Welcome
Since 2000, the Orfalea Foundations have supported high-quality nonprofit programs that further our vision to promote healthy development and build skills for success in learning and in life.
Committed to improving and enriching early childcare, educational programs, and other community services, the Orfalea Foundations actively seek innovative and effective programs that meet our goals to assist underserved populations in our community.
Based in Santa Barbara, California, our support is concentrated first and foremost in Santa Barbara County and to a lesser extent in Ventura, and San Luis Obispo Counties.
As a significant component of our local giving, the Orfalea Foundations regularly encourage local nonprofit organizations to collaborate and develop strategic partnerships. By emphasizing cooperation between different agencies with similar goals, it is our hope to continually increase the efficiency of our own grant-making and maximize the philanthropic impact of our collective efforts.
Beginning in 2009, our giving will focus to a larger extent on our s’Cool Food, Aware and Prepare: A Community Partnership to Strengthen Emergency and Disaster Readiness, and the Outdoor Classroom Preschool Initiatives. In the current economic climate, the Orfalea Foundations are not exempt from feeling the effects of the economy. Thus you will learn about changes in our grantmaking in the pages that follow. These include applying greater scrutiny in seeking alignment with our initiatives and our core focus areas.
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Referred to jointly as the "Orfalea Foundations," we issue grant awards on behalf of the Orfalea Fund and the Orfalea Family Foundation.
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