About NPRN
Nonprofit Resource Network (NPRN) of Santa Barbara County serves as the digital hub for Santa Barbara County’s social sector.
The network supports communication and information sharing by disseminating key information, resources, trainings, event opportunities, job openings, and more. NPRN provides resources to strengthen the capacity of Santa Barbara county organizations, and deepens relationships within the sector encouraging cross-organizational collaboration by surfacing and connecting organizations, businesses, foundation, individuals, agencies and consultants in a centralized and efficient way.
A thriving nonprofit sector with the capacity to improve the lives of people in Santa Barbara County and beyond.
Strengthening the impact of the nonprofit sector by connecting resources and opportunities for learning and collaboration through a network of individuals and organizations.
Community
We believe in the power of relationships to connect and strengthen the nonprofit sector. We strive to foster a culture of collaboration, partnership, and cooperation where members uplift and empower each other to achieve shared goals and aspirations.
Equity
We approach our work in the spirit of lifting the tide for all boats, advocating for fair and equal access across systems, policies, and procedures to promote the well-being and prosperity of all individuals and communities. This includes ensuring the fair distribution of opportunities, resources, and power, with careful consideration of both current and historical contexts.
Learning
Growing the skill sets and knowledge of the sector through authentic listening, lived experience, and peer sharing to inspire innovation, foster personal and professional development, and drive positive change. We commit to growing from our successes and failures.
Creativity
We strive to cultivate a growth mindset, exploring inventive solutions to meet the needs of the community and reimagining the landscape of the nonprofit sector. We celebrate the transformative power of imaginative problem-solving, fostering a culture of novel ideas and innovation.
Integrity
We hold ourselves accountable to high standards of transparency and trustworthiness as well as consistency in words and actions. We believe in unwavering honesty and ethical conduct, upholding our commitments and holding ourselves accountable even when faced with challenges.
Sustainability
We believe each organization’s ability to learn to sustain itself over the long term, perpetuating its capacity to fulfill its mission is critical to a robust and thriving nonprofit sector. Fiduciary responsibility, strong business models, innovation, and collaboration bolster longevity, viability, and resilience.
Nonprofit Resource Network (NPRN) is completely free to use and offers the following features tailored to nonprofit organizations:
Connect
Connect with other sector members, post your organizations activities, find consultants, ask questions, share your wins, hurdles, and more.
News
Share your organization’s news with an audience that is engaged and interested in your work. Keep up with the latest in the nonprofit community.
Jobs
Looking to fill a position within your organization? Looking for a new career within the nonprofit sector? Post and search available positions on our Jobs board.
Events
Share your orgs upcoming fundraiser, search for capacity building events, and more. The Events Calendar is the best way to stay updated on upcoming nonprofit happenings throughout the county.
Resources
Share and find resources within the nonprofit community. Track and manage grants programs with NPRN's Grant Center database, view past NPRN webinars, virtual events, and more.
Grant Center
Are you a grant writer or a development professional? Effectively manage your grants program and velopent needs with our centralized grant tracking tool, database, and grant writer directory.
NPRN Steering Committee. The committee is a consortium of nonprofit professionals with decades of valuable insight and experience working with a wide range of nonprofit, business, and government entities in our region. The Steering Committee will serve in an advisory capacity, offering insights and providing direction and feedback to the NPRN team. The Steering Committee members include:
Gary Clark, Director of the Collaboration
for Social Impact
Santa Barbara Foundation
NPRN Co-Chair
Patricia Solorio, Associate Director
The Fund for Santa Barbara
NPRN Co-Chair
Alma Harmsen, Executive Director
Partners in Housing Solutions
Ernesto Paredes, CEO
EasyLift
Kristen Sullivan, Ph.D., Executive Director
Towbes Foundation
Emilie Neumann, Executive Director
Patricia & Paul Bragg Foundation
Carly Bass, Grants Administrator
Hutton Parker Foundation
The Nonprofit Resource Network is a fiscally sponsored project of The Fund for Santa Barbara
in partnership with The Santa Barbara Foundation.
NPRN would also like to thank the following members of The Foundation Roundtable
for their generous, ongoing support of this work:
Audacious Foundation
Hutton Parker Foundation
Jackson Family Foundation
JS Bower Foundation
McCune Foundation
Monroe Foundation
Mosher Foundation
Natalie Orfalea Foundation
Outhwaite Foundation
Santa Barbara Foundation
SG Foundation
The Fund for Santa Barbara
Towbes Foundation
Wood Claeyssens Foundation
Zegar Foundation