Nonprofit Request

To be eligible, you must be a registered nonprofit organization in good standing, operating within our service areas. Preference is given to organization's whose mission aligns with our focus areas.

Our Focus

To support organizations or programs within organizations which primarily serve low- and moderate-income individuals and families in our communities. Other focus areas include, but are not limited to:

• Arts & Culture
• Health & Medical
• Social Services
• Youth & Education

Service Areas

• Carpinteria
• Camarillo
• Goleta
• Montecito
• Oxnard
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Maria
• Solvang
• Ventura
• Westlake Village

Carefully read the instructions for a donation request to ensure that all the information you provide is thorough and accurate.

You will be asked to supply basic information about your organization and specific details about your sponsorship, grant or volunteer needs. You will not have the option to save the application, so please be ready to submit when you begin filling it out. As an extra precaution, consider typing some of your answers in a word document and then transfer the information to avoid losing it.

Prior to completing your application, please have the following documents ready to submit:

• 501c3 IRS designation letter
• Signed W-9 form
• Sponsorship levels and a donation request letter
• Any documents that can be used for low- and moderate-income (LMI) verification to show that your organization, or the event for which you are fundraising, serves the LMI community

If the organization plans to ask for multiple event or grant donations throughout the year, please submit each one separately, but do so at the same time. The maximum annual sponsorship and grant amounts range from $2,500 to $10,000 total for the calendar year so please keep that in mind when submitting. Some exceptions may apply.

We do our very best to accommodate all the volunteer requests we receive, but with a staff of 200 associates from Solvang to Westlake, resources can be limited. Please allow at least 6-8 weeks for the recruitment process. This provides us enough time to approve the request and reach out to our team and see how many of them are willing to donate their time. Volunteer services are reserved specifically for non-profit clients who have a banking relationship with Montecito Bank & Trust.