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Greetings, I am excited to begin my second year as the Chair of the Escondido Charitable Foundation (ECF).
This is going to be an exciting year, as the Escondido Giving Arch goes up and we celebrate our 13th year of grantmaking in the community.
Pictured above: Joseph Giamanco
It was also great to see so many ECF members at the Ballot Presentation at the Vineyard on June 26. We had a wonderful time and now look forward to our Grants Celebration on September 26. Please save the date for this fabulous event that will be held at the California Center for the Arts.
Lastly, I want to remind all members about the Membership Plaque on the soon-to-be-built Escondido Giving Arch. All ECF members whose donations are current as of September 26 will be listed on the plaque. To learn more, visit www.escondidofoundationarch.org or contact Trudy at trudy@sdfoundation.org.
In 2017, ECF members provided a grant to Encuentros Leadership to support the Young Emerging Latino Leaders Father/Son Project, which is an intervention of five culturally-relevant programs developed by Encuentros Leadership to strengthen the culture of learning, service leadership and self-esteem among Escondido Latino males in grades 6-12.
Thanks to the grant, the organization served over 170 young Latino men, their fathers and partner individuals. In addition, a total of 48 students were served through our Leadership Academy, Teacher Academy and Engineering Academy combined.
“The implementation of our three Academies would not have been possible without the support of ECF’s grant,” explained Encuentros Leadership Director Roberto Rivas. “ECF’s support allowed Encuentros to increase capacity and offer well-deserving Escondido students a life-changing experience at CSU-San Marcos (Teacher Academy), University of San Diego (Leadership Academy) or UC San Diego (Engineering Academy). For the first time in our 16-year history, we admitted continuation students from Valley High School in Escondido. None of this would have been possible without the support of ECF funding. Thank you!”
Thank you to all the ECF members who helped make this impact possible.
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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