Grants
2019 Grant Cycle
Focus Area: Youth Development
For its 2019 grant cycle, 4SCF will accept proposals for impactful programs that address youth development and education, with an emphasis on health, well-being and self-sufficiency.
Examples include but are not limited to:
- Programs that promote self-advocacy, and provide positive alternatives to make healthier and safer choices,
- Programs that address awareness and management of concerns such as mental health issues, human
tracking, substance abuse, suicide, etc.
4SCF will accept requests up to $7,500.
Deadline: Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 12:00 p.m.
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Grants Awarded
2018 – 2019
4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation awarded $25,000 in funding to five local nonprofit organizations at its 11th Annual Grants Celebration. 4SCF focused on organizations that address the health and well-being of youth, families and individuals in 4S Ranch and Del Sur.
Planet Health
Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego
$7,200 Grant
Senior Care in the Home
Meals on Wheels Greater San Diego
$8,000 Grant
Sponsorship for Running Clubs in 4S/Del Sur Elementary Schools
PUSD Running Clubs
$1,500 Grant
Del Norte High School SWITCH Leadership Expedition
SOLE Effects
$5,500 Grant
4SRanch/Del Sur Literature Initiative
Write Out Loud
$2,800 Grant
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2017 – 2018
4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation awarded $32,000 in funding to five local nonprofit organizations at its 10th Annual Grants Celebration. 4SCF focused on projects that enrich the 4S Ranch and Del Sur youth communities and foster their growth to becoming informed and well-prepared citizens.
Junior Leaders Civic Engagement & STEM Project
Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego
$3,000 Grant
Financial Literacy Programming
Junior Achievement of San Diego County
$7,500 Grant
Play it Forward!
Oak Valley Middle School Music Boosters
$7,000 Grant
4S Ranch and Del Sur SWITCH Experience
SOLE Effects
$5,500 Grant
Citizen Science Goes Big
Zoological Society of San Diego
$9,000 Grant
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2016 – 2017
4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation awarded a record $32,948 in funding to four nonprofit organizations at its 9th Annual Grants Celebration. 4SCF focused on projects that will establish voluntary participation and education of citizens in the 4SRanch~Del Sur community with an emphasis on civic engagement, science and technology.
4S Ranch – Robotics
Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego
$6,000 Grant
Studio39 @ Design39
The Design39C Collaborative
$8,500 Grant
S.T.E.M. Lab Expansion
Stone Ranch Elementary School
$9,878 Grant
Citizen Science: Wildlife Monitoring
Zoological Society of San Diego
$8,570 Grant
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2015 – 2016
The 4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation awarded $27,000. We focused on projects that foster healthy lifestyles, and connect, protect, or increase access to nature for people of all ages and abilities and improve the lives of those who live, work and play in the 4SRanch~Del Sur area.
Bikes for Kids and Youth
Loving Life Foundation
$5,000 Grant
Connected: Community and Conservation
I Love a Clean San Diego, Inc.
$6,500 Grant
Healthy Bodies, Health Planet Week
Design 39C Collaborative
$1,400 Grant
Performing in the Great Outdoors
Del Norte High School Music Boosters
$5,000 Grant
Reptile Rescue
Zoological Society of San Diego
$4,100 Grant
Worms Are the Way
Solana Center for Environmental Innovation
$6,000 Grant
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Grants Awarded
2014 – 2015
The 4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation celebrated its seventh year of grantmaking and awarded $25,315 to community groups. For the 2014-2015 grant cycle, the 4SRanch~Del Sur Community Foundation chose to focus on projects that build community leadership and involvement, while meeting a timely need for a technology or arts and culture need. Thanks to the Matt McLaughlin Live Here, Give Here Matching Program, the 4SCF was able to double its grantmaking this year.
3D Design and Model Program
Oak Valley Middle School
$5,000 Grant
4S-Tech-Zone
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego
$1,000 Grant
DNHS Choirs – Leadership through Musical Excellence
Del Norte High School
$7,000 Grant
Helping Hands
Oak Valley Middle School
$2,715 Grant
JA Job Shadow in Technology Fields
Junior Achievement of San Diego County
$4,000 Grant
Monarch TV
Monterey Ridge Educational Foundation
$5,600 Grant
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