To Building Community

This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in supporting the Friday Frisbee League through our "Building Community" campaign. With your generous contributions we will be able to build a massive Ultimate community that empowers young athletes in our community, fostering teamwork, sportsmanship, and personal growth.

Meet the Players Who Make Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate Special

We're Building the First Youth Ultimate Friday Night League in Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate is launching a brand-new Friday night league designed to bring young athletes together in a fun, safe, and spirited environment. With your support, we will create a league where kids can play, connect, and thrive—surrounded by teammates, coaches, and community.

Why Building Community Through Ultimate Matters

Ultimate builds leadership, teamwork, and confidence.

The “Spirit of the Game” teaches respect, inclusivity, and conflict resolution.

A weekly league provides structure and belonging for local youth.

Santa Barbara currently has no regular youth Ultimate league—this will be the first.

Your gift helps us grow something bigger than a league—you're helping build a community rooted in joy, belonging, and youth leadership. Together, we’re creating a space where young athletes can connect, make friends, and discover the power of the Spirit of the Game.

“When I first started playing everyone was so welcoming. I’ve met a lot of really cool people. Everyone has been really kind and supportive. And, super fun to play with.” - SBYU Player

Your Donation Makes This Possible

To help guide your decision making with how much you would like to donate to our league, consider some of the following examples of your purchasing power:

🔹 $25 – Provides Spirit Awards for a game
🔹 $50 – Certifies a Coach
🔹 $100 – Beach rental for one night
🔹 $250 – Sponsors one athlete for the full season
🔹 $500 – Purchases jerseys for a team
🔹 $1,000 – Builds a full team’s season experience

The Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate Board of Directors have committed to matching the first $5000 in donations received!

We also encourage you to check with your employer to see if they offer a donation matching benefit.

Every contribution, big or small, helps us create more opportunities for young athletes. Thank you for Building Community with Us! 🥏

REMOVING FINANCIAL BARRIERS IN YOUTH SPORTS

Unlike most other youth sports organizations, SBYU operates with a reimbursement model with the intention of removing any financial barriers for youth to play Ultimate Frisbee. We front the costs of field rentals & tournament registration fees and ask that parents “Pay what you can” with a recommended price per player. We have found this model is helpful for new players to try Ultimate Frisbee for the first time without committing a significant amount of money up front.

As an example, a player’s parents can choose to pay $0 for a season of practices & tournament fees, with no questions asked.

We have broken the year into two seasons, fall and spring. Over the course of those two seasons, families can expect the following expenses:

Fall & Spring session practice registrations (Recommended price $100 per season)
2-3 Tournaments (Tournament fees typically range $25-50 per player)
Hotel, food & gas costs when traveling to tournaments
Team Uniform (Typically costs $75 for a jersey and shorts)

How our club team fees compare to other sports organizations in Santa Barbara:

Spirit of the Game

Spirit of the Game makes Ultimate unique — it places responsibility for fair play directly on the players. With no referees, each participant must know the rules, make their own calls, and resolve conflicts respectfully. This builds trust, communication, and confidence both on and off the field — lessons few other team sports provide.

Spirit of Game Quote

ABOUT SANTA BARBARA YOUTH ULTIMATE (SBYU)

We are on a mission to create playing opportunities for youth players and assert Ultimate as the sport of choice in Santa Barbara.

In Santa Barbara, we are lucky to have an incredibly rich history of excellence when it comes to Ultimate. The first men’s championship was won by the Condors in 1977. Since then, there have been over 25 national and international championships in both the Men’s and Women’s divisions. While there are numerous ways to play as an adult in Santa Barbara, historically there has been no infrastructure for youth ultimate. In 2014, Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate 501(c)3 was established to “develop first-time, youth ultimate players in Santa Barbara.”

Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate has grown significantly thanks to the generosity of so many supporters!

We're happy to share the progress we've made and we're proud of the impact of our work in our community. We have:

Been recognized nationally as a:

National Youth Sports Strategy (NYSS) Champion through the Office of Disease Prevention & Health Promotion

Project Play Champion by the Aspen Institute powered by Nickelodeon

Gold Transparency Organization by Candid

Partnered with SB Unified Elementary School's A-OK After School program to teach ~500 underprivileged elementary school kids to Ultimate frisbee for the 3rd year.

Hosted a Recreational Instructor certification class for our coaches.

Managed High School & Middle school club teams with:

Increased player participation

Coaching support

Showcase games vs local adult club teams & local school programs

Finding, registering for & subsidizing player/coach costs for travel tournaments

Entered year 4 of our partnership with NextLevelSportsCamp

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2025 GOLD

Our Values

At SBYU, our values are the guiding principles that shape our culture and drive our mission.

Teamwork

Building a safe community that creates opportunities to learn and play ultimate together.

Leadership

Operating with excellence and identifying pathways for the growth of players, coaches, and staff.

Spirit of the Game

Bringing a level of care and respect to every aspect of what we do and who we’re with, on and off the field.

Learn more about Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate or register to play at https://sbyouthultimate.org/

And, more about our leadership at https://sbyouthultimate.org/board-of-directors

Building Community

By Santa Barbara Youth Ultimate

Building Community

Help us raise $10,000 to launch Santa Barbara's first Friday Frisbee League.