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Make a Donation Today!
As a community foundation, the Santa Barbara Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity that enables people like you to simply and effectively support the issues and communities you care about. We can manage your philanthropic plans for today and tomorrow and inform you on the tax benefits of your giving.
We offer personalized service, local expertise, and community leadership.The Santa Barbara Foundation can help you at every stage of developing and implementing a giving plan.
- Think about your goals Often a conversation with family members or financial advisor is the best way to start thinking about a charitable plan.
- Decide when to give Based on your needs, we can help you decide if it is more appropriate to establish a fund immediately, through your will, or through other planned giving strategies.
- Decide what to give: We can talk with you about the different kinds of assets you can use to open a fund. Most people open a fund with cash or stock. You can also make a gift of real estate, life insurance or other property.
- Talk with us about how to give: Options include a variety of funds (Donor Advised Funds – Endowed and Non-endowed – Field of Interest Funds) that enable you start giving immediately, or giving strategies that will make gifts to your fund later. Or, you can do both.
- Choose what you want to support Once you decide what you want to support—with or without assistance from our program staff—you can recommend grants. The Foundation takes care of all administrative details.
- Unrestricted Gifts: Represent an investment in the future, allowing the Foundation to constantly respond to the changing needs of Santa Barbara County. Unrestricted funds are added to our permanent endowment: the principal is never spent but instead earns income that is used to support charitable works in perpetuity.
- Restricted Gifts: Can support a particular area of interest.
- Donor Advised Funds: Play an active role in directing resources to specific organizations. Set up your fund today and take an immediate tax deduction. More information.
- Planned or Deferred Gifts: Allow a portion of an estate to benefit the Santa Barbara Foundation. Join our Legacy Society. Writing Bequest Language.
Make an instant contribution to the causes you care about using your MasterCard, Visa, or American Express. The Santa Barbara Foundation can accept online donations for any purpose. Please fill out the secure payment form to complete your transaction. If you have questions about donations, please contact Tanya Gonzales, Vice President of Development by phone at 805-963-1873 or via email at tgonzales@sbfoundation.org.
The Santa Barbara Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and your gift is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. |
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