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Victor Maccharoli- The Women's Fund of Santa Barbara held their 5th annual luncheon Monday at Paso Nuevo Restaurant.

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Women's Fund gives $725,000 to nonprofits

By ERIC LINDBERG — Feb. 10, 2009

A varied array of local nonprofits received a total of $725,000 from the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara during its annual awards luncheon yesterday.

During the past five years, the organization has awarded more than $2 million to programs that serve families, women and children on the South Coast.

“We’re thrilled to award these grants to so many worthy agencies working in the areas of education, health care and violence prevention,” Jo Gifford, chair of the Women’s Fund Oversight Committee, said in a news release. “In today’s economy, charitable support is even more critical for the survival of local programs serving our community and its most vulnerable citizens.”

Along with donations from members of the Women’s Fund, this year’s awards were funded by a $353,000 grant from the Orfalea Fund. A total of 10 nonprofits received awards ranging from $30,000 to $150,000:

-AllForOne Youth and Mentoring received $65,000 to fund a program director position

-Breast Cancer Resource Center received $30,000 for a new computer system

-Casa Serena received $75,000 for a scholarship fund to help women recover from alcoholism

-CORE at Santa Barbara Junior High School received $70,000 for an individualized intervention program

-Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy received $150,000 toward a new building to expand its hands-on science and engineering program

-Future Leaders of America received $65,000 for a Latino youth program designed to create role models

-The Parent Project received $35,000 for parent-adolescent communications training

-PathPoint received $75,000 for a rehabilitation specialist to assist mentally ill adults

-Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics received $80,000 to upgrade a computer health tracking system

-United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara received $80,000 to expand afterschool programs for at-risk youth

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Hooray for the private sector! : 10/16/2009

Thank God for "the rich"!

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