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Causes: Education, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Literacy
Mission: Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Almost 13,000 students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
Geographic areas served: Santa Barbara, CA
Programs: Santa barbara education foundation serves as an advocate and raises funds to supportsanta barbara unified school district's 22 schools, to ensure a well roundededucation (including arts and music) for all 16,000 students. The foundation alsosupports early childhhod education, parent education, violence prevention, mentoringand tutoring, and the summer learning "get ahead program" for high school students. The foundation has provided the campaign leadership for several ballot initiativesthat have brought $18 million for classroom enrichment and $110 million forinfrastructure improvements.