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Foundation Receives 12th Consecutive 4-Star Rating

SCBT Awards Gross New Record Total for Scholarships 

Foundation Honors Students at Awards Ceremonies

Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards for 2024-25

South Coast Business & Technology Honorees Announced 

Foundation Partners with Law Firm to Boost Local Hiring

Applications for Foundation Aid Increase Once Again

Scholarship Foundation Honors Student Artists

Foundation Extends Scholarship Application Deadline 

                                   2023

Scholarship Foundation Holds Annual Luncheon

Dunn Named Foundation Development Director

Foundation Now Accepting Scholarship Applications 

Scholarship Foundation Earns Candid Platinum Seal 

Cabrera Named Scholarship Foundation President & CEO

Foundation Receives 11th Consecutive 4-Star Rating

McGrew Elected Scholarship Foundation Board Chair

SCBT Awards Gross Record Total for Scholarships

Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards for 2023-24

Solomon Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board

Gil-Reynoso Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board  

Franklin Elected to Foundation Board of Directors

Kaganoff Elected to Foundation Board of Directors 

Jen Brown Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board

Scholarship Foundation Honors Student Artists 

Scholarship Foundation Applications Increase

Dwyer Named Interim SFSB President and CEO

                                   2022

Foundation Hosts Community Leaders Luncheon

Deadline for Art & Honors Scholarships is Nov. 15

Scholarship Foundation Accepting Applications

Donna Weidl Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board

Michael Young Joins Scholarship Foundation Board

Emil Nazaretyan Joins Scholarship Foundation Board

Robertson to Retire as Scholarship Foundation CEO

Foundation Receives 10th Consecutive 4-Star Rating

Scholarship Foundation Earns Candid Platinum Seal

SCBT Awards Celebrate Business Innovation, Success

Scholarship Foundation Holds Awards Ceremonies

Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards for 2022-23

Martin Plourd Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board

Charlie Huiner Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board

Scholarship Foundation Announces Application Total

Art Scholarship Recipients’ Work on View at SBMA

                                   2021

Deadline for Art & Honors Scholarships is Nov. 15

Scholarship Foundation Accepting Applications

Aimee Miller Joins Scholarship Foundation Board

Scholarship Foundation Receives 4-Star Rating

George Thurlow Joins Scholarship Foundation Board

SFSB Earns GuideStar Platinum Seal of Transparency

Mary Dwyer Joins Scholarship Foundation Board

Rowe Elected Scholarship Foundation Board Chair

SCBT Awards Celebrate Local Business Success

Foundation Announces Scholarship Awards for 2021-22

Scholarship Foundation Announces Application Total

Student Artists Awarded Foundation Scholarships

                                   2020

Foundation Releases Donor Appreciation Video

Deadline for Art & Honors Scholarships is Nov. 15

Foundation to Begin Accepting Applications Oct. 15

SFSB Earns 2020 Platinum Seal of Transparency

Scholarship Foundation Receives 4-Star Rating

SFSB Announces Scholarship Awards for 2020-21

Scholarship Foundation Cancels Remaining Interviews

Barbara Robertson Appointed SFSB President & CEO

Hutchinson Named Scholarship Foundation CFO

Scholarship Foundation Announces Application Total

Foundation Celebrates Local Student Artists at SBMA

                                   2019

Foundation Holds Annual Community Leaders Luncheon

Deadline for SFSB Art & Honors Scholarships is Nov. 15

Len Smolburd Named Foundation Program Chief

SFSB Will Begin Accepting Applications October 15

Foundation to Host Lompoc Scholarship Benefit

Scholarship Foundation Earns GuideStar Platinum Seal

Glanville Elected Scholarship Foundation Board Chair

SCBT Awards Celebrate Business Success

SFSB Holds Annual Scholarship Awards Ceremonies

Scholarship Foundation Receives 4-Star Rating

Julie Weiner Appointed Chief Development Officer 

Michael Williams Named SFSB Finance Chief

Foundation Announces Scholarship Application Total

Scholarship Foundation Honors Local Student Artists

SFSB Honored for Outreach Efforts in Santa Maria

                                   2018

Foundation Holds Annual Community Leaders Luncheon

Victoria Juarez Named SFSB President and CEO

Israelachvili Honors Science Scholarship Announced 

Deadline for SFSB Art & Honors Scholarships is Nov. 15

Foundation to Begin Accepting Applications October 15

Sarah Chrisman Named to SFSB Board of Directors

2018 SCBT Awards Ceremony Held June 6

Nancy Ransohoff Appointed to SFSB Board of Directors

Pamela Gann Named to Scholarship Foundation Board

Scholarship Foundation Honors Student Artists

Scholarship Foundation Announces Application Total

SFSB Extends Application Deadline to January 21

                                   2017

Winkler to Step Down as Scholarship Foundation CEO

Scholarship Foundation Holds Annual Luncheon

SFSB to Receive Goleta’s Finest Award

Rodgers Named to Foundation Board of Directors

David Duron Appointed to Scholarship Foundation Board

Kelly Knight Elected to Scholarship Foundation Board

Dougherty Named SFSB Communications Director