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2026 Grant Recipients

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Grants Awarded During 2026

Santa Clarita Valley

 
ARTree Community Center
To provide a free monthly art program for families in the Santa Clarita Valley
$10,000
Carousel Ranch
To provide work-readiness training and college certification programs to 30 to 40 young adults with disabilities
$25,000
College of the Canyons Foundation
For faculty innovation grants, scholarships to students from the Santa Clarita Valley, and for the purchase of a dynamic teaching tool for the nursing Program
$50,000
ESCAPE Theater
To provide theater training to 700 youth in Santa Clarita Valley
$20,000
Hart Show Choir Boosters
To support an award-winning, underfunded show choir in Santa Clarita
$20,000
Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation
For the Teacher Innovation Grant Program
$20,000
   

Santa Maria Valley

 
Boxtales Theater Company
To offer myth and folktale assemblies in elementary schools in North Santa Barbara County
$7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast
For academic support for low-income children in Santa Maria
$50,000
Fighting Back Santa Maria
To provide supportive services and housing to homeless students and transitional aged youth
$80,000
(2 years)
Food Bank of Santa Barbara County
To provide healthy food & nutrition education programs in the Santa Maria Valley
$100,000
(2 years)
Future Leaders of America
To prepare 150 Santa Maria youth for college
$30,000
Guadalupe Nipoma Dunes Center
To provide middle schoolers in the Santa Maria Valley with a deep dive in environmental education
$25,000
Healing Heroes through Horsemanship
To train and certify at-risk veterans from the Santa Maria Valley for careers in horsemanship
$25,000
Leading from Within
For professional and leadership development for individuals working in the social sector in the Santa Maria Valley
$35,000
Santa Barbara Humane Society
To provide free veterinary care to pets in low-income families and to stabilize the feral cat population in Santa Maria
$80,000
(2 years)
Santa Maria Philharmonic Society
To provide classical music education to elementary students
$20,000
Transitions Mental Health Association
To provide vocational training for adults with mental illness
$20,000
   

San Francisco

 
City Surf Project
To offer a surfing program to 80 underserved youth in San Francisco
$40,000
Curry Senior Center
To help develop Curry’s fundraising infrastructure and raise matching funds for Curry’s long-term financial stability
$100,000
(2 years)
Gateway Public Schools
To operate Boys & Girls Clubs that are fully integrated into the schools
$30,000
ICA Cristo Rey Academy
To prepare low-income high school girls for work-study opportunities that develop professional skills
$20,000
Magic Tooth Bus
To provide 200 underserved students in San Francisco with dental screenings and preventative care
$20,000
Ruth Asawa School of the Arts
To support a hands-on high school architecture and design program by providing funds to construct an outdoor classroom and gathering space
$40,000
Sunset Youth Services
To provide 100 systems-involved youth with job training in a range of fields including digital media, audio engineering, and cooking
$25,000
   

Other

 
Point Blue Conservation Science
For conservation of agricultural lands in Merced County
$40,000
   

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