The Santa Barbara Foundation is requesting applications for its 2024-2025 Community Grant Program.
Donor Name: Santa Barbara Foundation
State: California
County: Santa Barbara County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Santa Barbara Foundation’s Community Grant Program offers multi-year, general operating grants in three program areas:
- Behavioral Health & Health Care
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
- demonstrate sustained and/or increased demand for behavioral health and/or health care services
- take steps to sustain or expand organizational capacity to address demand for services
- provide holistic approaches to serving clients, undertaken by the agency itself or in partnership with others
- demonstrate cultural competence among volunteers, staff, and board members for the communities served
- seek to dismantle language, cultural, and other barriers that prevent low-income and marginalized populations from accessing services
- develop strategies to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and access within their agency
- work in community-wide collaborative approaches to address behavioral health and/or health care issues
- address youth mental health needs.
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
- Food
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
- demonstrate sustained and/or increased demand for programs that provide food security
- take steps to sustain or expand organizational capacity to address demand for services
- provide holistic approaches to serving clients, undertaken by the agency itself or in partnership with others
- demonstrate cultural competence among volunteers, staff, and board members for the communities served
- seek to dismantle language, cultural, and other barriers that prevent low-income and marginalized populations from accessing services
- develop strategies to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and access within their agency
- work in community-wide collaborative approaches to address food insecurity
- serve seniors.
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
- Shelter & Safety
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
- provide emergency shelter
- provide housing loss prevention assistance
- demonstrate sustained and/or increased demand for shelter and safety services, including housing loss prevention services
- take steps to sustain or expand organizational capacity to address demand for services
- provide holistic approaches to serving clients, undertaken by the agency itself or in partnership with others
- demonstrate cultural competence among volunteers, staff, and board members for the communities served
- seek to dismantle language, cultural, and other barriers that prevent low-income and marginalized populations from accessing services
- develop strategies to address diversity, equity, inclusion, and access within their agency
- work in community-wide collaborative approaches to address shelter, safety, and housing loss prevention issues
- prioritize the following vulnerable populations:
- youth who are homeless
- families with children, including pregnant mothers
- women
- seniors
- individuals fleeing domestic violence/sex trafficking.
- Priority will be given to organizations that:
Funding Information
The maximum award for the multi-year Community Grants is a total of $60,000, $30,000 per year for two years. The grant review panel may reduce or increase award amounts at its discretion and based on funding availability.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be providing direct services or serving as a coordinating body to address the program area for which they applied (Behavioral Health & Health Care, Food, Shelter & Safety)
- Organizations must be well-managed, financially viable, and operate effective programs that primarily serve the needs of poor and underserved communities
- Grants are only available to organizations serving within Santa Barbara County
- Organizations must be certified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or use a fiscal sponsor with 501(c)(3) tax status.
Grant Limitations
Grants are not intended for:
- services and programs that are not focused on the program area in which the organization has applied
- scholarships
- individuals.
For more information, visit SBF.