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Bowl Outreach provides essential support and resources to youth performing arts programs throughout Santa Barbara County.

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A variety of support is available for programs, students, teachers, and artists. A summary and link for each program and application is below.

Please contact Lyndsay Cooke with additional questions.

Important

Organization and/or program should be focused on performing arts education for children in grades K – High School. Exceptions in age or programming should be discussed first.
Programs can be focused at schools during school time, at schools after-school, or off-site from schools during or after-school hours.
The Bowl supports programs within Santa Barbara County.

Our Grant Options

Grant Cycles

Spring Cycle and Fall Cycle provides 2 opportunities for critical funding.

Our Application Site has full details and deadlines.

All new Spring Cycle and Fall Cycle applicants will be required to attend an orientation session for Bowl applications.

2022 Spring Cycle

Applications are now closed.

2022 Fall Cycle

Application submission is closed. All submitted applications are now in review and grant recipients will be notified in early November.

Instrument Fund

Santa Barbara Bowl Instrument Fund ensures that lack of an instrument doesn’t prevent a child from learning to play music.

Instrument Fund application cycle is on-going.

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Community Ticket Subsidy - CTS

SB Bowl offers SUBSIDIZED tickets to concerts for organizations and programs serving youth in Santa Barbara County. These tickets are available for organizations to bring their students to experience live performing arts.

Flash Grants

Flash Grants respond quickly to your emergency funding needs. These grants are intended to provide immediate relief to urgent, qualifying requests that cannot be handled during our regular granting (Spring Cycle and Fall Cycle).

Maximum request is $2,500.
Applications will be responded to within 14 days of submission.
Flash Grant funding is always available for emergent needs.

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Ad or Sponsor Requests

Let the Santa Barbara Bowl help support your community event with a mutually-beneficial sponsorship. To qualify for a sponsorship, your event must feature or benefit youth performing arts within Santa Barbara County.

Legacy Scholarships

In memory of those who dedicated themselves to supporting the Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation, scholarships have been established for Santa Barbara County students pursuing undergraduate degrees in the performing arts. The Bowl provides two scholarships awarded to high school seniors each year: