanding public trail systems are critical priorities.
The Conservation, Environment and Public Trails Grant program was made possible by the Hollis Norris Fund and has more than doubled in impact since 2021 to include additional donors totaling $514,600 in 2023.
CEPT supports projects that increase environmental sustainability, conserve land, restore habitats, build and maintain public trails, and support ecosystem health across Santa Barbara County. Grants amounts are up to $25,000.
Digital Equity: Access to Internet, Equipment, and Digital Skills for All
In Santa Barbara County, nearly 8% of residents have no available internet access. Additionally, still more people here experience slow internet, don’t have computers at home, or don’t know how to use them.
That means many of our neighbors can’t take part in education, apply for jobs, stay connected to loved ones, or access tele-health services.
At the request of the County, SBF formally launched the Digital Equity Coalition (DEC) in 2023 to align efforts, convene partners, and position the County to receive our fair share of state and federal funding to achieve digital equity.
CEPT Grants, Growth Over Time
White Buffalo Land Trust’s hands-on educational experience for K-12 students takes local youth to new heights in nature. Photo: White Buffalo Land Trust.
With over 60 partners, the DEC accomplished the following in 2023:
January
SBF partnered with the California Emerging Technology Fund and Los Amigos de Guadalupe to distribute Chromebooks to households displaced as the result of winter 2023 floods.
June
Hosted regional workshop for the State of California with 100+ attendees to gather input on the State Digital Equity Plan (SDEP) and Broadband Equity Access Deployment (BEAD)programs to shape local priorities for the state’s $42.5B funding.
September
SBF submitted a letter of support for the Digital Equity Bill of Rights, which was signed into law and made California the first state to recognize digital access as a civil right.
December
SBF submitted public comment on the SDEP.
Completed census-style survey and report of internet accessibility with the City of Guadalupe.
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Throughout the year, the DEC and its members supported low-income residents to enroll in the Affordable Connectivity Program to receive internet service discounts. As a result, SBC achieved a 67% enrollment rate, saving money for county residents.
Guadalupe residents displaced by the winter storms of 2023 received Chromebooks. Photo: Los Amigos de Guadalupe.
DEC reports and data will be available in 2024.
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Community Health Workers/Promotores
Community Health Workers/Promotores (CHW/Ps) are frontline public health workers who are trusted members of the communities they serve. They play a critical role from education to light-touch care navigation to providing case management for families in crisis.
CHW/Ps increase health equity, improve access, inform cultural approaches to care, and contain costs due to the strong impact of culture on other social determinants of well-being. CHW/Ps serve their communities through government, community-based organizations, and private health and family services.
In 2023, SBF – in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and 16 regional partners – led the Central Coast TriCounty Community Health Workers/Promotores (CHW/P) Capacity Building Collaborative to help health and social service systems provide linguistically and culturally responsive services to the community, and to scale the CHW/P workforce in the region.
Activities included an in-person regional planning meeting with 24 partner organizations, and an in-person training event with 74 local CHW/Ps. Each participant received a guide with a certification pathway, core competencies, and resume-building materials, and was fully compensated for their time and participation.
Community Health Workers/Promotores and Representatives at the Central Coast CHW/P/R Capacity Building Collaborative regional partner meeting at the Buellton Recreation Center met in person for the first time in October 2023 to celebrate work to date and plan next steps. Photo: Jamie Perez, Santa Barbara Foundation.
Strategic Roadmap for Our Next Five Years
In 2023, SBF Trustees and staff undertook a rigorous, year-long planning process for our next five years, which will culminate with our 100th anniversary and Centennial Celebration in 2028. Our planning process enlisted the best thinking of a wide range of people who are passionate about the well-being of the Santa Barbara County community – community stakeholders, donors, nonprofit partners, and others – which anchored our roadmap with an understanding of SBF’s purpose countywide.
Based on feedback from the community, we designed our three strategic priorities to weave our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and access into all that we do, and to ensure that our impact reaches every corner of our county.
We will continue programs with proven success and work in partnership with the community and beyond to conceive and support solutions to evolving challenges.
Storyteller Children’s Center, which serves children experiencing adverse challenges in Santa Barbara, opens new doors to kids with experiences like “Snow Day” and other opportunities to broaden horizons. Photo: Storyteller Children’s Center.
Our Collective Impact
2023 SBF Grantees
Through the Foundation’s discretionary dollars, we provide support for organizations that work with our lowest-income neighbors and working families. We are grateful to our 2023 nonprofit partner grantees who work so hard in our communities across Santa Barbara County.
Behavioral Health & Health Care
AHA! – Attitude. Harmony. Achievement.
Cal Poly Partners
Casa Pacifica
Casa Serena
Center for Successful Aging
Community Counseling Center
Community Health Centers of the Central Coast
Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Family Service Agency
The Healing Space
Hillside House
Hospice of Santa Barbara
Interfaith Initiative of Santa BarbaraShowers of Blessing
Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara County
Mental Health Association in Santa Barbara County
Mixteco Indigena Community
Organizing Project (MICOP)
Pacific Pride Foundation
Planned Parenthood of the California Central Coast
Sanctuary Centers
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People
Santa Barbara Response Network
SEE International
SLO Noor Foundation
Standing Together to End Sexual Assault
Transitions Mental Health
What is LOVE
YouthWell
Food
Santa Ynez Valley Community Outreach
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center
Unity Shoppe
Route One Farmers Market
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Shelter & Safety
Channel Islands YMCA
Good Samaritan Shelter
New Beginnings Counseling Center
St. Vincent’s
Transition House
Villa Majella of Santa Barbara
Domestic Violence Solutions
Olive Crest - Hope Refuge Campus
People Assisting the Homeless
The Turner Foundation
Nonprofit Excellence and Capacity
Building Grants
4 Kids 2 Kids
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Boxtales Theatre Company
Boys & Girls Club of the Central Coast
California Lutheran University
C.A.R.E.4Paws
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Carpinteria Community Theatre
Casa Serena
Center for Successful Aging
Central Coast Climate Justice Network
Central Coast Museum Roundtable
Children’s Creative Project
Community Counseling Center
Family Service Agency
Feed the Valley
Food from the Heart
Friendship Adult Day Care Center
The Fund for Santa Barbara
Gateway Educational Services
Goleta Valley Historical Society
Good Samaritan Shelter
Healing Justice SB
Hearts Aligned
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County
Leading from Within
LEAP: Learn Engage·Advocate Partner
Lompoc Hospital District Foundation
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization
Los Padres Forest Watch
Mental Health Association of
Santa Barbara County
Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Barbara
OASIS
One Community Action
Partners in Housing Solutions
Partnership for Excellence
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation
Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network
Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center
Santa Barbara Education Foundation
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Santa Barbara Humane
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara New House
Santa Barbara Partners in Education
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation
Santa Barbara Response Network
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation
Santa Mara Civic Theatre
Santa Maria Valley Historical Society
Santa Maria Valley Open Space
Santa Ynez Therapeutic Riding Program
Santa Ynez Valley Children’s Museum
Santa Ynez Valley People Helping People
Savie Health
The Sea League
Shadows Fund
SYV Fruit & Vegetable Rescue
Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation
The Thriving Initiative
The Turner Foundation
True Nature Society dba Quail Springs
United Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Santa Barbara County
What is LOVE
White Buffalo Land Trust
Wilderness Youth Project
YouthWell
Housing Affordability
2nd Story Associates
Home Builders Association of the Central Coast
Workforce Development
A.T. Still University
Allan Hancock College Foundation
Center for Family Strengthening
Children and Family Resource Services
Economic Alliance Foundation
Family Service Agency
Friends of the Santa Barbara Public Library
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
University of California, Santa Barbara California NanoSystems Institute
Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Santa Barbara County Education Office
Santa Barbara Partners in Education
Ventura County Public Health
William and Lottie Daniel Fund for Child Care Scholarships
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Channel Islands YMCA
Cliff Drive Care Center
Girls Inc. of Carpinteria
Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara
LEAP: Learn·Engage·Advocate·Partner
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation
Santa Maria Valley YMCA
Storyteller Children’s Center
Transition House
Child Care
Allan Hancock College Foundation
Carpinteria Children’s Project
University of California, Santa Barbara Early Childhood Care and Education Services
Saint Mark United Methodist Church
San Marcos Parent-Child Workshop
Santa Barbara County Education Office
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation
Santa Maria Valley YMCA
Storyteller Children’s Center
Conservation, Environment & Public Trails
AHA! – Attitude. Harmony. Achievement.
Boy Scouts of America Council
Channel Islands Restoration
Dos Pueblos Institute
Endangered in California
Environmental Defense Center
Explore Ecology
Gaviota Coast Conservancy
The Land Trust for Santa Barbara County
Lompoc Valley Parks Recreation and Pool Foundation
Los Padres Forest Association
National Park Foundation
Nature Conservancy
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail
Volunteers
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation
United Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Santa Barbara County
White Buffalo Land Trust
Wilderness Youth Project
Your Children’s Trees
Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts
A Compas
Adelfos Ensemble
Alexandra King Dance
Allan Hancock College Auxiliary Programs Corporation
American Dance and Music
Amplify Arts Project
Arts Mentorship Program
Artspace
Be Momentum
Boxtales Theatre Company
Camerata Pacifica
Carpinteria Arts Center
Community Arts Music Association of
Santa Barbara
Creative Netwerk
Dos Pueblos Band Boosters
Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara
Flamenco Arts Festival
Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara
Goleta Education Foundation
Grace Fisher Foundation
Lobero Theatre Foundation
Lompoc California Concert Association
Lompoc Pops Orchestra
Muffin Music
Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Barbara
Music Academy of the West
Nebula Dance Lab
Notes for Notes
Royals Theatre Production Fund
St. Joseph High School
San Marcos Royals Band Boosters
Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative
Santa Barbara Black Culture House
Santa Barbara Blues Society
Santa Barbara Chamber Players
Santa Barbara Choral Society
Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Santa Barbara Community Youth
Performing Arts Center
Santa Barbara Dance Institute
Santa Barbara Education Foundation
Santa Barbara Festival Ballet
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara Opera Association
Santa Barbara Revels
Santa Barbara Strings
Santa Barbara Symphony Orchestra Association
Santa Maria Civic Theatre
Santa Maria Philharmonic Society
Santa Ynez Valley Chorale
Solvang School Education Foundation
Spotlight Kids Camp
State Street Ballet
Summer Solstice Celebration
Transform Through Arts
UCSB Department of Theater and Dance
Westmont College Theatre Arts Department
Youth Arts Alive
Tri-Counties Blood Bank
Marian Regional Medical Center Foundation
National Blood Foundation Research & Education Trust Fund
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast
Regents of the University of California, Santa Barbara Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Foundation
Savie Health
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara Pacific Pride Foundation
Vitalant Foundation
Expanded Learning Advancing
Educational Equity
CommUnify
Fighting Back Santa Maria Valley
The Fund for Santa Barbara
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center
People for Leisure and Youth
People’s Self-Help Housing
Santa Barbara Education Foundation
Santa Ynez Valley Airport Authority
Youth Mental Health
Carpinteria Unified School District
Family Service Agency
Community Disaster Relief Fund
805 UndocuFund
American National Red Cross
Easy Lift Transportation, Inc.
Family Service Agency
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Good Samaritan Shelter, Inc.
Los Amigos de Guadalupe
Los Padres Forest Association
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade
Santa Barbara Response Network
United Way of Santa Barbara County, Inc.
Additional Grantees
Color Bloq
Common Table Foundation
Dunn School
Friends of the Lompoc Public Library System
The Fund for Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Center for the Performing Arts
Santa Barbara Public Library Foundation
Santa Barbara School of Squash
Our Collective Impact
Donors, Fundholders, Agency Endowments, Field of Interest Funds, Committee Advised Funds, Fiscal Sponsorships, and Supporting Organizations
Thank you to our donors who believe in pooling our collective resources for our community and/or have made gifts to one of SBF’s discretionary funds. These contributions enable us to facilitate solutions to Santa Barbara County’s toughest challenges and to meet critical needs with flexible, relevant support.
Community Champions (in bold): Donors who contributed $1,000 or more to the SBF Community Engagement Fund to support basic needs for our community members with most urgent need.
* Deceased
$100,000+
Cavalletto Charities
Lindsey Duca
Cleo & Solomon Hill
League of California Community Foundations
Volentine Family Foundation
$25,000-$99,999
The Cleo Purdy Fund for Early Childhood Education & English
Pierce Dunn & Lee Hoyt
Florence & Laurence Spungen Family Foundation
Manitou Foundation
Robert & Ruth Reingold
Saggy Ave Fund
Dale Zurawski & Geoff Slaff
$10,000-$24,999
Anonymous
Timothy & Hollister Armour
Mr. & Mrs. Edward P. Bousa
John Carbon & Louise Clarke
Stephanie & John Connaughton
Marni & Michael Cooney
Ronald Cooper
Ken & Francie Jewesson
Kleid Family Charitable Fund
John & Janet Kruger
The Lehrer Family Charitable Fund
Pamela & Daniel Macal
McMogul, Inc
Michael & Aleisa Pfau
Russell & Sharon Rumberger
Ken & Jo Saxon
Sandy Schoolfield & Jon Kechejian
$5,000-$9,999
George & Deborah Adam
Albert & Bessie Warner Fund
Anonymous (2)
Alberta Binns
Linda Stafford Burrows
County of Santa Barbara
Gwen & Rodger Dawson
Vasanti & Joel Fithian
Pamela Gann & David Hardee
Rafael Gonzalez
Gina Jannotta
Stephen & Dee Jones
Julia McLanahan
Mary & James Morouse
The Murphy Foundation
Marcie Musser
Bob & Lynn Nakasone
Nakasone Family Foundation
Henry & Nanette Nevins
Albert Reid
Ginger Salazar & Brett Matthews
Gary Simpson & Jill Nida
Tracy & Bruce Stouffer
Truist Foundation
Zohar Ziv
Ziv Family Charitable Fund
$1,000-$4,999
Diane & Kieran Adam
Peter & Becky Adams
AgWest Farm Credit
Todd Aldrich
Cindy & Phillip Alvarado
David & Lyn Anderson
Ann Jackson Family Foundation
AugustOne Foundation
Gunther & Mary Jane Baumgartner
Mary Becker
Donald & Susan Bennett
Rod & Sharon Berle
Shirley Boydstun
David & Jackie Carrera
Robin Cederlof
Alec & Cindy Chambers
Charter Brokerage & Investment Company
Thomas & Sheila Cullen
Randall Day & Bill Hurbaugh
Elizabeth Denison
Mil & Bill Duncan
Laurie Eusey & Paul Deal
Ken Falstrom
Dennis Forster & Cynder Sinclair
Judy Frost
Geoff & Roxanne Gaggs
George Isaac Foundation
Mitch Glanz & Gayle Abramson
Christopher Gorelik
David Grotenhuis & Anna GustafsonGrotenhuis
Gary & Susan Gulbransen
Jane & Norm Habermann
Peter & Christine Hagan
Bob & Vicki Hazard
Randal Hernandez
Steve & Patsy Hicks
Jackie Inskeep
George & Shari Isaac
Angel & Lisa Iscovich
Thad & Laurie MacMillan
Pam Maines
Judd Malkin
Robert & Elizabeth Manger
Judy & Charlie Markline
Kenneth & Carol Masuda
Lucille Mayer
McCune Foundation
Danna McGrew & John Britton
Mark & Laurie McKinley
Robert McNall
Jeff Moody
Mullen & Henzell LLP
Mary Nanning
Gary & Anna Nett
Loi & Adele Nguyen
Lisa Nordquist
Jerry Olivera
Ernesto Paredes
Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy LLP
Susan & Tom Richards
Natalie & Matt Rowe
RRM Design Group
Janis Salin
Sheldon & Alice Sanov
Lynn Sarko & Laurie Ashton
Missy & Chuck Sheldon
Eileen Sheridan & Roger Wilde
Mary & James Spallino
Nancy Stewart
Linda & Brian Tedsen
Grace Thomas
Patricia Tisch
Anne Towbes
Towbes Foundation
Kimberly Vawter
Nicholas & Patricia Weber
Todd Yuba
$1-$999
Duncan & Meredith Abbott
Brett Alldredge
Lynn & Joel Altschul
Antonio Alvarez
Jorge Luis Alvarez
Petra Amaro
AmazonSmile Foundation
American Signs
Jill & Corey Anderson
Anonymous
Anne Ashmore
Lee Asseo
Becky Barieau
Melinda Barrow
Diane Baskin
Ginger Beebe
Roslyn Bendet
Robert Benham
Carla Berkowitz
Burt & Judith Bernstein
Larry & Jamie Bickford
Marty & Joseph Blum
Thomas & Gail Boehme
David & Teresa Bothman
Ken & Sandra Boyd
Maggie & Gary Bradley
Lester Breeze
Melissa Brooks
Shari Brooks
Michael Brown
Roger & Sandra Bunch
Stanley Bursten
Bill Burtness
Linda Butterwick
Nigel Buxton
Francisco & Rosie Calvillo
Lois Capps
James Carbone
Betsy Carlson
Bob & Judith Carpenter
Dr. Marianne D. Caston
Pamela & David Caswell
Maria Caudillo
Joe & Sylvia Centeno
Charles & Diane Chester
Caldecot Chubb
Marilyn Clayton
Carmen Craviotto*
SBF proudly supports our county’s aspiring scholars with funding to the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (SFSB). In 2023, we donated $952,900, which funded 184 scholarships. North County students received 55% of funds, while 45% was awarded to South County scholars.
SBF also supports scholars via The Breitling Out-of-State College Scholarship Fund, established by donor Jacqueline H. Breitling to help local female high schoolers visit colleges outside California. Over the last decade, 53 Breitling grants have been awarded countywide totaling $59,000.
"If it weren't for this visit, I wouldn't have known I prefer a tighter-knit community like Brown."
NATALIE MARTINEZ, Breitling Scholarship recipient Attending Brown University, Fall 2024
Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts grants supported the Santa Maria Philharmonic and other performing arts organizations to expand opportunities and access to live dance, music, and theater in Santa Barbara County.
Photo: Bob Houchens.
Robin & Bruce Tiffney
Tisbest Philanthropy
Robert Torian & Carol Sawyer
Chris Ulep
Deanna Vallejo
MaryAnn & William Veroski
Daniel & Danielle Villalpando
Wendy Vos
Thomas Walden
Ronald Walter
Robert & Anne Weber
Vicki & James Wedmore
Alex Weinstein
Elizabeth Weinstein
Alan Weiss & Cheryl Smith
Mark Wienke & Nancy Cohen
Judy Willis
Brett Wilson
Mrs. Irwin Winer
Dean & Raymonda Wisdom
Bruce & Jean Wollenberg
David Yager
Grayson Young
Barbara Young
Kevin Young
Eric Zahm & Stacey Geldin
Donald & Eleanor Ziehl
Allan & Beverly Zukor
Funds at SBF
Agency Endowments
American Malacological Society
Angels Foster Care of Santa Barbara Fund
Buellton Library Endowment
Carpinteria Rotary Charitable Foundation
Charlotte’s Web Children’s Library Endowment
CSSA Endowment Fund
Domestic Violence Solutions Fund
Faith Lutheran Church Endowment Fund
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County Fund
Friends of Los BaÑos Del Mar Pool
General Libraries Endowment
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria Endowment Fund
Goleta Lions Charities Fund
Good Samaritan
Good Samaritan Shelter
Grants Fund of the Santa Maria Arts Council
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center Endowment Fund
The Hancock Promise Endowment
Ian M. Hassett Foundation
Jim Stanley Memorial Endowment
Legacy Fund of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of Ojai
Lions Sight and Hearing Center
Lobero Theatre Endowment Fund
Lompoc Library Endowment
Meals on Wheels-Santa Maria Valley Montecito Retirement Association
Morning Rotary of Carpinteria Charitable Foundation, Inc.
New Directions Endowment
Northern Santa Barbara County United Way Endowment Fund
Orcutt Children’s Arts Foundation, Inc. Endowment
Partners in Education/Computers for Families Fund
Peggy Bergmann PYFC Endowment Fund
People for Leisure and Youth Fund
Rotary Club of Santa Barbara Sunrise Charitable Foundation
Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade Maintenance Fund
Santa Barbara Choral Society
Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation
Santa Barbara Education Foundation Fund
Santa Barbara Humane Society Endowment Fund
Santa Barbara Meals on Wheels, Inc. Endowment Fund
Santa Barbara Vintners’ Fund
Santa Maria Boys & Girls Club Foundation Endowment Fund
Santa Maria Breakfast Rotary Foundation
Santa Maria Valley YMCA
Santa Ynez Valley Humane Society Endowment Fund
Smooth Inc.
Social Justice Fund for Ventura County
Storyteller’s Managed Equity Portfolio Fund
Student Art Fund
SYVTRP Endowment
Therapy Dogs of Santa Barbara
Unity of Santa Barbara Endowment Fund
Unity Shoppe Endowment Fund
Village Library Endowment
VTC Enterprises Charitable Fund
Wildling Museum Endowment
Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara - Agency Endowment
Committee Advised Funds
Adam Anthony Villa Scholarship
Birnam Wood Members Veterans Scholarship Committee
Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation Restaurant Fund
The Giving List Fund
Jack O’Keefe Junior Golf Foundation
Orcutt Aquacenter Fund
Rafe Sagarin Fund for Innovative Ecology
Senior Programs of Santa Barbara
We honored community members for their outstanding service to the Santa Maria Valley at Celebrate Philanthropy at the Santa Maria Country Club. From left: Mario A. Juarez, Esq. (Photo: Randy de la Peña.), and the DeBrum Family, from left: Landon Brown, Laura, Faith, and Ronnie DeBrum, and Harley. (Photo: Courtesy.)
The 80th Person of the Year awards luncheon at the Hilton Beachfront Resort Rotunda celebrated South County residents Joe Howell and Elisabeth Fowler for their lasting and impactful service to the community. Photo: David Kafer.
Donor Advised Funds
A.A. Alexander Fund
Ackerman Family Fund
Adams Family Fund
Aera Energy Fund
Ainsley Family Fund
Aizenstat/Hansen Family Fund
Anapamu Fund
Animal Rescue Fund of Santa Barbara
Ann C. Self Fund
Anonymous
The Antenore Fund
AOK Fund
Artemisia Fund
Ava G. Morouse Fund
Barbara and Ernest Marx Fund
Barbara Bradley Fund
Barbara Delaune Warren Fund
Barbara Kessel Fund
Barry and Norris Goss Fund
Bassett Charitable Gift Fund
The Beatrice B. Hamlin Fund
Benham Family Fund
Betty Bennet Gordon Fund
Blythewood Family Trust Fund
Brad N. Baker and Sharlene Shipman Baker Fund
Brasch and Nanning Family Fund
The Brooktree Fund
Browne Family Fund
Burnham Family Fund
Campbell Family Fund
Carlin Dunne Foundation
Carolyn and Liam Murphy Family Fund
Carrera Family Fund
Carter Fund
Case Family Charitable Fund
Cathy Carter Duncan Fund
Chaparral Fund
Chirman Family Fund
Cielito Fund
Clarity Ventures Charitable Fund
Cleo and Sol Hill Fund
Cody Duncan Fund
Connor O’Keefe Fund
Cox Charities Foundation
The CWP Fund
De La Guerra Fund
Deborah & Ken Pontifex Fund
Dee and Steve Jones Fund
Dellanina Family Trust Fund
Demboski & Chapman Financial and Insurance Solutions Fund
Derek Duncan Fund
Diane and Don Jackson Fund
Diane and Kieran Adam Fund
Diane Hester and Ray Hester Fund
Don and Susan Bennett Family Fund
Dorothea B. Hawes Family Fund
Dr. John La Puma Eco Medicine and
Nature Fund
Dr. Howard R. Bierman and Anthony (Andy) Granatelli Fund
Dr. Peter L. Morris Endowed Fund
Duca Project 44
Dunn Family Fund
Dusenberry Fiedel Family Fund
Ed Graper Fund
Education, Youth and Community Fund
Eryn Shugart Fund
ESPERANZA: Prof. Antonio R. & Margarita
O. Molina Charitable Fund
Eternal Investments Fund
The Eusey/Deal Fund
Evenden Family Fund
The Fess Parker Family Fund
Figueroa Fund
Forrest and Priscilla Mori Fund
Fox Family Fund
Frank and Joseph Gila Fund
Gainey Family Fund
Garland & Brenda Reiter Family Foundation Fund
Gary and Susan Miles Gulbransen Family Fund
Gertman Family Fund
Gilliriemaland Foundation
Glen Henry Mitchel Fund
Grateful Adam Fund
Gretchen and Marshall Milligan Fund
Griffin Saxon Fund
Grunzweig Family Fund
Gwen Taylor Dawson Fund
Haight Family Fund
Hilary Peattie Fund
The Hill Family Fund
Himovitz Family Fund
Honikman Family Fund
Hope Saxon Fund
Houghton and Benjamin Hyatt Family Fund
Howard and Nancy Mel Fund
Hugh J. Ralston Charitable Fund
Ilan M. and Barbara G. Levi Fund
Jack and Gretchen Norqual Foundation
Jacqueline & Adrien Abbud Fund
James M. & Marian F. Slater Fund
Jannotta Family Fund
Jason & Priscilla Gaines Family Foundation
Jerry & Jackie Inskeep Fund
The Jim Ryerson Environmental Foundation Fund
JMK Fund
Joan and Roger Craton Donor Advised Fund
Joel F. & Alice Bliss Studebaker Fund
John A. Moseley Fund
John C. Morouse Fund
Judith Stapelmann Fund
Judy & Frank Ghezzi Fund
Judy and Leon Bartholomew Family Fund
Julie L. Capritto Fund
Kathryn and Larkin McCormack Fund
Kay and Chip Marsh Fund
Keaney-Wright Fund
KEF Fund
Ken and Jo Saxon Fund
Kent and Lauren Burton, Trustees of K&L Burton Family Trust
Kiefer-Roberts Family Fund
Kirby Foundation Fund (in Memory of Bob Kirby)
Knowles Family Fund
La Centra-Sumerlin Fund
Len Jarrot Charitable Fund
Let There Be Light Fund
Lewis-Towbes Family Fund
The Lion and the Rose Fund
Liselotte Kuttler Charitable Fund
Loon Point Fund
Lucent Wealth Charitable Fund
Lucille E. Mayer Fund
Luno Care Camping Fund
Lynn Gamble and Glenn Russell Family Fund
Macal Family Fund
MacMurray Family Fund
Margaret L. Rhodes Fund
Margaret Waller Fund
Marilyn A. Makepeace Fund
Marjorie Kenyon Fund
Mary G. Miranda Fund for Youth
Mary Smith Fund
Marylinn Green Family Fund
Michael and Diane Wondolowski Fund
Michael and JoAnne Meade Young Fund
Michael and Nancy Martz Fund
Michael Towbes Fund
Michelle Falvey Memorial Fund
Mitchel Family Fund
MKCE Sheldon Family Fund
Molly Morouse Fund
Moody Family Fund
Morouse Family Fund
The Moseley Family Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Gowing Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Ziegler Fund
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Kistler Fund
Mr. James R. Warren Fund
Mr. John DeGroot Fund
Mr. Larry Schnur Fund
Mr. Palmer G. Jackson, Jr. Fund
Mrs. Carolyn D. Thresher Fund
Mrs. Mary Louise Gee Fund
Nancy Even and Joel Ohlgren Fund
Nancy Gunzberg Fund
Natalie Orfalea Foundation
Nicholas and Patricia Weber Fund
Nick Johnson Memorial Athletic Fund
Nina C. Vergari Family Fund
Patricia M. Gainey (Tish Gainey) Fund
Paul & Mary Genis Fund
Peter & Linda Beuret Fund
Peter Karoff Endowment for Poetry in Santa Barbara
Pittman and Strickfaden Family Fund
Play It Forward Fund
Polly & David Van Horne Fund
Poomer Fund for Anne Smith Towbes
Posada Family Fund
Power Lead Trust Fund
Priscilla and Daniel Ng Family Fund
The Randolph and Patricia Scott Family Fund
The RBK Fund
Rieffel Charitable Fund
Rio’s Promise Fund
The Robert & Linda Badal Charitable Fund
Robert Duncan Economics/History Fund
Robert H. and Inge M. Uphoff Fund
Robin Hill Cederlof Fund
Roehrig Family Fund
Romo Family Fund
Rowland Family Fund
Ryan & Sarah Muzzy Family Fund
Ryan Taylor College Readiness Fund
Saggy Ave Fund
Santa Barbara Associates Fund
Saturday Family Fund
Save Your Stuff Humanitarian Fund
Scalapino Family Fund
Schlosser Family Fund
Schoolfield/Kechejian Family Fund
SFT Charitable Fund
Sheldon Charitable Fund
Shepard Family Trust
Sherwin Family Fund
Silvio D. DiLoreto Fund
Skinner Family Fund
Skinner Social Impact Fund
SOCKES (Student Opportunity for Catholic Knowledge and Education Scholarship) Fund
Sonos Foundation
Starfish Housing Committee Fund
Stephen M. & Patricia D. Hicks Fund
Sternin Family Fund
Steve and Cindy Lyons Fund
Steve and Suzanne Weintraub Fund
Steven L. Karan Fund
Swan Creek Fund
Sycamore Fund
Ted Rhodes and Joan Pascal Fund
Terry and Sally Eagle Fund
Thomas Paine Fund
Tim and Louise Casey Family Fund
Timothy K. and Virginia A. Bliss Fund
Tisha Weber Ford Family Fund
Topworks
Towbes Foundation Fund
Vermeer Fund
Vista Fund
Walker Family Fund
Walter J. and Holly O. Thomson Fund
The Wang Fund
Weller Charitable Fund
Wilde/Sheridan Fund
Willfong-Singh Family Fund
William P. Neil Fund
The Wyatt Family Foundation
Yzurdiaga Family Fund
Zannon Family Foundation
The Zimmer Fund
Zurawski Slaff Family Fund
Donor Designated Funds
Alfred and Rosalind Perlman Trust Fund
Ann C. Self Trust DDF
Breitling College Visit Scholarship Fund
C. William Schlosser Fund
Carpinteria Junior Lifeguards
Charles W. & Margaret F. Morrice Fund
Christopher Carroll Fund
Clifford and Bernadette Silliman Family Trust
Computers for Families Fund
Curletti Family Fund
Dr. John La Puma Eco Medicine and Nature Fund
Edward Robert Doty Fund
The Endowment for Youth Committee Fund
Ethel V. Dieterich Fund
F.M. Kauffman Fund
Francis and Marianna Masin Human Services Fund
Friends of the Orcutt Library Fund
Fund for a Better Santa Barbara
George and Marlene Riemer Fund for Cottage Hospital
George and Marlene Riemer Fund for Hillside House
George and Marlene Riemer Fund for the Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
Holderman Endowment for La Patera School Fund
John & Peggy Maximus Fund for Music Academy of the West
John & Peggy Maximus Fund for Santa Barbara Museum of Art
John & Peggy Maximus Fund for Santa Barbara Public Library
John & Peggy Maximus Fund for SB Museum of Natural History
South County supporters joined us at our Catalyst Reception at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum to learn about how their giving inspired and fueled our work in 2023. Pictured from left: 2023 Trustee Ginger Salazar, Vivian Solodkin, and Brett Matthews. Photo: Veronica Slavin.
SBF Trustee Phil Alvarado and CEO Jackie Carrera greet Bill and Barbara Cirone at our Friends of SBF luncheon at Trattoria Uliveto in Orcutt. Photo: Chris Lorimer.
Donor Designated Funds (cont.)
June and Jim Patrick Foodbank Endowment Fund
Katherine Harvey Fellows Endowment Fund
Lobero Theatre Foundation Operating Endowed Fund
Maurice L. and Florence Pfeiler Boyd Fund
Mercedes L. Gutierrez Fund
Mimi Habush Memorial Endowment
Preston and Sterling Morton Fund
Rodney C. Bond Electric Education Scholarship Designated Fund
Santa Barbara Flag Project Endowment Fund
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Endowed Fund
SB Choral Society Artist Support Fund
Science Endowment Fund
Sophia Morton Fund
St. Andrew’s Neighborhood Clinic Support Fund
Taft Gardens and Nature Reserve Fund
Thomas E. Hugunin and Elenore H. Hugunin Endowment Fund
William S. Gill Scholarship Fund
Winona Fund for Community Arts Music Association Fund
Yvonne Dibblee Donohoe Fund
Field of Interest Funds
4R Fund
Access Theatre Endowment Fund
Anette La Hough Fund
Ava P. Richards Fund
Ballentine Fund
Barbara J. Wright & Phyllis E. Zimmerman Scholarship Fund
Barbara L. Heimlich Fund
Behrendt-Gildea Foundation
Birnam Wood Helping Hands Fund
Build Up Santa Barbara County
Business Community Partners Fund
CA Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Fund
Carlin Dunne Foundation
The Cleo Purdy Fund for Early Childhood Education & English Language Proficiency
Clifford and Bernadette Silliman Family Trust
Community Disaster Relief Fund
David E. Maccianti Memorial Scholarship Fund
Edica Mary Uccello Scholarship Fund
Emergency Business Assistance Program
Emily Lawrence Newton Fund
Energy Partners Fund
The George and Marlene Riemer Fund
George H. and Olive J. Griffiths Memorial Scholarship Fund
Gilbert V. Hamilton Fund for Seniors
Gilbert V. Hamilton Fund for Student Aid
Global Neighborhood Fund
Gwendolyn M. Floro Fund for Grantmaking
Gwendolyn M. Floro Fund for Scholarships
Harold R. Schwalenberg Memorial Fund
Hollis Norris Endowed Fund for Conservation and Environment
Isabel Hayden Bartolome Student Loan Fund
Jack Perrin Foundation
Jake Gimbel Trust
John & Peggy Maximus Fund for Foster Care Students Fund
Lillian B. Smith Student Aid Fund
Louise F. Mollath Fund
Madeline Verga Schroll Fund
Marianne and Stacy Cocks Endowed Fund
Marianne and Stacy Cocks Fund
Marty Karoff Fund for Social Venture Partners of SB
Mary K. and Edith Pillsbury Foundation Fund
Max Lynn and Shirley A. Lynn Memorial Fund
May Lindgren Fund
Mental Wellness Fund for Youth
Mercedes H. Eichholz Health Services Fund
Mercedes H. Eichholz Scholarship Fund
Mildred G. Federico Fund
The Nancy and David Potter Scholarship Fund
Norton R. and Maude Ellen Cowden Income Trust Fund
Ojai Women’s Fund
Otis M. Williams & Evelyn Freeman Williams Fund
P. Paul and Pauline B. Riparetti Medical Scholarship Fund
Patricia Sharpsteen Fund
Robert K. and Barbara J. Straus Fund
Robert O. Dougan Fund
Rubie Burton Fund
Ruth and Walter C. Klass Scholarship Fund
S. Jordan Family Fund
Santa Barbara Better Together Fund
Santa Barbara Boys Choir Scholarship Fund
Santa Barbara Foundation Conservation and Restoration Fund
Shalawa Preserve Maintenance Fund
Sherman and Elizabeth Asche Memorial Scholarship Fund
Siefe Family Loan Fund
Silvio DiLoreto Scholarship Fund
Slosser Fund for Nonprofit Collaboration
Social Venture Partners Santa Barbara
The Toporeck Family Student Aid Fund
Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts
Tri-Counties Blood Bank Field of Interest Fund
Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary Fund
Vow4Mal
Westside Youth Initiative
William and Lottie Daniel Child Care Fund
William F. Gunnerson Fund
Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara
Zurawski-Slaff Fund
Fiscal Sponsorships
Academy of Imaginal Arts and Sciences
Arts and Culture Fund for Santa Barbara County
The Asclepian Foundation of Western Medicine Fund
Carpinteria Living Shoreline Festival
CBeyondcancer
Cognitive Science Project
Community Trauma Care
Design a Renewable Energy Regulatory Pathway
Down Syndrome Association of Santa Barbara County
Feed the Valley
Folk Orchestra Santa Barbara
Foothills Forever Fund
Fundacion Cielo
Healing Justice SB
The Hearing Loop Fund
Hearts Aligned, Inc.
Hope Ranch Beautification Fund
Hope Ranch Community Fund
introNetworks/805Connect Fund
Julia Child Fund for the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience
Juneteenth Santa Barbara
The Key Class Fund
Local Justice Alliance
Magoo’s Shoes
Needs To Foundation
One Community Bridge Project
OURVOICE
Pacifica Graduate Institute Fund
Pacifica SOUL Promise
Pomegranate Arts Fund
ROOTED Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara Better Together Economic Development
Santa Barbara County Alliance for Arts Education
Santa Barbara County Mask Network
Santa Barbara Random Acts of Kindness Fund
SB Poetry
SBsnap
School Wellness Council
Sustainablefuture.org
Zoomers to Boomers
Supporting Organizations
Eric and Kelly Schwartz Charitable Trust
Highland Santa Barbara Foundation Inc.
Our Collective Impact
Financial Report
As of and for the year ended December 31, 2023
SBF’s Balance Sheet*
$ 764,586,000
$ 802,188,000
Income Statement*
New Trustees
A fifth-generation Santa Maria Valley grower, George Adam earned a B.S. in agricultural business from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He returned to work with his family for Adam Farms as a harvest manager. George and his spouse Debbie have since been business partners in numerous farming-related entities over three decades.
George has served as a board member for multiple agriculture service organizations and is currently on the boards of Preservation, Inc., Marian Regional Medical Center, and others.
George and Debbie have been married for 39 years and have four children and seven grandchildren. He spends his free time hunting and hiking.
Kiah Jordan, MSSE, CFP®, ChFC®, CLPF
Kiah Jordan founded Impact Family Office to align clients’ values and goals across their investments, spending, and philanthropy. He serves as a trustee for clients with complex estate plans, real estate, and family businesses.
He is a Certified Financial Planner™, a Chartered Financial Consultant®, and a licensed professional fiduciary.
Kiah earned bachelor’s degrees in economics/ business and Spanish from Westmont College, and an M.S. in social entrepreneurship from the USC Marshall School of Business.
He serves on boards of the Sustainable Change Alliance, Santa Barbara Rescue Mission, Leading From Within, Towbes Foundation, and more.
He enjoys outdoor adventures with his wife and four children and plays soccer in a local league.
George Adam Alexandra Allen
Alexandra Allen holds a B.A. in communications from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, an M.Ed. from the University of Mary in North Dakota, and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law.
A former investment management attorney, she most recently served as in-house counsel at Main Street Produce and Freshway Farms in Santa Maria.
A native Californian and Santa Maria resident for 14 years, she has served on boards for the Solid Rock Foundation for Children, Salvation Army, and others. She is currently on the County Agricultural Advisory Committee.
She enjoys gardening, spending time with her Percheron draft horses, and reading about American history.
Lois Mitchell
From 2016 to 2021, Lois Mitchell provided philanthropic expertise to 18 diverse foundation clients and UCSB Arts & Lectures
Thematic Learning program. She served on advisory councils and nonprofit boards, co-led the National Center for Family Philanthropy Strategic Lifespan Peer Network, and managed over 50 interactive public events featuring global speakers, politicians, authors, and celebrities.
As Orfalea Foundation’s President from 2000-2015, Lois led a 20+ member team to build cross-sector coalitions, strategic initiatives, and legacy spenddown. She also developed international product licensing, publishing, and marketing.
For 42 Santa Barbara-based years, Lois and her husband Mark have raised two daughters, and enjoy architectural design, gardens, classic cars, and travel.
Staff Honored in 2023
JACKIE CARRERA President & CEO
Heroes of Hospice Hospice of Santa Barbara
Top Women in Business
50 Most Influential People in the Region
State of Philanthropy Roundtable
Pacific Coast Business Times
TAMMY SIMS JOHNSON
Vice President, Philanthropic Services
Black Leadership Roundtable
Pacific Coast Business Times
SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION
Central Coast Best Places to Work
Editor’s Choice: Nonprofits
Coast Business Times
2024 Trustees
Matt Rowe, Chair
Angel Iscovich, MD, Vice Chair
Danna McGrew, Treasurer
Michael Pfau, Secretary
Stephen Hicks, Chair Emeritus
George Adam
Alexandra Allen
Phil Alvarado
Dr. Richard Beswick
2024 Staff
Jackie Carrera, President & CEO
Todd Yuba, Vice President, Finance and Administration
