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On Thursday, April 28, the Santa Barbara Education Foundation hosted the Hope Awards to celebrate individuals and programs supporting students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.

A whopping $900,000 was awarded this week to 11 local nonprofit agencies reflecting the largest annual pool of contributions in the 18-year history of the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara.

Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County thanks UCSB’s Sigma Alpha Zeta sorority for its valiant efforts in supporting domestic violence survivors in the community and beyond.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s raises over $200K in Santa Barbara, Funds raised support local families battling dementia

The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors joined officials in communities across the nation by proclaiming October Dyslexia Awareness Month.

This year, over 450 supporters joined Hospice of Santa Barbara for their 9th Annual Heroes of Hospice virtual event to raise 170k to help support their work throughout the Santa Barbara community.

The Santa Barbara Dance Institute has received support from California Arts Council through the arts and cultural organization's general operating relief grant. 

Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation’s Gold Ribbon Campaign Raises Awareness for Pediatric Cancer Throughout September: Dreaming Big Takes Families Facing Pediatric Cancer From Surviving to Thriving

Assemblymember Steve Bennett is honored to celebrate Community Partners in Caring as Nonprofit of the Year for Assembly District 37.

The Family Service Agency is seeking volunteer Ombudsman Representatives to serve close to 5,000 residents in 133 long-term care facilities throughout Santa Barbara County. 

The Freedom Warming Centers of Santa Barbara County will continue its services under a new fiscal agency administered by Good Samaritan Shelter.

Pacific Pride Foundation is part of a National Cohort to receive $500,000 from Deckers Brands for social justice work.

Pride Month is finally here, and with it comes a whole month of joy and celebration. But our celebration doesn't have to stop on July 1st, which is why Pacific Pride Foundation is celebrating a Summer of Pride!

The nonprofit of the week is Hillside, a residential care community for adults living with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Santa Barbara, and they're celebrating the birthday of their longest resident.

The Assistance League of Santa Barbara is opening its Prom Dress Boutique free of charge to anyone who needs it.

Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine is on a mission to vaccinate the local homeless population and farm workers.

The Community Environmental Council proudly announces Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, as the recipient of its 2021 Environmental Hero Award.

The California Central Coast Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association continues to offer free educational webinars taught in Spanish, in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Promotores Network.

This month People’s Self-Help Housing will be opening a new property called Heath House located on E. Sola Street.

In their 2020 review, the Santa Barbara and Santa Maria Humane Societies saw a large increase in pet medical needs.

Santa Barbara County now has its first - and currently only - fully accredited Department of Justice representative.

The Courthouse Legacy Foundation announced Phase 1 of the courthouse great arch restoration project is now complete.

The Teddy Bear Cancer Foundation has created Season of Hope, a campaign that aims to help give these families a joyful holiday season and support them with basic needs going into 2021.

Peoples’ Self-Help Housing welcomed 78 new households home to their new affordable housing properties just in time for the holidays.

The Santa Barbara Education Foundation awarded a total of 55 grants to SB Unified teachers totaling over $109,000 to meet the needs of their students.

The Community Environmental Council (CEC) is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year by District 37 Assemblywoman Monique Limón.

November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. To mark these events, the Alzheimer’s Association is encouraging people to lend a helping hand to more than 1,624,000 California family members and friends serving as Alzheimer’s caregivers.

Nearly 300 area residents participated in this year’s Santa Barbara Walk to End Alzheimer’s on November 7.

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is asking community members to donate 4,000 fresh or frozen turkeys and chickens to provide healthy holiday meals to local families who cannot afford them.

The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County is building awareness about hunger and food insecurity throughout the community and raising funds to end hunger in Santa Barbara County with Empty Bowls 2020.