Our Impact

In 2017, we awarded our first and only grant to date, by joining the City of Ojai in committing funds to ensuring that the Ventura County Resource Management Agency General Plan Update did not give in to political pressure to weaken air quality protections for our valley. Our $50,000 grant funded legal action during the general plan process that resulted in continued protections for Ojai. 

In addition to our ability to fund efforts to protect the environment of the Ojai Valley, our mere existence has a deterrent effect on projects that could negatively impact our community. Long before we made our first grant, our public awareness or our resources and commitment played a key role in persuading three big Cuyama Valley mine operators to desist from turning Highways 33 and 150 into gravel-trucking corridors. 

With the help of front line environmental partners, grant applicants, and our many supporters, we look forward to more successes like these.