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SBEF and 99.9 KTYD continue to Keep the Beat for Local Students
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Mission Scholars Raises $172,000 in Matching Grant Campaign
On the heels of Mission Scholars’ successful Giving Tuesday match campaign in November, local philanthropists Tim and Virginia Bliss raised the stakes with a bold offer of their own: if Mission Scholars could raise $50,000 by January 15, 2022, they would match. “After the success on Giving Tuesday, I wanted to entice people to give [...]
Jesse Rosenberg Joins Santa Barbara Education Foundation’s Board of Directors
The Santa Barbara Education Foundation recently elected Jesse Rosenberg to its Board of Directors. Rosenberg currently leads the bike share program, BCycle, a fully owned subsidiary of Trek Bicycle, which has brought electric bike-share to Santa Barbara. Prior to BCycle, Rosenberg was a Senior Leader at Zagster, a micro-mobility start-up based in Boston, and spent [...]
Mission Scholars: Success Comes in Many Different Forms
Source: The Montecito Journal By Cassie Lancaster For nonprofits, there are many barometers of success. One is fundraising, obviously. The more a nonprofit can raise, the better its odds become of fulfilling its mission. Another is outcome. One advantage enjoyed by Mission Scholars, the program I run under the aegis of the Santa Barbara Education [...]
EVENTS
The Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) will host Wealth of Knowledge, a free financial literacy workshop designed specifically for educators, on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
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Education Matters
As we close out 2025, this issue of Education Matters celebrates the impact made possible by our community.
From a powerful story highlighting the lifelong influence of music education to key insights from Superintendent Dr. Hilda Maldonado’s State of Our Schools address, this newsletter reflects a year of growth and opportunity across Santa Barbara’s public schools.
You’ll also meet SBEF’s newest board member and join us in thanking a longtime leader for his dedicated service.
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