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For Immediate Release
Round 10 of grantmaking totals more than $1.1 million to 17 nonprofit organizations
May 20, 2020 – San Diego, CA – The San Diego Foundation today announced the San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund has granted $11.1 million to more than 100 local nonprofit organizations working on the frontline of the COVID-19 health and economic crisis.
The latest round of rapid response grants, totaling more than $1.1 million, will assist San Diegans impacted by the pandemic by providing health services to youth and families experiencing trauma, equipment to first responders and frontline workers, and safe housing for low-income families and individuals.
“We are at the beginning of what will be a long process of recovery in our region,” shared Mark Stuart, President & CEO of The San Diego Foundation. “Since launching the COVID-19 Community Response Fund two months ago, we have witnessed incredible acts of generosity and it will continue to take an unprecedented philanthropic response to help all the San Diegans in need over the coming months and years.”
To date, the San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund has raised $14.5 million in donations through more than 3,050 individuals, businesses, foundations and donor-advised funds.
Since March, donor-advised fundholders at The San Diego Foundation have granted an additional $15 million to the nonprofit community, a 100 percent increase compared with the same period one year ago.
The latest round of rapid response grants includes:
To provide safety and personal protective equipment for fire personnel serving rural, low-income and underserved communities.
To provide emergency assistance for undocumented students and former foster youth.
To provide critical care and health services to San Diegans in need, including pediatric patients.
To provide financial assistance to healthcare workers on the frontlines and experiencing economic hardship due to COVID-19.
To provide multi-lingual, digital education resources for children and families.
To provide bilingual telemedicine services, personal protective equipment, food security and other resources to families, children and seniors.
To protect the health and safety of public transportation workers and riders.
To provide safety equipment and critical resources to protect women suffering from addiction.
To provide financial assistance, employment support and job training for janitorial staff and other service workers.
To provide stable housing and childcare for female veterans and their children.
To provide food security to low-income families and children.
To provide technical support and flexible resources to community organizations impacted by COVID-19.
To provide food security, safe housing and trauma-informed care for women in residential programs.
To provide mental health services for children and youth affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as transgender and gender-diverse youth.
To provide food security, healthcare and other emergency services for female survivors of sex trafficking.
To provide basic needs and support services to survivors of human trafficking.
To provide critical resources and support for Hispanic women, youth and families overcoming domestic violence.
Businesses, individuals and organizations can donate and find additional information about the San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund at SDFoundation.org/COVID19 where nonprofit organizations can also find information about how to request grant funding or more information about the interest-free loan program.
The San Diego Foundation is part of a national movement of more than 400 community foundations that have mobilized over $750 million to aid in the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis through response funds. Individual donations are bolstered by San Diego corporations and numerous donor-advised funds at The San Diego Foundation that have contributed to the San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund.
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The San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund at The San Diego Foundation was created in partnership with San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, San Diego Gas & Electric, United Way of San Diego County, San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council, NEWS 8 and Alliance Healthcare Foundation to receive donations and make rolling rapid response grants to nonprofit organizations supporting impacted communities, particularly those that are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences. Grants focus on food security; other essential living expenses; emergent needs such as closing the digital divide; and rent and utility payment support. Thousands of individuals, businesses and foundations have contributed to the Fund, and 100 percent of donations are provided to nonprofits. Learn more at SDFoundation.org/COVID19.
The San Diego Foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve quality of life in our region. For more than 45 years, The Foundation and our donors have granted more than $1.2 billion to support nonprofit organizations and strengthen our San Diego community. Learn more at SDFoundation.org and consider a donation to the San Diego COVID-19 Community Response Fund, helping nonprofits and San Diegans affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Justin Nunez, The San Diego Foundation, 336-254-7056, justin@sdfoundation.org
On August 9, 2022, we awarded $838,704 in Opening the Outdoors grants to 24 nonprofit organizations that offer equitable access to outdoor spaces in San Diego County.
“San Diego Foundation is proud to once again support its partners committed to increasing community-driven efforts to enhance accessible outdoor space, encourage youth to learn more through hands-on education and create the next generation of environmental stewards in the San Diego region,” said Christiana DeBenedict, SDF Director of Environment Initiatives.
This year’s grantees will help address these inequities and enhance access to the outdoors throughout San Diego County.
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