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Instrument Fund

Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation

Foundation Music Education Grants Grants for Music Grants for Musical Instruments

Funding Amount

Varies

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

Program Type: Musical instrument grant/distribution program

Geographic Scope: Santa Barbara area

Focus Areas: Music education, providing instruments to students and schools

Background: The Bowl's Education Outreach conducts annual instrument and equipment drives during December. Last year over 100 instruments were donated. Instruments are distributed to local schools and arts non-profits.

Partners: New Noise Music Foundation, Notes for Notes, Santa Barbara Symphony, State Street Ballet, Santa Barbara Education Foundation, Jurkowitz Center for Arts Education at the Granada Theatre

Contact Information: Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, 1122 N. Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103, (805) 962-7411

What Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 38
Total given: $408K
Median grant: $8,500
Range: $5,500–$28K

By dollars: California 99%, Pennsylvania 1%. Top recipient cities: Santa Barbara, CA; Goleta, CA; Lompoc, CA.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
34% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA

Outreach grant

$28K
Children's Creative Project · Santa Barbara, CA

Outreach grant

$27K
Carpinteria Unified School District · Carpinteria, CA

Outreach grant

$26K
The Turner Foundation - Since 1958 · Santa Barbara, CA

Outreach grant

$20K
Santa Barbara Education Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA

Outreach grant

$16K