The Fund for Santa Barbara

Philanthropic Fundraising ServicesCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees

The Fund for Santa Barbara is a nonprofit community foundation based in Santa Barbara, California. Established in 1980, it supports local organizations and groups working toward progressive social change in Santa Barbara County, with a focus on economic, environmental, political, racial, and social justice. The organization aims to help identify solutions to current and emerging social problems and to empower communities that have historically lacked access to justice and equity. With a staff of a few dozen, it operates as a mid-sized local philanthropic foundation.

In the philanthropic fundraising field, it serves Santa Barbara County’s nonprofit sector by providing financial and organizational support to groups pursuing social change. Its activities center on funding and guiding initiatives that address systemic inequities and promote justice across multiple issue areas. A recent development involved supporting Blue Sky Center to advance rural broadband in the Cuyama Valley, illustrating its engagement in locally focused, practical outcomes. The Fund for Santa Barbara is based in Santa Barbara and concentrates its efforts on the surrounding region.

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