Jun 6, 2023 | Featured Nonprofits
Diane Wondolowski is the Chief Financial Officer of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. She has provided stellar service there since 1999. She has served on boards, finance committees, audit committees, and investment committees of a number of nonprofits over...
May 30, 2023 | Featured Nonprofits
The highlight of the year for the 1,200 members of the Women’s Fund of Santa Barbara is when they reveal which local nonprofits their members have selected to receive transformational grants. This year, on May 9, hundreds of attendees watched spellbound in the...
May 23, 2023 | Featured Nonprofits
“It has truly been an honor to serve our elder generation and I am eternally grateful to learn from their pearls of wisdom, ” said Heidi Holly, Executive Director of Friendship Center. “I never imagined that, when I began working at Friendship...
Apr 18, 2023 | Featured Nonprofits
By Scott Eblin of the Eblin Group Ideally, everyone who works for a company would act as an ambassador for that organization to the public at large. In the rare cases where you see that, it’s a triumph of a highly aligned corporate culture. And, as is true with any...
Apr 18, 2023 | Featured Nonprofits
Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-WI) was outraged when he toured the major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara in August of 1969. Nelson also went away that day impressed with the many people who rallied to clean up the mess. Witnessing the miles and miles of beaches...
Apr 18, 2023 | Featured Nonprofits
By Joseph Scarano, CEO of Araize, Inc. A nonprofit audit is an independent examination of a nonprofit organization’s financial statements and records to ensure compliance. An audit can also provide insight into the organization’s financial health and help identify...
