Fund for Santa Barbara- Fall Grant Awards Celebration

The FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA will host the 2018 Grant Awards Celebration on Tuesday, December 4th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Veterans’ Memorial Building located at 313 West Tunnel St.  

We will be awarding our Fall General Cycle Grants and our Immigrant Legal Defense Fund Grants. Attendees will be treated to live music by Gerardo Melendrez and appetizers served up by Testa’s Catering. Spanish and ASL interpretation will be provided and everyone is welcome!

The Fall 2018 Single-Year Grant Recipients are…

Californians for Pesticide Reform / Organizing to reduce the pesticide threat in SB County – $10,000 

Funding to support the pesticide reform movement in Santa Barbara by educating residents about the hazards pesiticides pose. 

Cuyama Valley REC Fund / Cuyama Valley REC Fund (non-profit start up) – $5,400

Seed funding for the capacity to build an organization that will provide basic community programs in the Cuyama Valley

Families ACT!/  Jail Advocacy Project – $10,000 

Funding for a community campaign that focuses on organizing and educating families that have someone behind bars so they can be better support for their loved ones.

Interfaith Initiative of Santa Barbara for Showers of Blessings / Radical Hospitality! Transforming the way people experience homelessness are seen and served – $7,550 

Support for volunteer recruitment and trainings that focus on compassionate care in an effort to shift the way the public views homelessness.

La Casa de la Raza / KZAA-LP Community Radio Project – $10,000 

Conitnued support for a platform that gives a voice to the Latino community and other marginalized groups in Santa Barbara County.

NAACP, Santa Maria-Lompoc / Women’s March Santa Maria Valley – $7,350

Funding to pay for the mandatory fees required by the city of Santa Maria to hold a march that advocates for the rights of women.  

Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas, Inc. / Farmworker Women Addressing and Preventing Sexual Violence in their Workplace – $10,000 

Funding to support the efforts of farmworker women to end sexual violence in their workplace.

Parrot Rainbow Conservatory / Building a Village of Diverseability – $5,660

Seed funding to establish a coalition of individuals with disabilities, their families and allies in an effort to build a trusting community.

Restorative Community Network / Voices Restorative Dialogue – $5,750

Funding to help bridge the gap and misunderstanding of each other between law enforcement and the communities they serve.

Santa Barbara County Action Network- SBCAN / Youth Arts Alive – $6,000

Continued support for art classes that are culturally responsive and which gives youth an alternative for getting involved in their community. 

Santa Barbara Response Network / Immigration Advocacy Collaborative – $10,000

Support to continue coordinating the Immigration Advocacy Collaborative and help the migrant communities of Santa Barbara with legal needs.

The Mobile Homeowners Project – $7,290

Continued 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.

Our Immigrant Legal Defense Fund Grantees are…

MICOP / Immigration Legal Assistance – $10,000

Funding to support culturally and linguistically competent immigration legal assistance in the Santa Maria area. 

IMPORTA Santa Barbara / Expansion of North County Through Hiring and Training  $10,000

Funding to train someone that can provide professional and skilled immigration services to South and Central Coast Immigrant Communities.     

The FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA’s grant-making and capacity building programs support community groups working for social, economic, environmental and political change throughout Santa Barbara County. Since 1980, The FUND has awarded over $5 million to more than 1,000 community projects and organizations including CAUSE, Environmental Defense Center, SBCAN, Pacific Pride Foundation, Just Communities, and the Legal Aid Foundation. 

In addition, The FUND provides free capacity building in the areas of fundraising, community organizing, organizational development, advocacy, strategic planning and effective use of media to more than 300 projects each year.

The Fall Grant Awards Celebration is open to the public at 5:00 p.m. There is no fee, but a $10 donation is suggested at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. The event is a time to celebrate the work of the community-based organizations receiving grants, as well as 37 years of The FUND FOR SANTA BARBARA’s work in our community.

To join in the festivities or for more information, please call (805) 922-1707 or visit www.fundforsantabarbara.org

What: 2018 Fall Grant Awards Celebration 

Where:  Veterans’ Memorial Building located at 313 West Tunnel St

When: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 – 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Why:    Celebrate the work of grassroots community organizations receiving $95,000 in grants!

RSVP:  https://www.fundforsantabarbara.org/grantawards/