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Grant Awards – Spring 2018
CAUSE – $38,000 (second year of two-year grant) 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
Cuyama Valley Family Resource Center – $20,000/yr. for two years for the Latino Community Organizing, Engagement & Leadership Initiative to empower new Latino leaders to address local community issue.
www.cvfrc.org
Diversity Collective Ventura County – $10,000 to support the HIV/AIDS Community Advocacy program to mobilize LGBTQ residents to advocate for their health and social inclusion, and to encourage officials to improve services and resources.
www.diversitycollectivevc.org
Families ACT! – $25,000 (second year of two-year grant) 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
Future Leaders of America – $38,000 (second year of two-year grant) 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.org
Importa – $17,500 (second year of two-year grant) 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
Just Communities Central Coast – $38,000 (second year of two-year grant) 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
Pacific Pride Foundation – $25,000 (second year of two-year grant) 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
Pesticide Action Network (Californians for Pesticide Reform) – $25,000 for Organizing to Reduce the Pesticide Threat in Ventura County, a collaborative project with CAUSE to build a local movement and political leadership to reduce pesticide exposure of farm workers and students in farming communities.
www.pesticidereform.org
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition – $24,000 (second year of two-year grant) for Connecting Our Community which organizes activists to bring safe bicycling infrastructure to the South Coast of Santa Barbara County.
www.bicicentro.org
Santa Barbara Friends Meeting – $16,000 for Truth in Recruitment, an advocacy group that involves students, parents, veterans and community members in helping Santa Barbara County students understand the consequences of a military career and alternative options for academic and professional success.
www.truthinrecruitment.org
Transitions-Mental Health Association – $16,000 for the Lived Experience Advocacy Development program, which recruits and trains individuals with mental illness and engages them in advocacy in Lompoc and Santa Maria.
www.t-mha.org
Westminster Free Clinic – $27,000 of a two-year grant ($30,000 in Year 2) for SALUD (Students Advocating Life-Uplifting Decisions), to engage Latino youth in East Ventura County in advocating for educational equity, health equity, and to empower the Latino community to know their immigration rights.
www.westminsterclinic.orgCapacity Building Grants:
California Lutheran University – $15,000 for the Center for Nonprofit Leadership to provide operating support and scholarships for nonprofits to attend training programs.
www.callutheran.edu/centers/nonprofit
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
Total Awarded: $359,500
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Grant Awards – Fall 2017
The ARC of Ventura County – $12,500 for The Co-Advocates of Ventura County and Project R: Rethink, Reconsider, Respect, which engage people with disabilities and develop their leadership skills to confront social inequities and implement systemic change.
www.arcvc.orgCAUSE – $35,000/year for two years for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County.
www.causenow.org
Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $15,000 for Walking & Transit Needs of Working Families in the Eastside and Westside, to organize residents of Santa Barbara to advocate for pedestrian safety and improved bus service.
www.coast-santabarbara.org
Council on American-Islamic Relations – $15,000 for Civic Engagement and Youth programs to promote civic engagement, advocacy, and leadership within the American Muslim community in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties.
www.cair.com
El Centrito Family Learning Centers – $25,000 for Padres Promotores de la and Asociación de Padres which cultivates parents as community leaders in Oxnard schools to achieve equitable access to educational opportunities.
www.elcentrito.org
Food & Water Watch – $20,000 for two community organizers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to mobilize residents and organizations concerned with fracking and similar oil and gas extraction practices.
www.foodandwaterwatch.orgFuture Leaders of America– $30,000 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
Little House by the Park – $25,000 for the Guadalupe Parent Academy, a parent-supported and inspired education project focused on improving community health, leadership development, wellbeing, and personal education to transform the community of Guadalupe through civic and educational engagement.
sduart1.wixsite.com/thrive-guadalupe
La Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center – $25,000 for grassroots organizing and empowerment among working-class immigrants to advocate for immigrant rights in Ventura County and northern Santa Barbara County.
www.lahermandad.org
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $35,000/yr. for two years for the Justicia Laboral project, to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers who advocate for improved working conditions in Ventura County.
www.mixteco.org
One Step A La Vez – $25,000 for One Step Adelante, which empowers youth in Fillmore to expand the community’s voice for social change to address environmental issues, affordable housing, the needs of LGBTQ and undocumented youth, and to reduce school suspensions, expulsions, and youth incarceration.
www.onestepalavez.org
Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas – $15,000 to train farm worker women to develop solutions to address and prevent sexual violence in the workplace and launch a campaign to combat this problem in Ventura County.
www.liderescampesinas.org
Peoples’ Self-Help Housing – $10,000 for the Community Building and Engagement program in Santa Barbara County to engage residents at the agency’s affordable housing complexes in leadership training and community change projects.
www.pshhc.orgCapacity Building Grants:
Just Communities Central Coast – $24,750 for youth to attend the Community Leadership Institute, which prepares high school youth to be leaders for diversity and justice in their schools and communities.
www.just-communities.org
Leading from Within – $10,000 for Leading for Community Impact, a leadership development program for nonprofit leaders in North Santa Barbara County.
www.leading-from-within.org
Total Awarded: $322,250
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Grant Awards – Spring 2017
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.orgCAUSE – $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.orgCuyama 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.orgFamilies 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.orgFuture 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.org
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.orgJust 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.orgPacific 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.orgSanta Barbara Bicycle Coalition – $24,000/year for two years for Connecting Our Community which organizes activists to bring safe bicycling infrastructure to the South Coast of Santa Barbara County.
www.bicicentro.orgWestminster 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.orgSanta 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.orgCapacity Building Grants:
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/nonprofitFund 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
Total Awarded: $325,580
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Grant Awards – Fall 2016
The ARC of Ventura County – $15,000 for The Co-Advocates of Ventura County and Project R: Rethink, Reconsider, Respect, which engage people with disabilities and develop their leadership skills to confront social inequities and implement systemic change.
www.arcvc.orgCAUSE – $40,000 for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County.
www.causenow.org
Central Coast Future Leaders – $30,000 for youth leadership programs to empower youth in North Santa Barbara County to become more active leaders in their homes, schools and communities.
www.ccfutureleaders.orgCoalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $15,000 for Eastside Walks, to organize residents of Santa Barbara to advocate for pedestrian safety and improved bus service; and $10,000 for community organizing coaching support.
www.coast-santabarbara.orgEl Centrito Family Learning Centers – $34,500 for Padres Promotores de la Educación and Asociación de Padres, which cultivates community leaders who organize parents in Oxnard schools to achieve equitable access to educational opportunities.
www.elcentrito.orgFood & Water Watch – $20,000 for community organizers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to mobilize residents and organizations concerned with fracking and similar oil and gas extraction practices.
www.foodandwaterwatch.orgGuadalupe Kids Come First Foundation – $31,500 for THRIVE Parent Academy, a parent-supported and inspired education project focused on improving community health, leadership development, wellbeing, and personal education to transform the community of Guadalupe through civic and educational engagement.
sduart1.wixsite.com/thrive-guadalupeLa Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center – $25,000 for grassroots organizing and leadership training among working-class immigrants in Ventura County to promote social justice for immigrants.
www.lahermandad.orgMixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $40,000 to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers, youth, and other immigrants who work to achieve just working and living conditions and improved educational opportunities.
www.mixteco.orgOne Step A La Vez – $30,000 for youth committees in Fillmore and Piru working to expand the community’s voice for social change to address transportation systems, needs of LGBTQ youth, affordable housing, and to reduce school suspensions, expulsions, and youth incarceration.
www.onestepalavez.orgOrganización en California de Líderes Campesinas – $25,000 to train farm worker women to develop solutions to address and prevent sexual violence in the workplace and launch a campaign to combat this problem in Ventura County.
www.liderescampesinas.orgPeoples’ Self-Help Housing – $21,500 for the Community Building and Engagement program in Santa Barbara County to engage residents at the agency’s affordable housing complexes in leadership training and community change projects.
www.pshhc.orgTransitions-Mental Health Association – $20,000 for Lived Experience Advocacy Development (LEAD), which engages people in Santa Maria and Lompoc who have experienced mental illness in political advocacy related to mental health issues.
www.t-mha.orgCapacity Building Grants:
Just Communities Central Coast – $24,750 a year for two years for youth to attend the Community Leadership Institute, which prepares high school youth to be leaders for diversity and justice in their schools and communities.
www.just-communities.orgLeading from Within – $10,000 for Leading for Community Impact, a leadership development program for nonprofit leaders in North Santa Barbara County.
www.leading-from-within.org
Total Awarded: $417,000
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Grant Awards – Spring 2016
Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara – $11,000 for Leadership 2016, to train and organize individuals with developmental disabilities and their family members to engage in advocacy and activism on issues that affect them.
www.alphasb.orgCAUSE – $40,000 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.orgFamilies ACT! – $25,000 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 Santa Barbara County.
www.familiesact.orgFuture Leaders of America – $40,000 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.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $40,000 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.orgLompoc Cooperative Development Project, Inc. – $15,000 for Outreach to the Community, which would grow the County’s co-ops, pursue new co-op opportunities, and engage in campaigns to remove barriers to co-op formation.
www.lcdp.coopPacific Pride Foundation – $30,000 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.orgSanta Barbara Bicycle Coalition – $30,000 for Connecting Our Community which will organize activists to bring safe bicycling infrastructure to the South Coast of Santa Barbara County.
www.bicicentro.orgWestminster Free Clinic – $30,000 for SALUD (Students Advocating Life-Uplifting Decisions), a project to engage Latino youth in advocating for improved food environments for low-income residents in East Ventura County neighborhoods; and to advocate for improved academic opportunities at local schools.
www.westminsterclinic.orgTechnical Assistance Grants:
CAUSE – $3,500 for consulting support for technology upgrades.
www.causenow.orgFund for Santa Barbara – $25,000 to provide technical assistance services and capacity building workshops to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County.
www.fundforsantabarbara.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $5,000 to support school personnel from Santa Maria to attend the Institute for Equity in Education.
www.just-communities.orgMixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $7,500 for coaching and training for organization staff and to support staff transition.
www.mixteco.org
Total Awarded: $302,000
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Grant Awards – Fall 2015
The Abundant Table – $10,000 for Rooted Futures, Growing Change in Santa Paula, which engages and mobilizes high school students to advocate for systemic policy change for healthy meals in Santa Paula schools.
www.theabundanttable.orgThe ARC of Ventura County – $15,000 for The Co-Advocates of Ventura County and Project R: Rethink, Reconsider, Respect, which engage people with disabilities and develop their leadership skills to confront social inequities and implement systemic change.
www.arcvc.org
California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund – $5,000 to train and develop student activists at UC Santa Barbara who will investigate problems, craft solutions, educate the public, and offer opportunities for civic participation.
www.calpirgedfund.orgCAUSE – $35,000 for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County.
www.causenow.orgCentral Coast Future Leaders – $30,000 for youth leadership programs to empower youth in Santa Maria, Cuyama, and Guadalupe to become more active leaders in their homes, schools and communities. www.ccfutureleaders.org Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $20,000 for Eastside Walks, to organize residents of Santa Barbara’s Eastside to advocate for pedestrian safety and improved bus service; and for Safe Routes for Seniors, to advocate for improved pedestrian safety for senior citizens.
www.coast-santabarbara.org
Community Partners – $12,000 for Justice for My Sister Collective’s expansion to Oxnard with the Promotoras Storytelling Project, which will engage female survivors of sexual and domestic violence to speak out against violence.
www.justiceformysister.com
El Centrito Family Learning Centers – $30,000 for Padres Promotores de la Educación and Asociación de Padres, which cultivates community leaders who organize parents in Oxnard schools to achieve equitable access to educational opportunities.
www.elcentrito.orgFood & Water Watch – $15,000 for two community organizers in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties to mobilize residents and organizations concerned with fracking and similar oil and gas extraction practices.
www.foodandwaterwatch.orgFund for Santa Barbara – $25,000 to provide technical assistance services and capacity building workshops to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County.
www.fundforsantabarbara.orgGuadalupe Kids Come First Foundation – $30,000 for THRIVE Parent Academy, a parent-supported and inspired education project focused on improving community health, leadership development, wellbeing, and personal education to transform the community of Guadalupe through civic and educational engagement. An additional grant of $5,850 was awarded to send a team of Guadalupe Union School District officials to the Institute for Equity in Education.
sduart1.wix.com/thrive-guadalupeLa Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center – $25,000 for grassroots organizing and leadership training among working-class immigrants in Ventura County and Santa Maria to promote immigration reform and social justice for immigrants.
www.lahermandad.orgMixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $35,000 to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers, youth, and other immigrants who work to achieve just working and living conditions and improved educational opportunities.
www.mixteco.orgOne Step A La Vez – $28,000 for youth committees in Fillmore and Piru working to expand the community’s voice for social change to address transportation systems, needs of LGBTQ youth, affordable housing, and to reduce school suspensions, expulsions, and youth incarceration.
www.onestepalavez.orgTransitions-Mental Health Association – $20,000 for Lived Experience Advocacy Development (LEAD), which engages people in Santa Maria and Lompoc who have experienced mental illness in political advocacy related to mental health issues.
www.t-mha.org
Total Awarded: $340,850
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Grant Awards – Spring 2015
California Youth Connection – $20,000 for Creating Leaders from Within, to empower current and former foster youth who have firsthand knowledge of the child welfare system, to improve their circumstances, to improve policies and practices within the foster care system in Ventura County.
www.calyouthconn.orgCAUSE – $50,000 for Building Leadership and Organizing in Our Neighborhoods, to empower immigrants in Santa Barbara County through organizing, leadership development, civic participation, and advocacy.
www.causenow.org
Centro Binacional Para el Desarollo Indígena Oaxaqueño – $12,500 for Indigenous Youth and Parents Working for a Better Future, a project led by indigenous youth in Santa Maria to inform and support fellow indigenous students and their parents about the educational system and improving academic achievement.
www.centrobinacional.org/enFamilies ACT! – $20,000 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 Santa Barbara County.
www.familiesact.orgFoundation of the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority – $10,000 for the Santa Barbara County Promotores Project, to support promotores to build their capacity as leaders and organize around specific campaigns and become new voices in the community conversation to affect policy change. Future Leaders of America – – $40,000 for core support of programs that develop Latino youth activists in Oxnard, Santa Barbara, and Santa Paula to impact the community through civic engagement.
www.futureleadersofamerica.orgImporta Santa Barbara – $9,900 for a leadership development program involving immigrants in Santa Barbara who would conduct outreach to fellow immigrants about immigration services and issues.
www.importasb.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $50,000 for core support, with an emphasis on staff support for youth, parents, and educators in North Santa Barbara County and Ventura County who are mobilizing to close the achievement gap and improve academic outcomes for all students.
www.just-communities.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $12,570 for the purchase of interpretation equipment to be made available for community use by members of the Language Justice Network.
www.just-communities.org
Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County – $20,000 for the Advisor Group which engages homeless individuals and those who have experienced homelessness in advocacy for solutions and policy changes to end homelessness, and for the Peer Navigator Program, a street outreach program conducted by formerly homeless individuals.
www.lafsbc.orgLompoc Cooperative Development Project, Inc. – $15,000 for Steps to a Santa Barbara County Cooperative Ecosystem, which would grow the County’s co-ops, pursue new co-op opportunities, and engage in campaigns to remove barriers to co-op formation.
www.lcdp.coopPacific Pride Foundation – $25,000 for LGBTQ Advocacy programs that train and support activists to engage in changing systems that perpetuate the oppression of LGBTQ residents of Santa Barbara County.
www.pacificpridefoundation.orgSanta Barbara Bicycle Coalition – $30,000 for Connecting Our Community which will organize activists to bring safe bicycling infrastructure to the South Coast of Santa Barbara County.
www.bicicentro.org
Ventura County Community Foundation – $20,000 for general operating support for the Social Justice Fund for Ventura County, which engages social justice leaders, donors, and grassroots groups in creating awareness and mobilizing resources for social justice issues.
www.socialjusticefundvc.org
Total Awarded: $334,970
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Grant Awards – Fall 2014
The Abundant Table – $11,210 for Rooted Futures, Growing Change in Santa Paula, which engages and mobilizes high school students to advocate for systemic policy change for healthy meals in the Santa Paula Unified School District.
www.theabundanttable.orgThe ARC of Ventura County – $15,000 for People First of Ventura County, which engages persons with disabilities to be empowered to confront social inequities and implement systemic change.
www.arcvc.orgCAUSE – $40,000 for general operating support with an emphasis on creating electoral voting power in low-income, minority neighborhoods and developing a base of grassroots leaders who lead organizing and advocacy campaigns for social, economic, and environmental justice in Ventura County.
www.causenow.orgCentral Coast Future Leaders – $30,000 for youth leadership programs to empower youth in Santa Maria, Cuyama, and Guadalupe to become more active leaders in their homes, schools and communities.
www.ccfutureleaders.orgCoalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $22,500 for Walking & Transit Needs of Working Families, to organize residents of Santa Barbara to advocate for pedestrian safety and improved bus service.
www.coast-santabarbara.org
Community Action Commission – $30,000 for THRIVE Parent Academy, a parent-supported and inspired education project focused on improving community health, leadership development, wellbeing, and personal education to transform the community of Guadalupe through civic and educational engagement.
www.cacsb.orgEl Centrito Family Learning Centers – $30,000 for Padres Promotores de la Educación and Asociación de Padres which cultivates community leaders who organize parents in Oxnard schools to achieve equitable access to educational opportunities.
www.elcentrito.orgLa Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center – $30,000 for grassroots organizing and leadership training among working-class immigrants in Ventura County and Santa Maria to promote immigration reform and social justice for immigrants.
www.lahermandad.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $10,000 for capacity building to support the Language Justice Network.
www.just-communities.org
Los Padres Forest Watch – $10,000 for farmers, ranchers, and residents for clean water, to empower the residents and property owners of Fillmore, Santa Paula, and Piru to become more involved, broaden the base of support, and expand the diversity of voices calling for more responsible oil development in the Los Padres National Forest.
www.lpfw.org
Mixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project – $36,000 to engage and mobilize indigenous Oaxacan farm workers and immigrants to achieve greater immigrant rights and more just labor practices in Ventura County.
www.mixteco.orgOne Step A La Vez – $30,000 for youth committees in Fillmore and Piru working to expand the community’s voice for social change to address transportation needs, clean-up of a toxic Superfund site, and implement restorative justice practices for youth.
www.onestepalavez.org
Ventura Climate Care Options Organized Locally (VCCOOL) – $22,000 for the bicycle advocacy program to organize and empower a diverse network of cyclists to advocate for bicycle route improvements and safer conditions for cyclists in Ventura County.
www.vccool.org
Ventura County Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice – $24,000 for a coalition of faith organizations that provides trainings and leadership development for congregants, students, and immigrants to mobilize in support of affordable housing and just policies for immigrants.
www.vcclue.orgWestminster Free Clinic – $24,000 for SALUD (Students Advocating Life-Uplifting Decisions), a project to engage low-income youth to advocate for changes in the food options available at local corner markets and convenience stores in East Ventura County neighborhoods.
www.westminsterclinic.org
Total Awarded: $364,710
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Grant Awards – Spring 2014
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) – $50,000 to bring about grassroots power, meaningful policy reform, and systemic change in Santa Maria, Guadalupe, and Santa Barbara with a focus on leadership development.
www.causenow.orgCoalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $20,000 for the Alliance for Sustainable & Equitable Regional Transportation (ASERT), a transportation coalition which builds grassroots power for transit users in underserved communities of Ventura County.
www.coast-santabarbara.orgFamilies ACT! – $30,000 for community organizing led by individuals and families dealing with mental health and substance use disorders to improve mental health services in Santa Barbara County.
www.familiesact.org
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County – $21,500 for the Community Leadership Training & Food Security Advocacy Project, to build leadership among Santa Barbara County residents to mobilize for increased food security and an equitable food system.
www.foodbanksbc.orgFoundation of the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority – $16,000 for the Lompoc Promotores Network, which trains promotores to identify and mobilize around community issues affecting the Latino community in Lompoc Fund for Santa Barbara – $25,000 to provide technical assistance services and capacity building workshops to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County.
www.fundforsantabarbara.orgFuture Leaders of America – $36,000 for core support of programs that develop Latino youth activists in Oxnard, Santa Paula, and Santa Barbara to impact the community through civic engagement.
www.futureleadersofamerica.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $50,000 for core support, with an emphasis on staff support for youth, parents, and educators in North Santa Barbara County and Ventura County who are mobilizing to close the achievement gap and improve social and academic outcomes for all students.
www.just-communities.org
Kincares – $18,000 to convene and support grandparents in advocating for improved services for children being raised by their grandparents in Santa Barbara County.
www.kincares.orgPacific Pride Foundation – $25,000 for LGBTQ Advocacy programs that train and engage activists in support of equal rights and a safer community for LGBTQ residents in Santa Barbara County.
www.pacificpridefoundation.orgSanta Barbara Bicycle Coalition – $25,000 for Connecting Our Community to organize activists to bring safe bicycling infrastructure to the South Coast of Santa Barbara County.
www.bicicentro.org
Teachers for the Study of Educational Institutions – $15,000 for Teaching FAIR, a collaborative of teachers, administrators, community members, and UCSB professors which is developing K-12 curriculum that is culturally relevant and meets the mandates of the FAIR Act to teach about the contributions of various ethnic groups, persons with disabilities, and LGBT persons.
www.teachingfair.org
Total Awarded: $331,500
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Grant Awards – Fall 2013
The ARC of Ventura County – $10,000 for People First of Ventura County and Project R: Rethink, Reconsider, Respect, initiatives led by individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to advocate on their own behalf.
www.arcvc.org
California Center for Cooperative Development – $19,000 to the Lompoc Cooperative Development Project to develop worker cooperatives in Lompoc.
www.cccd.coopCalifornia Youth Connection – $20,000for Creating Leaders from Within which provides leadership development, communications workshops, and civic engagement opportunities to current and former foster youth so they can improve policies and practices in Ventura County’s foster care system.
www.calyouthconn.orgCentral Coast Alliance for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) – $40,000 for general operating support to build grassroots power to realize social, economic, and environmental justice for the people of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties through policy research, leadership development, organizing and advocacy.
www.causenow.orgCentral Coast Future Leaders – $20,000 for youth and family leadership trainings to empower youth and families in Santa Maria, Cuyama, and Guadalupe to become more active leaders in their homes, schools and communities. Coalition for Sustainable Transportation (COAST) – $22,500 for Walking & Transit Needs of Working Families, to organize residents of Santa Barbara’s Eastside to advocate for pedestrian safety and improved bus service.
www.coast-santabarbara.orgCuyama Valley Family Resource Center – $24,000 for Cuyama Planning for the Future, to build leadership and partnerships, especially among parents, youth, and other citizens who are emerging as the driving force in making decisions and developing creative responses to local needs.
www.cvfrc.orgEl Centrito Family Learning Centers – $25,000 for Padres Promotores de la Educación Project which trains, organizes, and empowers Oxnard parents to address educational inequities in their children’s schools and take leadership roles in the community.
www.elcentrito.orgJust Communities Central Coast – $8,500 for the Parent Involvement through Dialogue and Action project to engage and mobilize parents in Fillmore, in partnership with One Step a La Vez.
www.just-communities.orgLa Hermandad Hank Lacayo Youth & Family Center – $25,000 for grassroots organizing and leadership training among working-class immigrants in Ventura County and Santa Maria to promote immigration reform and social justice for immigrants.
www.lahermandad.orgMixteco/Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) – $30,000 to develop community leadership among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers to identify problems faced by the Mixtec community and implement campaigns or programs to create systemic change in Ventura County.
www.mixteco.orgOne Step A La Vez – $28,000 for youth committees in Fillmore and Piru working to expand the community’s voice for social change to address transportation needs, clean-up of a toxic Superfund site, and implement restorative justice practices in law enforcement and schools.
www.onestepalavez.orgVentura County Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (VCCLUE) – $22,000 for a coalition of faith organizations that provides trainings and leadership development for congregants, students, and immigrants to mobilize in support of affordable housing and just policies for immigrants.
www.vcclue.orgVentura County Community Foundation – $20,000 for the Social Justice Fund for Ventura County which engages social justice leaders, donors, and grassroots groups in creating awareness and mobilizing resources for social justice issues.
www.socialjusticefundvc.orgWestminster Free Clinic – $15,000 for Youth Advocacy for Better Food, a project to engage low-income youth to advocate for changes in the food options available at local corner markets and convenience stores in East Ventura County neighborhoods.
www.westminsterclinic.org
Total Awarded: $329,000
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Grant Awards – Spring 2013
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy (CAUSE) $50,000 for community organizers in Santa Maria, Guadalupe, and Santa Barbara to build grassroots power among working families.
www.causenow.orgCentro Binacional Para el Desarollo Indígena Oaxaqueño
$20,000 for Naa Yutya Naa Va’a Xiini (Youth in Leadership), a program for indigenous youth in Santa Maria to support their higher education goals and develop their civil, leadership, and advocacy skills for social change.
www.centrobinacional.org
Coalition for Sustainable Transportation
$15,000 for the Alliance for Sustainable & Equitable Regional Transportation (ASERT), a transportation coalition which advocates for improved public transit. Funding focused on expanding bilingual grassroots transit organizing through the Ventura County Bus Riders Union to organize bus riders.
www.coast-santabarbara.org
Congress of California Seniors Education & Research Fund
$10,000 for Empowering Underserved Seniors to train and engage seniors in issue campaigns.
www.seniors.orgFamilies ACT!
$24,000 for community organizing led by individuals and families dealing with mental health and substance use disorders to improve mental health services in Santa Barbara County.
www.familiesact.orgFoodbank of Santa Barbara County
$20,000 for Community Leadership Training & Food Security Project, to build leadership among North Santa Barbara County residents to mobilize for increased food security and an equitable food system.
www.foodbanksbc.orgFoundation of Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority
$15,000 for Partnering to Improve the Lompoc Community & Create Social Change Together – an effort to train a network of promotores in Lompoc to identify and mobilize around community issues affecting the Latino community. Plus $1,000 for community organizing training.Fund for Santa Barbara
$25,000 to provide technical assistance services to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County.
www.fundforsantabarbara.orgFuture Leaders of America
$36,000 for general support for youth leadership training, youth activism in community campaigns, and alumni engagement in Oxnard and Santa Barbara.
www.futureleadersofamerica.orgJust Communities Central Coast
$40,000 for general operating support for the Educational Equity Initiative to work in schools and communities to create leaders who are equipped with knowledge and skills to promote educational equity and student success.
www.just-communities.orgLegal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara County
$15,000 for the Common Ground Santa Barbara County Homeless Advocacy Project and Advisor Group to engage homeless individuals and those who have experienced homelessness in identifying solutions and policy changes to end homelessness.
www.lafsbc.orgPacific Pride Foundation
$17,500 for LGBT Advocacy Programs to support LGBT advocacy and leadership development work in Santa Barbara County.
www.pacificpridefoundation.org
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
$17,500 for Parent Leadership courses to empower economically and socially disadvantaged parents to form parent advocacy groups around school issues in Santa Maria and Lompoc.
www.piqe.orgTeachers for the Study of Educational Institutions
$8,000 for Teaching FAIR, a collaborative of teachers, administrators, community members, and UCSB professors which will develop K-12 curriculum that is culturally relevant and meets the mandates of the FAIR ACT to teach about the contributions of various ethnic groups, persons with disabilities, and LGBT persons.
www.teachingfair.orgVentura Climate Care Options Organized Locally (VCCOOL)
$20,000 for Reclaiming Public Roadways for Bicyclists as a Tool for Public Engagement to organize and empower a diverse network of cyclists to advocate for bicycle route improvements and safer conditions for cyclists in Ventura County.
www.vccool.orgVentura County Community Foundation
$12,500 for capacity building for the Social Justice Fund for Ventura County, including constituency-building, development, and communications/marketing as the organization establishes itself as an independent nonprofit.
www.socialjusticefundvc.org
