Preserving What We Love Takes an Ongoing Commitment...

Every year thousands of students from Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties participate in free, guided, age-appropriate tours of El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park and Casa de la Guerra. 

What students learn here connects them to the past, giving them an appreciation for the cultures and influences that shape who we are today; the natives, explorers, settlers and immigrants that helped to shape our state and community. Your investment in SBTHP helps students discover the past—so they can be better prepared for the future.

Private gifts from friends like you make it possible for us to do remarkable things. Your support helps us to continue our education programs, living history demonstrations, guided tours, public lectures, exhibits and events that help locals and visitors alike appreciate early California history and the rich heritage and extraordinary past of the city of Santa Barbara.

Every year—in good years and tough ones—we need to open our doors to the world for enjoyment, study, and inspiration.Please support the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation with your generous gift today. Your donation helps to sustain our educational programs, painstaking research, restoration and preservation programs, protecting fragile archeological and historic sites and helping us to educate and inform visitors from around the world. Thank you for your support.

To make an online donation click on the "donate" button. You can use your Visa, MC, or PayPal account to donate money today.* If you prefer, you can download and print a donation form(pdf). Please fax or mail this form, with a check, money order, or credit card information to: Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation 123 East Canon Perdido Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2215 (805) 965-0093 | FAX (805) 568-1999 Fed Tax ID# 95-6111696 *All donations to the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation will be recognized if so desired. We will of course honor your wish to remain anonymous.

For questions regarding credit card payment, gifts of securities or pledging call Kendra Rhodes in the Development Department at (805) 966-1279.

Ways You Can Help

Unrestricted Gifts

Unrestricted Gifts are most valuable because they enable SBTHP to apply the funds where they are most needed. Unrestricted gifts can be made through outright gifts of cash (check or credit card), appreciated securities, retirement assets and pledges over time. Want to stretch your donation dollars even further? Visit out our matching gifts page to see if your company or employer will match your contribution. Non-cash gifts of real property, art work and other personal property are also welcome.

Donor Designated Gifts

Donor Designated Gifts can benefit one of SBTHP's current projects such as the Presidio Northwest Corner, Presidio Research Center, Casa de la Guerra or Santa Inés Mission Mills - a particular program such as Early California Days, Living History Days or Dia de los Muertos - or a specific department: curatorial, education, archaeology or research.

Memorial and Honorary Gifts

Memorial and Honorary Gifts provide a lasting tribute to a friend or loved one. An honorary gift recognizes a special person for their anniversary, birthday or a job well done. SBTHP will send an acknowledgement to the families of those memorialized or to the person honored without specifying the amount.

Pearl Chase Endowment

The Pearl Chase Endowment has been created to receive and encourage planned gifts and bequests, and to provide a permanent financial base for the SBTHP's ongoing preservation and restoration work.