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The Women's Fund of Santa Barbara is pleased to have awarded 163 grants totaling $12.9 million over 21 years of service to our local community .

Channel Islands YMCA

Pays partial staff salaries and purchases furniture and equipment for new transitional housing for youth exiting foster care.

2024-25 - $ 100,000

Children's Project Academy

Detailed architectural plans for a residential charter school for foster youth in grades 7-12.

2010-11 - $ 75,000

Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Increase the number of new child care spaces in new Family Child Care businesses.

2014-15 - $ 80,000

Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Provide quality child care and business development training for in-home Family Child Care providers

2017-18 - $ 65,000

Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Expand child care capacity by supporting more women to become licensed child care providers. 

2020-21 - $ 100,000

Children's Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County

Expands child-care licensing program and creates new, home child-care businesses

2024-25 - $ 200,000

City Net

Provides mobile services to address immediate and long-term needs of unsheltered women

2023-24 - $ 100,000

CommUnify

Healthy Senior Lunch Program - Provide hot, nutritious lunches to low-income seniors.

2014-15 - $ 80,000

Conflict Solutions Center

Launch a restorative justice model as an alternative to juvenile incarceration.

2014-15 - $ 60,000