The Fund for Santa Barbara has announced $290,030 in Movement Building Grants, and invites the community to celebrate at the 2024 Grant Awards Celebration, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 14 at the Corque Hotel-Fountain Courtyard, 400 Alisal Road, Solvang.
RSVP to fundforsantabarbara.org/gacrsvp/. Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be served at the event.
The Fund for Santa Barbara will be honoring its 2024 Racial Equity Fund, Multi-year and Single-year Movement Building Grant recipients.
The goal of the celebration is to bring community members and partners together to learn about the progressive work being done across our county.
The Movement Building Grant Program funds groups and/or organizations at the forefront of movement building to create systemic change throughout our county.
The Racial Equity Fund is a partnership with Santa Barbara County that aims to invest in and strengthen organizations that address anti-racism through systems change strategies in the county.
The fund supports systems change necessary to advance racial equity and justice.
Funding recipients are:
Racial Equity Fund Grants – $233,750
C4 Lompoc Collective Cultures Creating Change – Self Healing
Communities – $54,570.
Continued funding to support the stabilization of the Self Healing Communities project, to engage the community, build leadership and self-determination, and begin to address the unrecognized and untreated trauma in the Lompoc community. www.c4lompoc.org
Gateway Educational Services – Parent Empowerment for Equitable
Education – $15,000
Continued funding to expand the Parents of Black Students Advocacy Council and other parent engagement initiatives to activate Black/African American parent advocates in influencing the local educational policy system to be more equitable for BIPOC students.
gatewayeducationalservices.org/
Healing Justice Santa Barbara – Preservation of Black Legacy; General Operations for Healing Justice SB – $60,000
Continued support of Healing Justice SB’s (HJSB) operating costs and salaries for organizers, to ensure the sustainability of HJSB’s anti-racism through systems change work to uplift all Black/African-Americans to affirm safety, love, equity, respect, and joy. www.hjsb.org
Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee, Santa Barbara – MLKSB Racial Equity
Initiative – $48,300
Funding will support Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee programs and staff expansion to continue to increase racial equality; increase understanding and relations between ethnically, diverse cultures, and advocate for policy change. www.mlksb.org
NAACP Santa Barbara – Black Women’s Health Equity Conference and Non-Violence Response Training for Youth – $7,500
Funding will support the first Black Women’s Health Conference and the creation of nonviolence response training for youth ages 10-20. Nonviolence response training starts Aug. 17, during the Black Youth Leadership Development Summit at SBCC.
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One Community Action of Santa Maria Valley – Stop the Hate: Santa Maria 4 All – $30,000
Funding to support OCA’s Stop the Hate Program in engaging community members who have been victims and survivors of hate incidents and hate crimes to create an inclusive city for all. www.onecommunityaction.org
Santa Barbara Asian American Pacific Islander Solidarity Network – Lunar New Year Celebration/Chinatown Lost – $18,380
Funding will support AAPI community cultural celebration to combat the invisibility of the AAPI community along with education and community outreach about how the original Chinatown in Santa Barbara was dismantled to make way for a cohesive Spanish Colonial Revival style plan. https://www.facebook.com/sbaapisn
Multi-year Movement Building Grants – $90,000
CAUSE Action Fund – General Operating Support – $30,000
Funding will support CAUSE Action Fund (CAF) staffing for Run for Justice, North County Coalition, and meetings with elected officials to ensure building a grassroots electoral power to achieve social, economic, and environmental justice in the California Central Coast. www.causeactionfund.org
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, Santa Maria-Lompoc Branch – Santa Maria-Lompoc NAACP Equity Projects – $30,000
Funding will support NAACP Santa Maria-Lompoc branch work to dismantle systems of racism, oppression, and discrimination and address systems that perpetuate racism, discrimination, and hatred by through the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, Black History events, Juneteenth celebrations, and antiracism work in county schools.
www.santamarialompocnaacp.org
Planned Parenthood California Central Coast – Public Affairs Part-Time Community Organizer Intern – $30,000
Continued support to grow Planned Parenthood California Central Coast (PPCCC) advocacy efforts in Santa Maria by funding a part-time Community Organizer Intern to increase PPCCC’s long-term advocacy efforts. www.ppcentralcoast.org
2024 Movement Building Grants – $200,030
805UndocuFund – 805 Immigrant Coalition – $10,000
Funding will support the 805 Immigrant Coalition’s (805IC) advocacy work for effective long-term immigrant rights advocacy work at the local, regional, state and national level1q1qw1 to create a region in which immigrants are self-empowered, celebrated, safe from the fear of criminalization, raids and deportation and are fully afforded the rights and responsibilities of civic sustainable policies that uphold the human rights of immigrants.
www.805undocufund.org
American Association of University Women Lompoc-Vandenberg branch – Dual Language Nonpartisan Candidate Forums in Lompoc – $10,000
Funding will support two nonpartisan dual language candidate forums in Lompoc for City Council (seats in Districts 1 and 4), mayor (at large), and School Board (four of five seats) races.
Community members can participate in person at city hall or via Zoom. Both options will provide live interpretation. Forums will be recorded and made available for convenient access. www.lompocvandenberg-ca.aauw.net
Awakening Giantz – Awakening Leaders – $5,530
Continued support for Awakening Leaders program for young adults who are exiting or have been impacted by the foster care system.
Awakening Leaders provides development workshops, resources and a community of mentors that empower and cultivate a sense of belonging for young adults. www.awakeninggiantz.org
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy – General Operating – $8,500
Continued support of CAUSE’s work to empower low-income immigrants, working families and youth of Santa Barbara County through advocacy and civic participation by leading campaigns around strengthening immigrant worker rights, renters rights and environmental justice.
Funding will go toward organizer and policy advocate salaries. www.causenow.org
Family Service Agency/Lompoc Community Changers. – Extendiendo Lazos de Liderazgo/ Extending Leadership Bonds – $20,000
Continued support of the expansion of FSA’s parent-led grassroots movement in Guadalupe (Guadalupe Community Changers) to Lompoc.
A coalition of parents — the Lompoc Community Changers (LCC) — who organize to bring about change within the Lompoc Union School District and the city of Lompoc. www.fsacares.org
FUTURE for Lompoc Youth (FLY) – Hear our Vote Lompoc – $7,500
Funding will support increased civic engagement and empowerment of young, first time voters through community outreach and voter registration.
Youth will also be supporting upcoming Dual Language Nonpartisan Candidate Forums in Lompoc in partnership with the American Association of University Women Lompoc-Vandenberg branch. www.futureforlompocyouth.org
Gateway Educational Services (GES) – Uplifting Leaders and Parents of Color – $20,000
Funding will support leadership development and community engagement program costs including monthly meetings and trainings for the Parents of Black Students Advocacy Council and the Nonprofit Leaders of Color. www.gatewayeducationalservices.org
Lompoc Valley Community Healthcare Organization – Cafecito Comunitario – $10,000
Funding will support a bilingual outreach coordinator who will convene and facilitate a monthly “Cafecito Comunitario” with community members creating a space to develop relationships, trust, and an avenue for Spanish-speaking and bilingual community members to be engaged in the LVCHO’s current work and future strategic direction to improve Lompoc’s health. www.healthylompoc.org
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP) – Farmworkers Leadership and Labor Justice – $10,000
Continued support to sustain and expand MICOP’s Community Organizing Department, focusing on labor justice advocacy, prevention of wage theft, and leadership development among indigenous migrants.
Funds will go toward community organizer staff positions, transportation costs, program supplies, and other operating expenses. www.mixteco.org
Northern Chumash Tribal Council – Land Advisory Grant – $10,000
Funding will support the creation of Land Advisory Council to curate a land trust curriculum focused on tribal history, voices, stories, and real tribal management approaches offering a foundation for Chumash people to bring their culture and heritage back. www.northernchumash.org
Route One Farmers Market – Route One Mobile Farmers Market – $10,000
Funding will support the Mobile Farmers Market Operations and bilingual community outreach in Lompoc to increase access to local food, both in the community’s ability to buy that food in the most accessible ways possible, and by implementing sustainable platforms for local food sales. www.routeonefarmersmarket.org
San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace – Campaign to Stop Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant – $8,500
Funding will support fees associated with MFP’s campaign to Stop Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant through expert witnesses and attorneys – whose services are crucial for legal challenges. www.mothersforpeace.org
Santa Barbara Alternative to Violence Project – SBAVPs Activate the Youth Movement – $20,000
Funding will support SBAVPs Activate the Youth Movement through youth stipends for community workshops, leadership training, and community organizing events encouraging youth to advocate for ongoing issues affecting their communities and lead nonviolent lives while becoming positive leaders and role models in their communities. www.sbavp.org
Santa Barbara County Action Network (SBCAN) – General Operating Support – $10,000
Funding will support SBCAN’s operations to promote social and economic justice, to preserve environmental and agricultural resources, and to create sustainable communities. Funding will go towards staff salaries. www.sbcan.org
Santa Barbara County Food Action Network – Communities building a
more just and equitable regional food system – $10,000
Funding will support general operations to continue advocacy and coalition building for a more just and equitable regional food system for Santa Barbara County. SBCFAN will continue to provide the communication, coordination, and space holding for coalition building and advocacy work across Santa Barbara County’s food system. www.sbcfoodaction.org
Santa Barbara NAACP – Community Dialogue Series – $10,000
Funding will support the Community Dialogue Series to develop a foundation for an action agenda through dialogue and views exchange. Funds will support a Youth Dialogue and training for community dialogue facilitators to host future series. www.naacpsantabarbara.org
Savie Health – Expansion of Savie’s Promotora Model Program Operations – $10,000
Funds will support expansion current Promotora model by creating an advisory board consisting of promotores/patients who will evaluate feedback obtained from surveys, assess the clinic’s current programs, and use the information to recommend changes, based upon their own lived experiences and knowledge of their community. www.saviehealth.org
SB ACT – Homelessness Lived Experience Working Group – $10,000
Continued support to expand advocacy efforts of the Homelessness Lived Experience Working Group by leveraging their stories for policy change, advocating for increased funding for inclement weather shelters, and providing policy education to their peers.
Funds will fund a Lived Experience Leader to facilitate and plan advocacy campaigns and policy education for individuals experiencing homelessness, and providing peer mentorship to other individuals with lived experience of homelessness as they take leadership roles.
www.sbact.org