The Fund for Santa Barbara on Thursday evening honored the recipients of spring 2009 grants at its Mid-Year Grant Awards Party.
Attendees were treated to live music by Tony Ybarra, appetizers and a no-host bar.
The grant recipients were:
Multiyear Grants (total: $50,000 over three years)
» Bici Centro and the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition/Outreach, Education and Empowerment for Underserved Cyclists — $5,000 per year for two years
» Families ACT!/Collaborative Community Organization and Education Campaign — $5,000 per year for two years
» Pacific Pride Foundation (in collaboration with Just Communities)/Safe Schools Initiative — $10,000 per year for three years
Single-Year Grants (total: $73,402)
» Santa Ynez Valley Alliance/Outreach Project II — $10,000
» American Indian Movement/AIM TV — $3,050
» Carpinteria Valley Foundation/Opposition to Venoco’s Paredon Project — $10,000
» Consumer Advocacy Coalition (umbrella group: Independent Living Resource Center)/Raising Community “Mental Health” Awareness — $8,450
» Lompoc Housing and Development Corporation/Lompoc Community Gardens — $5,500
» Pacific Pride Foundation/Strategic Alliance for Marriage Equality — $5,000
» People Helping People/Mujeres Unidas — $7,092
» PUEBLO/General Support— $10,000
» Rental Housing Roundtable/Justice for Renters! — $6,250
» UP-2-US (umbrella group: Boys & Girls Club of Santa Barbara) — $5,000
» WORD (Women of Color Revolutionary Dialogues) — $3,060
— Geoff Green is executive director of The Fund for Santa Barbara.