Grant Awards – Fall 2020
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Alliance for Global Justice – $10,000 for Buen Vecino’s Social Capital Building Project, to empower marginalized and working-class residents in Simi Valley to address economic and social issues. www.buen-vecino.org |
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The ARC of Ventura County – $15,000 for The Co-Advocates of Ventura County, which engage people with disabilities and develop their leadership skills to advocate for access, inclusion, and equality. www.arcvc.org |
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CAUSE – $40,000 (2nd year of a two-year grant) for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County. www.causenow.org |
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Community Environmental Council – $18,000 of a two-year grant ($15,000 in Year 2) for the Central Coast Climate Justice Network, which strives to expand the collective power of environmental and social justice groups in pursuit of the social, economic, environmental, and racial well-being. www.cecsb.org |
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Cultural & Creative Arts Center of the Santa Maria Valley (Corazon del Pueblo) – $10,00 for Community Art Advocacy, to host a social justice poetry event, drive-by community mural, and mobilize residents to advocate for city public arts funding for Latinx projects. www.corazondelpueblo.org |
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Family Service Agency – $25,000 for the Guadalupe Parent Academy, to empower and provide leadership training to parents so they can become part of the community’s decision-making process. www.fsacares.org |
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Food & Water Watch – $27,000 for community organizers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to mobilize residents and organizations to lead campaigns related to oil and gas extraction practices. www.foodandwaterwatch.org |
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Future Leaders of America – $35,000/year for two years for youth leadership and advocacy programs to empower youth in the Santa Maria Valley to become more active leaders in their homes, schools, and communities. www.futureleadersnow.org |
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Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $40,000 (2nd year of a two-year-grant) – for the Justicia Laboral project, to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers who advocate for improved working conditions in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. www.mixteco.org |
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One Step A La Vez – $30,000 – for One Step Adelante, which empowers youth in Fillmore to expand the community’s voice for social change to address educational equity, LGBTQ youth needs, juvenile justice reform, and other community concerns. www.myonestep.org |
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Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas – $30,000 to train farm worker women to conduct advocacy to prevent sexual violence in the workplace and improve COVID-19 protections in Ventura County and Northern Santa Barbara County. www.liderescampesinas.org |
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People Helping People – $20,000 for Inclusion SYV (Santa Ynez Valley), to empower students and parents to advocate for policies and programs to improve inclusion and equality, and reduce bullying in schools. www.syvphp.org |
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Santa Barbara Foundation – $10,000 for Healing Justice organizer stipends to support We Keep Us Safe, to advocate for accountability and transparency in policing in Santa Barbara. www.hjsb.org |
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Fund for Santa Barbara – $5,000 for the Nonprofit Resource Network. https://www.nprnsb.org |
Total Awarded: $315,000
Note: Additional grants have also been made in the form of training mini-grants, sponsorships, and discretionary grants by Board members, Committee members, and staff.
