2025 SUMMARY OF GRANTS APPROVED

Fiscal Year 10/1/24 – 9/30/25

I. Cultural

A. Visual Arts

  • ArtReach — Grants Manager (12/6/24): $30,000
  • Media Arts Center San Diego — Strategic plan (5/2/25): $25,000
  • Borrego Art Institute — Gallery Manager salary (6/20/25): $30,000
  • San Diego Art Matters — Comprehensive study on artists living and working in San Diego County (6/20/25): $75,000

Subtotal: $160,000

B. Performing Arts

  • Malashock Dance & Company — Inaugural season under the visionary leadership of Christopher K. Morgan (2/21/25): $20,000
  • Voices of Our City Choir — Capacity grant to fulfill The San Diego Foundation’s $50,000 matching grant (2/21/25): $40,000
  • La Jolla Playhouse (Theatre & Arts Foundation of San Diego County) — Purchase of a cargo van (2/21/25): $35,000
  • Project [Blank] — Outreach Coordinator and five quarterly workshops (5/2/25): $25,000
  • Building 178 Performing Arts Center — Fabrication and installation of stage floors for the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center (8/22/25): $50,000

Subtotal: $170,000

C. Museums / Zoo

  • Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego — Oral History Booth and Photo Booth (8/22/25): $22,000
  • Forever Balboa Park — Botanical Building (8/22/25): $200,000

Subtotal: $222,000

Cultural Total: $552,000

II. Adult and Youth Services

A. Adult Services

1. Homelessness and Housing Support
  • Jewish Family Service of San Diego — Safe Parking Program (2/21/25): $25,000
  • YIGBY (Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties) — Capacity building for YIGBY 2.0 (8/6/25): $100,000
  • Shoreline Community Services — Safety and Community Harmony (8/22/25): $39,000

Subtotal: $164,000

2. Food Security and Nutrition
  • Mama’s Kitchen — Kitchen and meal packaging equipment (5/2/25): $30,500
  • Senior Gleaners of San Diego County — Capacity building (6/20/25): $11,000
  • The Episcopal Refugee Network of San Diego — Food Distribution Program (8/22/25): $25,000

Subtotal: $66,500

3. Immigrant / Legal and Advocacy Services
  • Partners for Justice — Program costs (8/22/25): $50,000
  • ACLU Foundation of San Diego & Imperial Counties — Development of the Neighborhood Solidarity Committee (8/22/25): $50,000

Subtotal: $100,000

4. Domestic Violence and Women’s Empowerment
  • Alabaster Jar Project — Grace House (8/22/25): $35,000

Subtotal: $35,000

5. Employment, Training, and Workforce Development
  • Vehicles for Change – San Diego — General operating expenses (12/6/24): $25,000
  • Kitchens for Good — Operating support (2/21/25): $35,000
  • County of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce — Urban Business Resource Center (5/2/25): $10,000
  • Mission Edge — AI Recruiting Tools pilot program (6/20/25): $20,000
  • MAKE Projects — Staffing and project costs for capital campaign (6/20/25): $40,000
  • RISE Urban Leadership Institute of San Diego — Program Director salary (8/22/25): $60,000

Subtotal: $190,000

6. Veteran and Military Family Support

No grants awarded in this category during this fiscal year.

Subtotal: $0

Adult Services Total: $555,500

B. Youth Services

1. Foster Youth / Transitional Age Youth
  • Walden Family Services (Walden Environment) — Transitional Housing Placement Program (2/21/25): $45,000
  • Olive Crest — Expansion for homeless and foster youth (5/2/25): $30,000
  • Casa de Amparo — Residential Services program (8/22/25): $20,000

Subtotal: $95,000

2. Youth Development
  • Barrio Logan College Institute — College and Career Readiness Program (12/6/24): $30,000
  • United Way of San Diego County — STEAM-to-Careers (5/2/25): $35,000
  • San Diego Squared — Squared Fellows program (5/2/25): $25,000
  • San Ysidro Health — Disparities in Medicine Pathway program (5/2/25): $40,000
  • California Center for the Arts, Escondido — Technical Arts Youth Workforce program (6/20/25): $50,000
  • San Diego Police Foundation — SafetyNet® program (6/20/25): $25,000
  • Horizons at Parker (Edward Charles Foundation) — Daily meals for students (6/20/25): $20,000
  • The High Steppers Drill Team, Inc. — Communications Specialist (6/20/25): $27,500

Subtotal: $252,500

3. Arts Education

No grants awarded in this category during this fiscal year.

Subtotal: $0

4. Recreation
  • Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA (YMCA of San Diego County) — Phase one of the master site capital renovation plans (2/21/25): $40,000
  • Miracle League of San Diego — 2025 Engel Family Field Capital Campaign (8/22/25): $50,000

Subtotal: $90,000

Youth Services Total: $437,500

III. Medical

A. Disabilities and At-Risk

  • Alzheimer’s San Diego — General operating expenses (5/2/25): $40,000
  • Autism Society San Diego — Hiring of a Development Director (6/20/25): $30,000
  • Best Buddies International — Friendship program (8/22/25): $10,000
  • Home of Guiding Hands — Wheelchair ramp (8/22/25): $2,500

Subtotal: $82,500

B. Mental Health and Wellness

  • Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties — Art Pharmacy’s Social Prescribing Program (5/2/25): $15,000
  • Home Start — Behavioral Health Services (8/22/25): $75,000

Subtotal: $90,000

C. Physical Health

  • UCSD Eyemobile for Children (UC San Diego Foundation) — Vision screenings for students at Euclid Elementary and Ibarra Elementary (12/6/24): $30,000
  • Champions for Health (San Diego County Medical Society Foundation) — Full-time Care Manager (12/6/24): $40,000
  • Fresh Start Surgical Gifts — Partial funding for one Surgery Weekend Cycle (12/6/24): $5,000
  • Volunteers in Medicine – San Diego — Community outreach program (8/22/25): $15,000

Subtotal: $90,000

D. Research

No grants awarded in this category during this fiscal year.

Subtotal: $0

Medical Total: $262,500

IV. Education

  • Cristo Rey San Diego High School, Inc. — General operations (12/6/24): $25,000

Education Total: $25,000

V. Community Activities and Miscellaneous

  • San Diego Architectural Foundation — Part-time Administrative Assistant (12/6/24): $20,000
  • MANA de San Diego — Service Enterprise Certification (2/21/25): $30,000
  • Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties — Capacity Building ($30,000), Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego pooled fund ($40,000), Arts & Intersections Collaborative ($15,000) (3/13/25): $85,000
  • San Diego Humane Society — Community Support Services (6/20/25): $20,000
  • SunCoast Market Co-op (California Center for Cooperative Development) — SunCoast Market Co-op Startup Project (9/2/25): $125,000
  • NTC Foundation — The Judy McDonald Garden (8/22/25): $100,000
  • Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties — San Diego Resilient Response Pooled Fund ($100,000), Sustained Support Pooled Fund ($100,000), Prepayment of the 2026 Funders Together to End Homelessness Pooled Fund ($50,000), Arts & Intersections for the Grantmakers in the Arts 2027 Conference in San Diego ($50,000) (8/22/25): $300,000

Community Activities and Miscellaneous Total: $680,000

VI. Environment

  • Solana Center for Environmental Innovation — Digital infrastructure enhancement (2/21/25): $25,000
  • Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center — Salaries of lead program staff (5/2/25): $35,000

Environment Total: $60,000


TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED (Fiscal Year 10/1/24 – 9/30/25): $2,572,500