Strategic Partnerships Webinar: Collaborative Practices to Sustain Impact

REGISTER NOW This webinar provides an introduction to the array of strategic relationships that can advance greater impact and sustainability for nonprofit organizations. Informed by our 20+ years’ worth of experience in this area, La Piana Consulting outlines the variety of potential organizational relationships, key drivers of success and potential challenges to achieving success, as […]

UCSB MultiCultural Center: #Black Lives Matter Collective Healing Organization Space

Join us to process the on-going police brutality against Black lives and people, and collectively share useful tips and practices for organizing spaces. During the event we will have two Zoom calls, 1) for the Black community for healing/processing and 2) for non-Black folks who want to be in solidarity with the community. Please fill […]

Light Gabler Webinar: Avoiding Common Employment Law Mistakes as You Ramp up or Reopen

REGISTER NOW Now that you are about to reopen (or have already done so), it is a good time to fine tune your procedures and analyze your workforce as you bring people back to work. So, take a breath after the initial COVID crisis has passed and review your documentation, processes and procedures now before litigation […]

The State of Philanthropy & Capital Campaigns Webinar

REGISTER NOW This webinar is generously sponsored by the Ventura County Community Foundation. Current realities are rocking philanthropy, challenging our core strategies for developing relationships, securing major and capital campaign gifts. The role of development professionals and nonprofit leaders in generating nonprofit revenues is more important than ever before in recent history. Convened by the […]

CalNonprofits Causes Count: Insights on the Nonprofit Sector & What Comes Next

REGISTER NOW Please Join Regional Capacity Builders and CalNonprofits CEO, Jan Masaoka as she shares: New insights and data from the 2019 Causes Counts report on California's nonprofit sector. Local data on Ventura & Santa Barbara County Nonprofits. Information all nonprofits need to know about the current state of the sector. COVID-19 Policy Updates. Recommendations […]

Juneteenth Santa Barbara: Digital Diaspora

COVID-19 will not stop our celebration of Juneteenth. Our celebration themed: Digital Diaspora: A Santa Barbara Celebration of Black Histories & Futures will share on our website and social media channels our Black talent that is local to our community. Please mark you calendars for Friday, June 19 and tune into learn about Black history, […]

NPQ Webinar: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice?

With each day come more statements from organizations articulating their stances and, in some cases, their specific commitments to be part of change in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Some nonprofit and philanthropic boards are actively discussing whether to make a statement at all and if so, what it should contain. […]

Light Gabler Webinar: Avoiding Common Employment Law Mistakes as You Ramp up or Reopen

REGISTER NOW Now that you are about to reopen (or have already done so), it is a good time to fine tune your procedures and analyze your workforce as you bring people back to work. So, take a breath after the initial COVID crisis has passed and review your documentation, processes and procedures now before litigation […]

NPQ Webinar: How Can Boards Join the Movement for Racial Justice? Part 2

With each day come more statements from organizations articulating their stances and, in some cases, their specific commitments to be part of change in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd. Some nonprofit and philanthropic boards are actively discussing whether to make a statement at all and if so, what it should contain. […]

Coffee & Conversations

Coffee and Conversations is a new monthly virtual event held exclusively for SBF donors and fundholders to learn about an area of our work. This month, Jackie Carrera, President & CEO, and Rubayi Estes, Interim Chief Program Officer, to learn how Santa Barbara County communities have been affected by COVID-19 with a deeper look into […]