2026 Summary of Grants Approved

Fiscal Year 10/1/25 – 9/30/26

I. Cultural

A. Visual Arts

  • UC San Diego Craft Center (UC San Diego Foundation) — lead instructor compensation (12/5/25): $18,000
  • Centro Cultural de la Raza — partial support for programmatic exp. related to one year of commemorations and workshops (2/6/26): $38,500
  • Oceanside Museum of Art — website redesign (4/24/26): $45,000

Subtotal: $101,500

B. Performing Arts

  • San Diego Master Chorale — Community Voices: Activating Space Through Song Project (10/30/25): $22,000
  • The Old Globe — Creative Youth Studio: City Heights program (10/30/25): $20,000
  • Villa Musica — Front Desk Associate (10/30/25): $35,000
  • San Diego Symphony Orchestra — a five year strategic plan (4/24/26): $75,000
  • San Diego Children’s Choir — capacity building (8/21/26): $35,000

Subtotal: $187,000

C. Museums / Zoo

  • Maritime Museum of San Diego — enhanced security and aesthetic improvements on the Embarcadero (10/30/25): $30,000
  • San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego Society of Natural History Balboa Park) — a new atrium roof (10/30/25): $25,000
  • San Diego Historical Society — All-In Community Manager (12/5/25): $42,500
  • Children’s Museum of Discovery — Mobile Children’s Museum (4/24/26): $30,000
  • MCRD Museum Foundation — three education based programs (8/21/26): $17,000
  • The New Children’s Museum — redesign and upgrade of the Museum’s website (8/21/26): $40,000

Subtotal: $184,500

Cultural Total: $473,000

II. Adult and Youth Services

A. Adult Services

1. Homelessness and Housing Support
  • Regional Task Force on Homelessness — 2025 Annual Conference (10/30/25): $10,000
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of North County — Turnagain Apartment program, with $5,000 of this total designated for the Endowment (12/5/25): $21,400
  • Frontwave Foundation — hygiene kits (10/30/25): $5,000
  • Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation — City Heights Resident Services (2/6/26): $60,000
  • Legal Aid Society of San Diego — Emergency Rental Assistance program (2/6/26): $50,000
  • Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties — capacity building for YIGBY 2.0 (12/15/25): $150,000
  • Operation HOPE-North County — general operating expenses (4/24/26): $30,000
  • Interfaith Shelter Network of San Diego — support services (6/26/26): $20,000
  • Community Resource Center — homelessness prevention flex funds (6/26/26): $50,000
  • Serving Seniors — Case Management services (8/21/26): $50,000
  • The San Diego Housing Federation — HEAL Network (8/21/26): $30,000

Subtotal: $476,400

2. Food Security and Nutrition
  • San Diego Hunger Coalition — public policy consultant (12/5/25): $35,000
  • Center for Senior Well-Being (Fallbrook Healthcare Foundation, Inc.) — Senior Nutrition program (2/6/26): $25,000
  • Karen Organization of San Diego — Global Marketplace (2/6/26): $50,000
  • Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank — purchase food items such as proteins, fresh produce, and nutritious shelf-stable products (4/24/26): $50,000
  • Meals on Wheels San Diego County — Let’s Do Coffee (6/26/26): $40,000
  • St. Mark’s Episcopal Church — operations of the food pantry (6/26/26): $9,000
  • Partnership for a Better San Diego — the food pantry (8/21/26): $25,000

Subtotal: $234,000

3. Immigrant / Legal and Advocacy Services
  • Episcopal Community Services — Para Las Familias program (12/5/25): $30,000

Subtotal: $30,000

4. Domestic Violence and Women’s Empowerment
  • SBCS Corporation — domestic violence shelter services (10/30/25): $30,000
  • Center for Community Solutions — hiring of a data analyst (2/6/26): $35,000

Subtotal: $65,000

5. Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
  • Future Construction Leaders Foundation — capacity building (10/30/25): $25,000

Subtotal: $25,000

6. Veteran and Military Family Support
  • National University — laptop program for 125 students (2/6/26): $31,250
  • Zero8Hundred — the portion of Peer Navigator’s salary (4/24/26): $30,000
  • Armed Services YMCA of San Diego (Armed Services YMCA of the USA) — staff salaries (4/24/26): $75,000

Subtotal: $136,250

Adult Services Total: $966,650

B. Youth Services

1. Foster Youth / Transitional Age Youth
  • Promises2Kids Foundation — Technology Upgrades for the New Foster Youth Center (2/6/26): $59,375
  • San Diego Youth Services — stabilization for transition aged youth (6/26/26): $50,000
  • Voices for Children — strategic planning (8/21/26): $25,000
  • Urban Street Angels — general operating support (8/21/26): $25,000

Subtotal: $159,375

2. Youth Development
  • New Vision Urban Impact — Pathway Coaching Mentor Fund (10/30/25): $14,000
  • San Diego Police Officers Association Foundation — SDPOA Childcare Center (10/30/25): $30,000
  • Urban Life Ministries, Inc. — Academic Development Director (12/5/25): $30,000
  • Children’s Initiative — San Diego Children & Families Data Hub (4/24/26): $50,000
  • Julian Pathways, Inc. — Pathways Youth and Family Resource Center (6/26/26): $45,000
  • San Diego County Outdoor Education Foundation — partial scholarships for 500 sixth grade San Diego County students (6/26/26): $20,000
  • Casa Familiar — Villa Nueva Youth Center (6/26/26): $30,000
  • STAR/PAL — 33% of the salary for the Director of Operations + Community Impact (6/26/26): $30,000
  • All Girls STEM Society — STEM workshops (6/26/26): $2,700

Subtotal: $251,700

3. Arts Education

No grants awarded in this category during this fiscal year.

Subtotal: $0

4. Recreation
  • Girls Rugby, Inc. — the San Diego program (12/5/25): $15,000

Subtotal: $15,000

Youth Services Total: $426,075

III. Medical

A. Disabilities and At-Risk

  • ElderHelp of San Diego — replacement of 12 computers (4/24/26): $15,000
  • NeuroLab 360 — Adapted Sports Medicine program (6/26/26): $30,000

Subtotal: $45,000

B. Mental Health and Wellness

  • Policy and Innovation Center — Strategic Behavioral Health Initiative (8/21/26): $40,000

Subtotal: $40,000

C. Physical Health

  • Operation Samahan — installation of an elevator (4/24/26): $84,675

Subtotal: $84,675

D. Research

No grants awarded in this category during this fiscal year.

Subtotal: $0

Medical Total: $169,675

IV. Education

  • Bayside Community Center — Program Assistant for the Academic Club (12/12/25): $25,000
  • Reality Changers — College and Nutrition program (4/24/26): $25,000
  • Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership — general operating support (4/24/26): $35,000
  • MiraCosta College Foundation — Resilience Fund (8/21/26): $60,000

Education Total: $145,000

V. Community Activities and Miscellaneous

  • Fieldstone Network — a fundraising professional (4/24/26): $50,000
  • Friends of International Friendship Park — half the salary of a part-time outreach coordinator (6/26/26): $25,000
  • Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties — Arts and Intersections $25K, Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative SD $50K, Funders Together $50K, Core funding $25K (8/6/26): $150,000

Community Activities and Miscellaneous Total: $225,000

VI. Environment

  • Hubbs Sea World Research Institute — partial salaries for two postdoctoral researchers (10/30/25): $25,000
  • Environmental Health Coalition — operating support (12/5/25): $30,000
  • Go Greenish — the Road to Zero Waste Program within the San Dieguito Union High School District (2/6/26): $15,000
  • The San Diego River Park Foundation — Salary of the Clean River Team Manager (2/6/26): $20,000
  • San Diego Botanic Garden (Quail Gardens Foundation Inc.) — a vehicle for community outreach and engagement (8/21/26): $30,000

Environment Total: $120,000


TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED (Fiscal Year 10/1/25 – 9/30/26): $2,525,400