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2023 SUMMARY OF GRANTS APPROVED

Fiscal Year 10/1/22 – 9/30/23

I. Cultural

A. Visual Arts

  • Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego — Capacity building support: $5,000
  • Rising Arts Leaders of San Diego — Media Arts program support: $5,000

Subtotal: $10,000

B. Performing Arts

  • San Diego Civic Youth Ballet — 33% of the Managing Director salary: $20,000
  • Culture Shock Dance Troupe — Organizational capacity building: $25,000
  • Art of Elan — Implementation of a strategic plan: $15,000
  • transcenDANCE Youth Arts Project — Updated curriculum and teaching artist stipends: $25,000
  • The Rosin Box Project — Operational expenses: $30,000
  • Center for World Music — Manager of Public Programs position: $10,000
  • Bodhi Tree Concerts — West Coast premiere performances: $2,500

Subtotal: $127,500

C. Museums / Zoo

  • San Diego Automotive Museum — Museum operations support: $25,000
  • Museum of Us — Capacity building for decolonization efforts: $40,000
  • San Diego Model Railroad Museum, Inc. — Exhibit improvements and operations: $25,000

Subtotal: $90,000

Cultural Total: $227,500

II. Adult and Youth Services

A. Adult Services

  • Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego — Operational support (12/2/2022): $50,000
  • Birthline of San Diego, Inc. — Step Forward program (12/2/2022): $25,000
  • Interfaith Community Services — New Emergency Family Shelter in North San Diego County (12/2/2022): $50,000
  • Coastal Roots Farm — Organic food production and distribution efforts (12/2/2022): $25,000
  • UPLIFT San Diego — 21.43% of Program Director’s position (2/16/2023): $15,000
  • Palomar Family Counseling Service, Inc. — General operating expenses (2/16/2023): $25,000
  • Rancho Santa Fe Foundation — Co-funding opportunity with The Patriots Connection, Stephen Fisher House Southern California, Kits for San Diego, and Social Advocates for Youth San Diego (3/27/2023): $80,000
  • Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans — Hiring of a Chief Operating Officer (4/20/2023): $150,000
  • San Diego LGBT Pride — Accessibility Program (4/20/2023): $20,000
  • Villa Musica — Expansion of the Musical Biographies initiative (4/20/2023): $25,000
  • Shoreline Community Services — Lived Experience Coordinator (4/20/2023): $25,000
  • GenerateHope — General operating expenses within San Diego County (4/20/2023): $30,000
  • McAlister Institute for Treatment & Education, Inc. — Training stipends for individuals experiencing homelessness (6/13/2023): $50,000
  • Unitarian Universalist Refugee & Immigrant Services & Education (UURISE) — Co-location of Immigration Legal Services with Interfaith Community Services Housing & Social Services Case Management and Navigation (6/13/2023): $25,000
  • San Diego Social Venture Partners — The Exchange program (8/3/2023): $30,000
  • Lambda Archives of San Diego — LGBTQ+ Youth Archival programs (8/3/2023): $30,000
  • Rise Up Industries — Tenant improvements for newly acquired facility (8/3/2023): $80,000
  • Elder Law & Advocacy — Homelessness prevention for seniors (8/3/2023): $25,000
  • San Diego Fisherman’s Working Group — Fish to Families program (8/3/2023): $60,000
  • Community HousingWorks — Financial Well-Being programs (8/3/2023): $75,000
  • PATH — Staff benefits and salaries (8/3/2023): $25,000

Subtotal: $920,000

    B. Youth Services

    • Vista Hill — PROMOTE! school-based mental health prevention and early intervention services (4/20/2023): $34,000
    • Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos — Wellness program (6/13/2023): $40,000
    • Words Alive — Part-time Campaign Manager (6/13/2023): $40,000
    • Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside — Launch of the CanTEEN Food Truck (6/13/2023): $65,000
    • Vista Community Clinic — Driver’s education for 25 low-income youth (8/3/2023): $13,125
    • Voices for Children — Marketing and Philanthropy Coordinator (8/3/2023): $50,000
    • San Diego Center for Children — Mental Health Access Program (8/3/2023): $25,000

    Subtotal: $267,125

    Adult and Youth Services Total: $1,187,125

    III. Medical

    • Scripps Health — Capital and equipment for the Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista Emergency Department (2/16/2023): $60,000
    • Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest — Sex Ed-to-Go online platform (4/20/2023): $100,000
    • Grossmont Hospital Foundation — Purchase of GE Healthcare Giraffe OmniBed Carestation (6/13/2023): $43,500
    • San Diego Blood Bank — Purchase of two new bloodmobiles (8/3/2023): $25,000

    Medical Total: $228,500

    IV. Education

    • Traveling Stories — Improvement and formalization of the volunteer program (2/16/2023): $25,000
    • San Diego Community College Auxiliary Organization — Initial research and analysis to determine the District’s capacity to build student housing (2/16/2023): $25,000
    • San Diego Education Fund — Teacher and STEM Scholarship program (2/16/2023): $25,000
    • Neighborhood House Association — Start-up planning to open a charter elementary school in San Diego (4/20/2023): $20,000
    • Tariq Khamisa Foundation — Expansion of outreach through virtual training (4/20/2023): $20,000
    • All Girls STEM Society — STEM workshops (4/20/2023): $2,000
    • University of San Diego — Configuration of first-generation research to appreciate the universe of threats and harassment within San Diego County (6/13/2023): $25,000
    • The San Marcos Promise — Fundraising and program expenses for phase one of the Future Ready expansion program at Escondido Union High School District (8/3/2023): $45,000

    Education Total: $187,000

    V. Community Activities and Miscellaneous

    • NTC Foundation — Tenant Collaboration program in honor of Gordon Swanson’s exemplary board service (12/2/2022): $5,000
    • Impact Cubed — San Diego Gives operating expenses (4/20/2023): $15,000
    • California Center for Cooperative Development / SunCoast Market Co-op — Operating expenses (4/20/2023): $45,000
    • Kesem at San Diego State University — Supplies and materials for children at summer camp whose parents have cancer (6/13/2023): $2,500
    • NTC Foundation — Judy McDonald Gallery at Liberty Station in honor of Judy McDonald’s exemplary board service (8/3/2023): $20,000
    • Investigative Newsource — General operating expenses (8/3/2023): $50,000
    • Anza-Borrego Foundation — Bringing FamCamp to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (8/3/2023): $30,000

    Community Activities and Miscellaneous Total: $167,500

    VI. Environment

    • Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation — Development Manager position (2/16/2023): $100,000
    • Lakeside’s River Park Conservancy — Salary for the Assistant Executive Director (4/20/2023): $44,000
    • Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation — Director of Trails and Conservation (4/20/2023): $50,000

    Environment Total: $194,000

    TOTAL GRANTS APPROVED (Fiscal Year 10/1/24 – 9/30/25): $2,191,625