Calendar of Events
Grants Committe Meeting
3rd Wednesday of the month
(With the exception of November when they don't meet)
12:00pm-noon
Location:
Escondido Chamber of Commerce,
720 N. Broadway, Escondido.
Escondido Charitable Fundation
Board Meeting
4th Thursday of every other month -
January, March, May, July and September.
With the exception of November when they meet, on the third Thursday
Past Events
Escondido Charitable Foundation Spring Social
Sunday, May 17, 2009 from
3:00-5:00pm
2nd ANNUAL GRANT AWARDS CELEBRATION
November, 2008
The Escondido Charitable Foundation members, grant recipients, friends and community member gathered at OrfiliaWinery & Vineyards to celebrate the 2nd annual grant awards and provide more than$ 79,000 in grant awards available exclusively to Escondido nonprofits and causes.This year the grant address the top issues associated with Healthy Lifestyle Choices: these include programs and activities that focus on creating and encouraging healthy lifestyle choices and address many diseases and health issues.
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ESCONDIDO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LAUNCHED A LEGACY
May, 2008
In 2007, the members of the Escondido Charitable Foundation launched a legacy by creating the Escondido Charitable Foundation and its current membership structure. Through this membership, half of every contribution goes into immediate grant making and half goes into an endowment that will support Escondido causes forever.
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ESCONDIDO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION GRANT AWARDS
November, 2007
Community members, grant recipients, friends and members of the Escondido Charitable Foundation gathered at OrfiliaWinery & Vineyards to celebrate $90,000 in grant awards available exclusively to Escondido nonprofits and causes. The event highlighted the non profit grantees and the work they do in the community. In their first year of grant making, the Escondido Charitable Foundation presented grantees their grant award in the areas of youth education or youth services. These final four grantees, selected by the members of the Escondido Charitable Foundation, were chosen from 37 applicants. The non profits were:
- The Laptop Lab Homework Centers at The Escondido Library $25,000.
- The Cobblestone Village After School and Beyond Program $25,00.
- The Orange Place Learning Communities After School Homework Club $20,000
- Promoting Positive Change, Mentoring through Athletics at Hidden Valley Middle School $20,000.
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ESCONDIDO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LAUNCH
January, 2007
ommunity leaders from across the spectrum of local business, philanthropy and public service gathered at the Escondido Chamber of Commerce on January 25, 2007, to celebrate the success of their efforts in creating the Escondido Community Foundation.
“This really represents the launch of a legacy for Escondido, something generations of residents will take pride in,” states Jack Raymond, Founding Chair of the Escondido Community Foundation Board.
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