On May 23, about 250 supporters of the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara gathered at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum for its Annual Dinner. Following the Awards Ceremony in the Santa Barbara County Courthouse Sunken Gardens, the dinner celebrated the roughly $8.3 million in scholarships awarded this year to about 2,700 students throughout the county.
The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara County is the largest community-based provider of college scholarships in the entire country, having cumulatively awarded in excess of $108 million to more than 47,000 county students since its founding in 1962.
During the reception in the lower Adobe Courtyard, donors, staff, boardmembers, volunteers, and other guests mingled. Guests were then seated in the main courtyard for an al fresco dinner. Board Chair Don Logan welcomed them and illustrated the importance of the foundation’s work by citing a recent Georgetown University study, which showed that college graduates earn on average $1 million more over their lifetimes than non-college graduates.