“If you want to measure your commitment to racial equity, measure how much funding you are directly investing to work led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color.” – Lyn Corbett, The Nonprofit Institute, University of San Diego During a recent webinar, part of a powerful series led by Logan Heights CDC, Lyn Corbett issued this challenge … Continue reading Social Equity Collaborative Fund Supports Black-led Racial Justice
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Bethel AME), a longstanding community pillar and San Diego’s oldest African American church, has signed on as the first faith-based partner to build affordable housing on their property through Yes In God’s Backyard (YIGBY). YIGBY, a project fiscally sponsored by San Diego Grantmakers, is a collaborative group of experienced real … Continue reading YIGBY Initiative Partners with San Diego’s Oldest African American Church to Build Housing for Seniors and Veterans Experiencing Homelessness
San Diego Grantmakers is pleased to announce more than $700,000 in small business relief grant funds have been awarded to 154 San Diego businesses through the San Diego Small Business Relief Grant Fund. The funding was a collaborative effort in partnership with the City of San Diego, Cal Coast Cares Foundation, California Coast Credit Union, … Continue reading San Diego Small Business Relief Grant Fund Announces More Than $700,000 in Grants to San Diego Businesses
Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego (FTEHSD), a San Diego Grantmakers collaborative, is pleased to announce three recent grants to address homelessness in our region. The grants, totaling $95,000, will support projects that increase the speed with which people experiencing homelessness move into permanent housing; support pre-construction costs for an innovative new affordable housing … Continue reading Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego Announces $95,000 in Funding
As so many of you have, our team at SDG has been channeling our profound anger and sadness over the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers – and the systematic oppression and violence against Black people it exemplifies – towards grieving, protesting, and resolving to ways we personally and as a philanthropic sector … Continue reading Navigating What’s Next: Our Commitment
San Diego Food Funders, a funding collaborative of San Diego Grantmakers (SDG), is pleased to announce a $20,000 grant to Coastal Roots Farm in support of food justice for Native American communities experiencing food insecurity exacerbated by COVID-19. Native Americans make up less than 2% of the population of the United States, but experience some … Continue reading SDGs’ San Diego Food Funders Address Native American Food Justice
The novel coronavirus has starkly exposed the pronounced inequities in health access, food access, and economic opportunity across our nation. But we do not need national numbers to validate this: we are seeing it real-time in our backyard. Disproportionately, we see positive cases in the South Bay South Bay and stark contrasts in fatality rates between Tijuana and San … Continue reading We’re all in This Together: Recovery for Tijuana is Recovery for San Diego
Giving circles are one of the fastest growing forms of giving in the U.S., particularly for women and millennials, with now more than 1,600 giving circles currently coming together regularly. As social distancing becomes a norm, nationally, groups are reporting the threat of loss of connectivity among members, concerns of lower member turnout, as well as personal economic insecurity … Continue reading Shifting Gears: How Giving Circles are Adapting to Address COVID-19
This weekend, we honored mothers and mother-figures in our lives through the celebration of Mother’s Day. As our state begins to reopen, the impacts of COVID-19 on women and caregivers across our region are top of mind for many. “Our economic recovery depends on policies that benefit women,” Jennifer Siebel Newsom, First Partner of California, … Continue reading Getting it Right: Supporting Child Care in the Wake of COVID-19
The 2020 Census has faced many challenges —the attempt to include an untested citizenship question, delays in funding, and now the untold impact of COVID-19. Now that the deadline has officially extended, where does that leave our region’s efforts? We’re bringing you an update on how our region has mobilized and how we continue to evolve … Continue reading Census in the Time of COVID-19