The SBCC Foundation has provided Santa Barbara City College with private philanthropic support since 1976. As an independent 501c3 nonprofit organization and partner to SBCC, the Foundation serves as the vehicle through which individuals and organizations may invest in the college and its students.

The SBCC Foundation provides more than $5 million annually for the SBCC Promise, student success programs, scholarships, emergency grants, more. 

For more than four decades, the resources raised and managed by the SBCC Foundation have supported SBCC students as they prepare for careers, transfer to four-year universities, and pursue lifelong learning goals.