Grant Awards – Spring 2017
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The Abundant Table – $25,000 for Organizing to Reduce the Pesticide Threat in Ventura County, a collaborative project with CAUSE and Californians for Pesticide Reform to hire an organizing intern who would build a local movement and political leadership to reduce pesticide exposure of farm workers and students in farming communities. www.theabundanttable.org |
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CAUSE – $38,000/year for two years for Building Leadership and Organizing in Our Neighborhoods to empower immigrants and low-wage workers in Santa Barbara County through organizing, leadership development, civic participation, and advocacy. www.causenow.org |
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Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center – $17,580 for the Latino Community Organizing, Engagement & Leadership Initiative, including a promotora training program, family engagement programs, and civic engagement workshops. www.cvfrc.org |
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Families ACT! – $25,000/year for two years for Beds Not Cells, a community organizing campaign led by individuals and families dealing with mental health and substance use disorders to improve mental health services in the County jail and the community at large in Santa Barbara County. www.familiesact.org |
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Future Leaders of America – $38,000/year for two years for core support of programs that develop Latino youth activists in Oxnard and Santa Barbara to impact the community through civic engagement and transform the lives of youth and families. www.futureleadersofamerica.or |
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Importa Santa Barbara – $17,500/year for two years for an immigrant leadership program to train community members about immigration law and how to conduct outreach and assist fellow immigrants concerned about deportation, citizenship, and DACA for undocumented youth. www.importasb.org |
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Just Communities Central Coast – $38,000/year for two years for core support to work with educators and community groups in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to close the achievement gap, improve social and academic outcomes for all students, and foster language justice. www.just-communities.org |
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Pacific Pride Foundation – $25,000/year for two years for LGBTQ Advocacy programs that train and support activists to change systems that perpetuate the oppression of LGBTQ residents of Santa Barbara County. www.pacificpridefoundation.org |
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Westminster Free Clinic – $27,500 for SALUD (Students Advocating Life-Uplifting Decisions), a project to engage Latino youth in advocating for educational equity and a more supportive environment for Latino students at East Ventura County schools. www.westminsterclinic.org |
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Santa Barbara Friends Meeting – $10,000 for Truth in Recruitment, a youth advocacy group that involves students, parents, veterans and community members in helping students understand the consequences of a military career and their alternative options for academic and professional success at Santa Barbara County high schools. www.truthinrecruitment.org |
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California Lutheran University – $15,000 for the Center for Nonprofit Leadership to provide operating support, scholarships for nonprofits to attend training programs, and a financial literacy and fiduciary oversight program, all benefiting nonprofit organizations in Ventura County. www.callutheran.edu/centers/nonprofit |
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Fund for Santa Barbara – $25,000 for the Capacity Building Program which provides consulting services, training workshops, and other support to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County. www.fundforsantabarbara.org |
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Total Awarded: $325,580
Note: In addition to grants listed, board members may make discretionary grants which do not meet the guidelines.
