Category: Recent News

Meet Billi Jo and Yaskin

Attendees at the Scholarship Foundation’s recent Community Leaders Luncheon were treated to a heartwarming video about recent SFSB aid recipients Billi Jo Starr and Yaskin Solano…

Meet Tosha Lewis, SFSB’s Dynamic Program Director

Tosha Lewis was named director of programs and evaluation at the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara in October 2016. A tireless advocate for expanding access to college, she…

Our Website Now Features Pages and Resources in Spanish

We launched a fresh redesign of our website a few months ago, but there was one piece that was still missing: accessibility of the website’s content to Spanish speakers…

Shop for Scholarships: Amazon Smile and Prime Day is Today

Can’t stop thinking about a new summer outfit? Want to make student’s dreams come true? Now you can finally buy those cute beach togs you’ve been eyeing and donate to the Scholarship Foundation…

Congratulations to our 2017 Scholarship Recipients!

Each May we celebrate our scholarship recipients in separate north and south county ceremonies. This year, we celebrated at the Santa Barbara Courthouse’s…

Michael Towbes: Community Leader and Champion of Education

For over 50 years, Mr. Towbes was a pillar of the Santa Barbara community, both in business and philanthropy. He was the founder and chairman of the board of The Towbes Group, a construction and property management …

A New Addition: Bourke Wealth Management Scholarship

One of the hardest things about going to college – besides finding out how to pay for it – is choosing a major. Will it be the right one to launch a career? Will it put a student on the path to success…

Honoring Our Legacy Society, The Scholars Circle

The Scholarship Foundation is grateful for every donation to our organization. Every two years we gather to thank our legacy society, The Donors Circle, for including us in their estate planning.

Education pays guaranteed dividends

A huge thank you to Bill Cirone, Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools, for writing about the Scholarship Foundation in his most recent article! “In the U.S., a higher education has long been the key to the door of opportunity and financial sufficiency,” Winkler notes, “but rapidly increasing costs and the subsequent debt burden our… Read more »

Student Artists Awarded Scholarships

On January 22, 2016, 21 promising student artists were awarded scholarships at the Scholarship Foundation’s 37th annual Art Scholarship Reception and Exhibition…