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