GALAXY FUNDING
GIFT: An act of generosity that transforms a life.
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TYPES OF FUNDING
The Starfish Connection provides funding for emergent needs and hardships through our Galaxy Funding Program.
Emergent Needs Funding
- For sudden, unexpected needs that require immediate financial support.
- Designed to prevent a temporary setback from destabilizing individuals or families.
- Focuses on urgent relief to help someone recover from an unforeseen circumstance.
Hardship Funding
- For individuals and families on the precipice of poverty or to avert a poverty spiral.
- Intended to provide temporary financial relief as part of a broader support system. Broader support may be provided by the partner organization that connects clients with community resources, other charities, and/or governmental agencies .
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HOW WE GIFT
Our partnering nonprofit agencies identify clients already in their system that need emergency financial assistance and have exhausted all other options for support. Working together, we are able to quickly cover critical needs and help relieve a little of the stress they are enduring.
The agency social worker fills out our Galaxy Funding Application with the client and submits it to The Starfish Connection.
Our funding committee reviews the application and if approved, we issue payment direct to the vendor. Approved funding is available up to $2500 per recipient.
Our process is unique and predicated on the belief that a small act of generosity can have a life altering affect. The Starfish Connection feels that we all have a responsibility to help our neighbors through tough times and that giving is a form of self-healing.
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PARTNERS
These trusted partners are the key to our Galaxy Funding program. Each of these organizations is providing critical services to our neighbors and we are proud to work with them. Because of them, we are able to issue funding typically within 24 hours.
Thank you for your tireless work in our community!
CARPINTERIA CHILDREN’S PROJECTS
IMMIGRANT LEGAL DEFENSE CENTER
If you are a tri-county area nonprofit organization and are interested in working with The Starfish Connection, please fill out our application.
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CRITERIA
To qualify for Starfish Connection Crisis Funding, clients must meet the following criteria:
The client must be receiving services from the Partnering Organization.
The client needs a emergent financial gift to meet basic needs.
Support needed is not available from other organizations and/or the client has exhausted the available support.
Clients must be able to provide proof of need i.e.: car repair bill, past due utility bill, tuition statement/books/materials list, burial or cremation invoice so that Starfish Connection can pay the invoice directly to the provider.