Good Works: Planes of Fame announces new air museum in SM Airport
Santa Maria-based Planes of Fame Air Museum announced that over 60% of its campaign goal to develop a new Museum Campus at the Santa Maria Airport has been raised, the nonprofit said on Jan. 17. According to the 501(c)(3), it has raised $7.5 million of its $12 million goal so far. A benefactor has also Read More →
Good Works: CLU gets $3M in career grants; WEV marks Women’s Small Business Month
California Lutheran University was awarded just under $3 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Education to help students with career pathways and professional development. Most of the money — $2.8 million — is in the form of a five-year grant from the federal Vocational Identity and Talent in Academic Learning program, or VITAL, which Read More →
State’s $26M grant clears way for Oxnard affordable housing complex
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Good Works: Stollmeyer to match Boys & Girls Clubs donations
Rick Stollmeyer, the founder of the San Luis Obispo software firm Mindbody, will match donations to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast up to $300,000, the nonprofit announced Sept. 13. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast has clubs throughout San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County. It Read More →
Gilbert family’s gift will fund 100 CLU scholarships
A $2.5 million gift from the TOLD Foundation will provide California Lutheran University with roughly 100 scholarships to low-income and moderate-income students over the next eight years. The gift is the largest non-estate gift CLU has received for scholarships, according to a Sept. 8 statement from the university. Called the Rod Gilbert Achievement Scholarships, the Read More →
State funds more than 100 units in Ventura County with anti-homelessness grants
New funding from Sacramento will help convert a motel in Thousand Oaks to housing for homeless people and buildings at Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families to housing for at-risk former foster youth, adding more than 100 units of supportive housing in Ventura County. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced $694 million in new grants on Read More →
Girls Inc. in dispute over Santa Barbara property sale
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