In its nearly 20-year history, the Women's Fund of Santa Barbara has awarded 142 grants totaling almost $10.5 million.
We are proud to have partnered with these hard-working, local nonprofits. Together we are investing in the people and communities of south Santa Barbara County.
Case Management for Homeless Mothers and their Children. Case management staff to provide low-income and homeless mothers and their children the Program of Affordable Transitional Housing and Services (PATHS) that works to build independence and self-sufficiency.
2009-10 - $ 75,000
Family Strengthening Program. Address legal problems and expand parenting education for single mothers transitioning to jobs and permanent housing.
2016-17 - $ 60,000
Capital Campaign Lead Gift to Purchase a Second Location. Lead grant in a $2.5 million expansion campaign to provide early childhood education for at-risk children at a second facility.
2007-08 - $ 150,000
Food program for low-income preschool children.
2013-14 - $ 50,000
Deliver on-site support services to families of at-risk preschool children
2021-22 - $ 55,000
Provide building materials, appliances and the transportation trailer for three “tiny houses.”
2015-16 - $ 50,000
Homelessness Prevention Program. Salary of one case manager for one year to assist at-risk families in jeopardy of becoming homeless.
2007-08 - $ 50,000
Family Homeless Shelter Improvements. Install air conditioning and sound proofing in the family homeless shelter.
2014-15 - $ 50,000
Provide bridge funding for emergency shelter operations for homeless families with children while agency seeks to replace recently cut government funding.
2018-19 - $ 80,000