On Friday, March 13, the Santa Barbara Foundation (SBF) and the United Way of Santa Barbara County (UWSBC) announced a joint partnership that will provide financial support to address the needs of individuals and families in Santa Barbara County as well as the nonprofits who serve them.
This COVID-19 joint response effort allows both SBF and UWSBC to coordinate funds and rapidly meet the needs of our community as they arise through collaborative division-making.
The Santa Barbara Foundation is also actively working with local government and nonprofit organizations to monitor the situation and keep our partners informed with the most current health and safety information.
To support the efforts of our nonprofit community, the Santa Barbara Foundation is convening local organizations by topic areas that have been identified by our grantees and other social sector partners. Beginning this week, SBF will host two webinars:
» HR/Legal Webinar for Nonprofits
Tuesday, March 17 from 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM. To register: http://bit.ly/HRLegalWebinarRegisterNow.
» Business Continuity Planning with VOAD
Wednesday, March 18 from 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. To register: http://bit.ly/BContinuityPlanningRegisterNow.
» Additional resource: ThinkHR COVID-19 Guidance & Best Practices Webinar
Thursday, March 19 from 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM. To register: http://bit.ly/HRGuidanceBestWebinarRegisterNow.
On Monday, March 16, nonprofit resource pages can be found at SBFoundation.org/covid-19-sbc-np-resources and will be continually updated as new information is secured.
To share additional resources/links with the Foundation, please email Gary Clark, director of the collaboration for aocial impact, at glark@SBFoundation.org.
For more information about COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County, please go to publichealthsbc.org.
To donate to Santa Barbara County’s COVID-19 Response Effort, please click here or contact Nick Dietzen at 805.880.9352 or ndietzen@SBFoundation.org.