Santa Barbara, CA -For more than a decade, the Orfalea Foundation has provided private funds for public good, concentrated mainly in Santa Barbara County.  The foundation has amassed significant quantitative and qualitative data about its work in early childhood education, school food reform, educational investments, disaster readiness, and youth development.
Over the next two years, the foundation plans to package and share knowledge collected from innovative, on-the-ground practices in Santa Barbara County with stakeholders at the state and national level.  “The outcomes and lessons from these investments and strategic initiatives are of interest to non-profits, funders, and policy-makers alike,” says Orfalea Foundation President Lois Mitchell, who has helmed the nonprofit since its inception in the year 2000.  View or download the PDF to learn more.