What We Fund
The Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation makes about 35 grants a year totaling approximately $1.5 million to $2 million.
Grant applications will be considered only if they are devoted to capital improvements for 501(c)(3) charitable purposes in the South County (Santa Barbara, Goleta, and other local communities from Carpinteria to Isla Vista).
Arts
Funding to enrich our communities with cultural heritage and artistic expression.
PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS
Goleta Valley Historical Society
Granada Theatre
New Vic Theatre
Lobero Theatre
Santa Barbara Art Museum
Santa Barbara Historical Museum
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Santa Barbara Trust for Historical Preservation
Community & Recreation
Funding to enhance the community
we value in South Santa Barbara County.
PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS
Direct Relief (local projects only)
Elings Park Foundation
Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Ganna Walska Lotusland
Girsh Park
Habitat for Humanity
Organic Soup Kitchen of Santa Barbara
Pacific Pride Foundation
Peoples’ Self-Help Housing
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
Santa Barbara Rescue Mission
Santa Barbara Zoological Foundation
Sarah House
The Parks and Recreation Foundation
Transition House
Women’s Economic Ventures
Health
Funding to advance the physical and mental health resources available to our residents.
PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS
Cancer Foundation of Santa Barbara
Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation
Dream Foundation
Hospice of Santa Barbara County
Mental Wellness Center
New Beginnings Counseling Center
Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Visiting Nurse Hospice
Youth & Education
Funding to invest in future generations; empowering our youth towards success.
PAST GRANT RECIPIENTS
Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara
Carpinteria Children’s Project
Channel Islands YMCA
Child Abuse Listening Mediation (CALM)
Family Service Agency
Girls Incorporated of Carpinteria
Girls Incorporated of Greater Santa Barbara
Gwendolyn Strong Foundation
Ice in Paradise
LEAP
Music Academy of the West
Page Youth Center
Santa Barbara City College Foundation
Santa Barbara Police Activities League
Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara
Storyteller Child Center
Westmont College
Wilderness Youth Project
