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Education and Personal Development

The Education and Personal Development fields of interest include library friends groups; education foundations; youth groups that emphasize educational, age-appropriate activities, and leadership; and skill development organizations. Agencies in this category have missions to

  • Provide or improve access to learning opportunities
  • Reach out to our diverse population with a wide variety of educational activities aimed at improving the whole person
  • Teach specific skills to a particular population

Optional Technical Assistance Workshops:

For 2008 cycle:

Santa Maria
October 30, 2007 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Location: Elwin Mussell Center at 510 E. Park Ave.

Santa Barbara
November 1, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Goleta Holiday Inn at 5650 Calle Real

Workshop highlights:

  • General Operating Support & Existing Program Grants 
  • Understanding the SBF process
  • Elements of successful proposals and how to write a compelling request
  • Outcome Funding and creating an outcome statement

Application Deadline:
December 14, 2007

Award Date: 
May 1, 2008

Staff Contact:
Claudia Armann, Senior Program Officer
805-963-1873 ext. 126
claudia@sbfoundation.org

Please note:  Nonprofit agencies are assigned to a specific field of interest based on their mission statement, not on the objectives of any particular request. Agencies must confirm their field of interest with a member of the Foundation's program staff prior to submitting an application. An agency's field of interest determines the application submission deadline.

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