Charting the Course

Beginning in 1990, the Santa Monica Bay Sailing Foundation (SMBSF), a 501(c)(3) corporation, has changed lives through the sport of sailing and other boating activities for participants from the Santa Monica Bay area including Redondo Beach, Westlake and Marina del Rey. In addition, over the past twenty years the SMBSF has partnered with several local charities and raised over $500,000 to help the general public.

The Foundation is proud of its ability to develop and fund innovative programs promoting the sport of sailing for qualified participants of all ages and abilities, thereby making it one of California’s leading sailing community support groups. SMBSF funds summer scholarship programs as well as competitive sailing teams at DRYC, CYC, WYC, and KHYC.

In 1999, SMBSF was awarded the prestigious David Poe Service Award given by the Association of Santa Monica Bay Yacht Clubs (ASMBYC) for its efforts in finding funding for the many important programs throughout the region, including:

• Funding scholarships in youth sailing classes designed for young sailors
• Funding outreach programs for “at risk” and underserved youth
• Support of Scholastic Sailing teams at High School and College levels
• Support for specialized training of youth, instructors and coaches
• Increasing the quality of equipment in local junior sailing programs
• Support of competitive sailing at local, national and international levels
• Supporting marine and ocean based programs to further the understanding of the environment and our natural resources

For more information about the Foundation's activities, please contact us at ContactSMBSF@SMBSF.org.

(PDF of SMBSF By-Laws)

2014 Foundation Officers
President:
Barbara Patman
Vice-President:
Ed Gold
Treasurer:
Michele Silverstein
Secretary:
Lynne Glick
Grant Chairperson:
Brigitte Obel
Board of Directors
Barbara Patman
Michele Silverstein
Brigitte Obel
Tucker Strasser
Howard Katzman
Sid Lampert
Rosalie Davis-Green
Susan Artoff
Lynne Glick
Ed Gold
John W Nelson
Virginia Howard
Bill Stump
Peter Arkin
Frank Clementi
Will Peterson

U.S. Sailing Southern California Yachting Association Association of Santa Monica Bay YC's Santa Monica Windjammers YC Del Rey YC

Join our group on Facebook
Email us at ContactSMBSF@SMBSF.org

Webmaster: webmaster@SMBSF.org