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Causes: Arts & Culture, Performing Arts, Performing Arts Centers, Recreation & Sports, Sports
Mission: To manage, maintain and renovate the santa barbara bowl, to provide music and performing arts events in the santa barbara community, to promote cultural and artistic awareness in santa barbara county, to present music and performing arts to local students.
Programs: Performing arts: the santa barbara bowl foundation is led by dedicated volunteers and staff to operate the santa barbara bowl, a preeminent outdoor performing arts venue, hosting approximately 30 shows and over 100,000 patrons annually. Following a $40 million renovation and restoration effort, the foundation continues to raise funds to protect the community's investment and stay at the forefront of technology, audience safety and amenities. The foundation also raises funds for education outreach programming and endowment to provide need-based support, resources, and advocacy to music and performing arts education programs benefiting local school children.
education outreach program: the santa barbara bowl foundation is a respected funder and partner in the performing arts education community in the greater santa barbara area, reaching approximately 20,000 schoolchildren annually. Its programs include supporting the arts community by providing need-based support to arts education programs, supporting community access to the performing arts, and serving as an arts advocate in the community. The foundation itself commits $1. 00 per paid ticket to the education outreach program.