Women'S Fund of Santa Barbara

What they fund

careyouthcenterhealthhomelessmanagementmentalservices

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

• Sb Act - Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation2 grants · $300,000
• Children'S Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County1 grant · $200,000
• Dignitymoves2 grants · $200,000
• Channel Islands Ymca2 grants · $175,000
• New Beginnings Counseling Center1 grant · $150,000
• Good Samaritan Shelter1 grant · $150,000
• Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara1 grant · $140,000
• Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center1 grant · $130,000
• Leap Listen Engage Advocate Partner1 grant · $120,000
• Santa Barbara Police Activities League1 grant · $110,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 41 reported grants, largest first.

• $200,000

  Children'S Resource & Referral of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

  Expansion of child-care licensing program

• $200,000

  Sb Act - Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Staff and supplies for permanent homelessness navigation center

• $150,000

  Good Samaritan Shelter · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

  Good samwich food truck

• $150,000

  New Beginnings Counseling Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

  Increased mental health care staff

• $140,000

  Alpha Resource Center of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Air conditioning and automated doors

• $130,000

  Santa Barbara County Immigrant Legal Defense Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Case management for unaccompanied immigrant children

• $125,000

  Dignitymoves · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Child-care center at the family village

• $120,000

  Leap Listen Engage Advocate Partner · Goleta, CA · 2024

  Gap funding for child-care program

• $110,000

  Path Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

  Privacy partitions for homeless womens dorm

• $110,000

  Santa Barbara Police Activities League · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Renovation of teen center

• $105,000

  Pathpoint · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Shower installation for behavioral health properties

• $100,000

  Carpinteria Children'S Project · Carpinteria, CA · 2025

  Dual language immersion program scholarships

• $100,000

  Channel Islands Ymca · Carpinteria, CA · 2025

  Transitional housing for youth exiting foster care

• $100,000

  Domestic Violence Solutions · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025

  Security improvements at dvs facilities

• $100,000

  Cada - Council On Alcoholism and Drug Abuse · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Vehicles for substance use disorder services

• $100,000

  City Net · Long Beach, CA · 2024

  Mobile safe space for homeless women

• $100,000

  Doctors Without Walls - Santa Barbara Street Medicine · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Intensive case management for homeless clients

• $100,000

  Family Service Agency · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Community mental health navigator pilot program

• $100,000

  Hillside House Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Adaptive van to accommodate wheelchairs

• $100,000

  Independent Living Resource Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Independent living support for youth with disabilities

• $100,000

  Legal Aid Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Legal services for survivors of intimate partner violence

• $100,000

  St Vincent'S Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Peer support specialist for homeless mothers

• $100,000

  Freedom 4 Youth · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Fem-powerment program for girls in the juvenile legal system

• $100,000

  Girls Inc of Carpinteria · Carpinteria, CA · 2022

  On-campus mental wellness program

• $100,000

  Sanctuary Centers of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Mental health integrated care clinic serving youth

• $100,000

  Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Harding elementary school outdoor learning environment for pre-school and elementary

• $100,000

  Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Mobile dental clinic

• $100,000

  Sb Act - Santa Barbara Alliance for Community Transformation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Neighborhood navigation centers expansion

• $90,000

  Casa Pacifica · Goleta, CA · 2024

  Expansion of mobile youth crisis services

• $80,000

  Mothers' Helpers · Goleta, CA · 2025

  Support center coordinator

• $75,000

  Casa - Court Appointed Special Advocates · Santa Maria, CA · 2025

  Data management system upgrade and specialist

• $75,000

  Showers of Blessing Santa Barbara · Goleta, CA · 2025

  Purchase of new truck base

• $75,000

  Unity Shoppe · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  Purchase and stocking of refrigeration units

• $75,000

  Food From the Heart of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Truck to collect and distribute produce

• $75,000

  Channel Islands Ymca · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  New facility for street outreach services for youth

• $75,000

  Dignitymoves · San Francisco, CA · 2022

  Case management office for interim housing community

• $55,000

  Foodbank of Santa Barbara County · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Home delivery of groceries to seniors

• $55,000

  Storyteller Children'S Center · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022

  Family advocate program

• $50,000

  2nd Story Associates · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Furnishings for permanent supportive housing

• $40,000

  People'S Self-Help Housing · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022

  College club

• $30,000

  Alzheimer'S Association California Central Coast Chapter · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023

  Alzheimers education and support for latino families

Who else funds this kind of work