Purpose and Vision
Purpose
- Meet emerging needs by encouraging and increasing responsible and effective philanthropy by and for the benefit of all who live, work and play in Escondido
- Build an Escondido community endowment
- Provide funding annually to Escondido organizations and causes
- Give Escondido community members a vehicle for legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Escondido now and forever
Structure
- Individuals and businesses can become members of the Escondido Charitable Foundation by making a donation of at least $1,000
- Half of the money goes immediately into annual grant making
- Half goes into a permanent endowment
- All members will vote each year for the local grant applications they deem most worthy and most needed
Accomplishments 2007- 2009
- Raised $750,000 in contributions and commitments for the benefit of Escondido charitable causes.
- Created a long-term Community Endowment of $ 238,000
- Secured matching funds totaling $100,000 from the City of Escondido, the Escondido Rotary Foundation and County Supervisor Pam Slater-Price.
- Made $170,000 in grants (each a minimum of $20,000) to deserving Escondido organizations and programs in the area of
2007-Youth Education and/or Youth Services:
- Promoting Positive Change – Mentoring Through Athletics
- Orange Place Learning Communities After School Homework Club
- Cobblestone Village After School and Beyond
- Escondido Public Library Laptop Lab Homework Centers
2008- Healthy Lifestyle Choices:
- Escondido Joslyn Senior Center Nutrition Program
- ECCDC Infant-Toddler and Preschool Counseling & Parent Education Program
- Escondido Community Sobering Services
- Recruited 126 members including 100 Founders who have committed to a minimum of $1,000 per year for 5 years
- Served as a catalyst and convener for after the fire recovery efforts following the Witch Creek Fire of 2007 by creating the Escondido After-the-Fires Fund 2007