Santa Cruz Island Foundation

Santa Cruz Island Foundation, est. 1985

THE CALIFORNIA ISLANDS—SAVING THEIR HISTORY, TELLING THEIR STORIES

Santa Cruz Island Foundation is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that collects, preserves, and maintains archival materials and objects vital and relevant to the understanding and appreciation of the twenty islands off the coasts of California and Baja California, Mexico. It is the sole institution devoted to the rich history, art and culture of the California Islands.

Founded by the late Dr. Carey Stanton in 1985 and named in honor of Santa Cruz Island, the island on which he resided and had a deep interest, the Foundation first and foremost saves for future generations what would be lost without it successfully fulfilling its mission.

In advancing understanding of these Islands, the Foundation makes its unique island-related collections available to scholars, teachers, filmmakers, and researchers of all kinds, to students and members of the public through exhibitions, educational programs, and tours, and to a worldwide audience through its publications, and website.

It's free online California Islands encyclopedia, ISLAPEDIA, provides 18,000 pages of information and more than 10,000 island-related photos. The Santa Cruz Island Foundation exists because the stories of the Islands are worth preserving and worth telling. It is governed by fifteen directors along with a sixty-member advisory council and is headquartered in Carpinteria, California at its Chrisman California Islands Center, 4994 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria, CA 93013.

Contact: info@scifoundation.org

• IRS Determination-Federal EIN

• IRS Determination-State EIN

• IRS Determination Letter SCIF is an Operating Foundation

• California Determination

• Organizational Clearance Certificate #1386676 (CA State Board of Equalization) Property Tax exemption

• CA Sales Tax Exemption Reg. 1586 Works of Art and Pieces for Public Museum Display, Libraries and Archives pay no sales tax.

• CA Employer Acct #34521007

• State Board of Equalization Property Tax Exemption #22625

• Seller's Permit (sales-tax exempt) #015790095-00001

• City of Carpinteria Business License

• File:Bylaws original.pdf Original By Laws

• File:Bylaw resolution001.pdf By Laws addendum

Santa Cruz Island Foundation permanent installations include:

• Santa Cruz Island: installation of a small archaeology museum in Pete's house at the Main Ranch (1989)
• Santa Cruz Island: restoration and seismic upgrading of the chapel for its centennial celebration (1991)
• Santa Barbara Island: installation of a visitors' center with exhibits and large wall mural (1993)
• Santa Cruz Island: restoration of Rancho del Norte (1996)
• Santa Cruz Island: installation of a saddle museum in the horse barn (2004)
• Santa Cruz Island: reconstruction of the Cantina Vieja (2006-2010)
• Santa Cruz Island: installation of a Justinian Caire Museum in the Cantina Vieja (downstairs) (2011)
• Santa Cruz Island: installation of a Stanton Family Museum in the Cantina Vieja museum (upstairs) (2013)
• Santa Cruz Island: installation of a wine museum in the Lower Winery (in progress)

In addition, the Foundation published a series of Occasional Papers, ten to date, which deal with cultural aspects of California's Channel Islands.

• Santa Cruz Island Foundation
• Marla Daily bibliography
• ISLAPEDIA, the online California Islands Encyclopedia
• West of the West — film series trailer

Santa Cruz Island Foundation Board Members (1988-current)

• ORIGINAL SCIF BOARD ~ 1985:

* Carey Stanton (1923-1987) ~ President

* David Watts ~ Vice-President (retired from the board)

* Marla Daily (1985-2025)

* Eric Hvolboll (b. 1956) ~ Secretary/Treasurer; added after Carey Stanton died in 1987; EPH retired in 2025

• BOARD EXPANSION TO 7 MEMBERS (1997):

* Mary Elena “Polly” Goodan (1922-2005)

* Francis McComb (1913-2000)

* Phyllis Diebenkorn (1921-2015)

* Msgr. Francis J. Weber (b. 1933) (now retired)

* Joe Walsh (b. 1947)

* Jonathan Brown (b. 1950) (stepped down)

* Shull “Buz” Bonsall (b. 1949)

* Justy Brock (b. 1976)

* Christopher Diebenkorn (b. 1947)

* Dennis Power (b. 1941) [stepped down 12/2024 after 27 years on the board]

* Brad Avery (b. 1953) (stepped down)

• BOARD EXPANSION TO 11 MEMBERS (2018)

* Timothy Vail (2018-current)

* Robert Case Duncan (2018- 2025)

* Sue Parker (2018-2025)

* Roger Chrisman (2018-current)

• BOARD EXPANSION TO 15 MEMBERS (2022)

* Steve Hicks (stepped down 2023)

* Kristin Larson (2024-current), Secretary

* Max Tyler (stepped down 2025)

* Tony Papa (2023-2025)

* Lotus Vermeer (stepped down 2025)

* Pam Yochem (2024-current)

• 2025 CURRENT (1) BOARD MEMBERS WITH YEARS OF SERVICE

* Joe Walsh Chairman of the Board (1997-current)

* Shull “Buz” Bonsall (1997-current)

* Justy Brock (1997-current)

* Roger Chrisman (2018-current)

* Marla Daily (1985-2024)

* Christopher Diebenkorn (1997-current)

* Timothy Vail (2018-current)

* Kristin Larson

* Pam Yochem

• SANTA CRUZ ISLAND FOUNDATION ADVISORY COUNCIL 1988-Current