Give to help your neighbors through disasters.
Our communities in Santa Barbara County have proven time and again to be resilient in times of disaster. The Community Disaster Relief Fund was created to support our county during times of crisis, and has previously been activated to respond to disasters such as the Thomas Fire and 1/9 Debris Flow and the COVID-19 Pandemic. To learn more about our COVID-19 response work, read our COVID-19 Impact Report.
Update as of January 10, 2023: Our role as a community foundation is to be responsive to emerging needs in our community. As such, we are closely monitoring the needs of our social sector partners and neighbors in response to recent flooding in Santa Barbara County.
Mail a check made out to Santa Barbara Foundation to:
Santa Barbara Foundation
1111 Chapala St Ste 200
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Please note Community Disaster Relief Fund on the memo line of your check, or on an accompanying note.
SBF Fundholders, to make a gift from your donor advised fund please click here to access your donor portal account or fill out and return this form to Jessica Sanchez at jsanchez@sbfoundation.org.”
Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, and BNY Mellon Fundholders: Please click here to give from your donor advised fund.
You can also give through donor advised funds held elsewhere. Contact your fund manager for instructions on how to give to the Santa Barbara Foundation and indicate Community Disaster Relief Fund in the designation.
Please include the following information to complete a wire transfer to Montecito Bank & Trust for the Santa Barbara Foundation. Please notify Jessica Sanchez at jsanchez@sbfoundation.org or (805) 880-9366 when a wire in or ACH is initiated.
To: Montecito Bank & Trust
1000 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Routing ABA#: 122234783
Account Name: Santa Barbara Foundation
Account #: 192087651
If you are 70½ or older, you can use your individual retirement account (IRA) to make a gift to benefit the Community Disaster Relief Fund. IRA charitable rollover gifts will lower the income and taxes from your IRA-required minimum distributions. Charitable Rollover Gifts allow you to:
Attention Donor Advised Fundholders: Federal law does not allow DAFs to accept Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) from IRAs. However, QCD gifts made as unrestricted gifts to the Santa Barbara Foundation do qualify.
Below is our preferred brokerage account information. If you prefer another brokerage, please let us know so we may provide you with the proper account details.
Wells Fargo Advisors
3660 State Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Attention: Richard Pakes, Senior Vice President- Investment Officer
Phone: 805-730-5031
Richard.pakes@wellsfargoadvisors.com
SBF Acct. # 6839 6859
DTC # 0141
Please contact Jessica Sanchez at jsanchez@sbfoundation.org to let us know the purpose, exact number of shares being transferred and name of each security. This will allow us to expedite processing of your gift and ensure proper crediting.
Have questions about giving? Contact us.
To discuss other giving options or for answers to your questions about our Community Disaster Relief Fund please contact Brittany Napier, Director of Development, at BNapier@sbfoundation.org.
If you are a nonprofit actively responding to the recent flood, please contact Jenny Kearns, Director of Grantmaking, at JKearns@sbfoundation.org.