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The Late Jean and Matthew McLaughlin |
MATT McLAUGHLIN - ONE MAN. ONE LEGACY. ONE REGION ENHANCED BY HIS KINDNESS…
Matt McLaughlin cared deeply about the North San Diego County region. He loved where he lived and he gave generously to support the organizations and causes that make the region thrive.
Mr. McLaughlin and his wife Jean donated millions of dollars to local causes during their lifetimes and their spirit of generosity will continue for years to come with the $10 million endowment they established at The San Diego Foundation. The couple received vociferous applause at ceremonies marking their benevolence on August 17, 2011.
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OUR GREATER SAN DIEGO VISION EMBARKS ON UNPRECEDENTED ENGAGEMENT FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE
The public launch of Our Greater San Diego Vision on June 15 was an incredible success. Ambassadors attended a briefing and social media training session prior to the press conference which garnered coverage from nearly every television station and an article by Roger Showley in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Approximately 150 Ambassadors, community leaders and children united for the press conference to demonstrate the importance of this initiative to our future generations.
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Our Greater San Diego Vision Oceanside Workshop |
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GRANT PROFILE
Nonprofit Profile: San Diego Blood Bank
The San Diego Blood Bank relocated its main donor center to 3636 Gateway Center Avenue, south of downtown San Diego, replacing their Upas Street Donor Center which closed in May. As a primary supplier of blood to the majority of San Diego County’s hospitals, the San Diego Blood Bank is part of our county’s critical health and emergency infrastructure.
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UNDERSTANDING THE SAN DIEGO REGION
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| ENVIRONMENT |
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Message From the Chair: A Decade of Dr. Emily Young’s Work Receives National Recognition
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Emily Young, Senior Director, Environmental Analysis and Strategy for The San Diego Foundation, was the recipient of the 2011 Nicholas P. Bollman Award. This national honor recognizes Dr. Young for her environmental leadership in the San Diego region. Her work fuses the principles of smart growth and climate change issues to address the myriad of challenges facing San Diego’s air, water and land.
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Community Environment and Blasker Environment Grants
The Environment Working Group held its grants celebration on June 1 for the 2011 Community Environment and Blasker Environment Grants cycle. This year’s grants will support (1) efforts to advance the completion of a network of lands and watersheds to provide clean water and habitat for people and wildlife; (2) work to enhance human health and environments in communities that are disproportionately impacted by pollution; and (3) unique and innovative research on the potential local impacts of global climate change and ways to reduce our local greenhouse gas emissions and minimize climate change impacts. Also, the Environment Giving Initiative recently co-hosted a hike and lunch with the Escondido Creek Conservancy, for prospective donors to learn more about Conservation Catalyst Fund. The purpose of the Conservation Catalyst Fund is to accelerate land conservation throughout San Diego County.”
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Environment Program Receives Funding to Keep Greening Our Region
We are pleased to announce that the Kresge Foundation  has awarded a $150,000 grant to The San Diego Foundation’s Climate Initiative to continue its leadership in helping the region prepare for climate change. This marks the first grant the Kresge Foundation has awarded to The San Diego Foundation. The Climate Initiative has also received critical support from Bank of America, the Qualcomm Foundation and other local donors.
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| ARTS & CULTURE |
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Arts & Culture Kicked Off New Initiative Based on Research
In May, Innovation Through the Arts was unveiled at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park after a year-long planning process by the Arts & Culture Working Group. Civic leaders from all sectors: philanthropists, nonprofit partners, elected officials, business executives, and artists joined for this exciting launch.
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| NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIPS |
Ronne Froman and Ilona Mulvey at the
BetterGiving Launch |
BetterGiving
We recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of our BetterGiving launch. We now have just over 300 published portraits and another 300 in the process of being completed. BetterGiving is an online searchable resource designed to create awareness for organizations that serve our community and connect donor passion with nonprofit investment opportunities. Each BetterGiving portrait showcases a nonprofit’s strengths and needs by providing detailed facts about an organization, including financial, programmatic and governance information. Through the utilization of BetterGiving, we hope to increase both nonprofits’ capacity to provide services and their visibility to interested donors and the community.
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Indiana University’s Fund Raising School
40 students from various nonprofits throughout San Diego County have almost completed the 2011 class, having already completed the Principles & Techniques, Interpersonal Communication and Planned Gifts courses, and are awaiting the Major Gifts course coming up in September and October.
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Graduates of The Fund Raising School |
Fieldstone Foundation Learning Groups
The San Diego Foundation will be offering the Fieldstone Foundation Executive and Emerging Leaders groups for the second year in a row. We have our two classes set for this year, with eleven attendees for each group. The Fieldstone Foundation offers nonprofit executives and emerging leaders the opportunity to participate in a professional development program designed to support their leadership while impacting the organization’s operations, programs and sustainability.
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| HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES |
Our Aging Society Grantee Mountain Health & Community
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Health & Human Services Program Grants More Than $1 Million
Supported by Narrow Field of Interest funds, the Health & Human Services program granted more than $1,000,000 in FY2011. Grants supported a wide variety of causes, including help for the homeless, abused women and children, developmentally disabled adults, hospice care, academic research, and food distribution for those affected by the earthquakes in Baja California and Japan.
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Global Disaster Relief Fund
The San Diego Foundation created the Global Disaster Relief Fund to facilitate philanthropic giving following international disasters. The fund is a resource to donors who want to give charitably to international disaster relief situations, but want to rely on The San Diego Foundation’s research capabilities and disaster grantmaking expertise. Grants support critical relief, recovery and rebuilding operations in the areas of highest need.
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| SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
Dr. Ned Smith |
Dr. Ned Smith Ushers the Working Group into a Hopeful Future
The San Diego Foundation welcomes Ned Smith, PhD as our new Science &Technology Working Group Chair. Dr. Smith was an academic fellow of the National Institutes of Health, an award winning college professor, and is a successful fundraiser, facilitator, project leader, writer and reviewer of grant proposals.
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New Fellow Supports the Working Group
We are pleased to announce our new Science & Technology Research Fellow, Casey O’Toole. This fellowship opportunity was made possible by the generous support of one of our Science & Technology Working Group members to support K-12 Science Education research and Blasker Program impact evaluation.
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Blasker Grantee Bartosz Balana, PhD. |
Science & Technology Grants $500,000+ to the 2011 Blasker Grant Recipients
We congratulate Ned Smith (Chair), Barbara Sawrey (Co-Vice Chair), Sam Takahashi (Co-Vice Chair), and all of the Science and Technology Working Group Members for doing an amazing job in selecting an elite group of 9 Blasker Grant Recipients.
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| SCHOLARSHIPS |
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Dreams Become Reality through
Community Scholarship Program
The San Diego Foundation is pleased to award more than $2 million to make the educational dreams of approximately 620 recipients a reality. With a volatile economy and rising tuition costs, The Foundation received more than 1,400 applications totaling more than 8,000 requests for individual scholarships. The donors who support the program provide hope to our youth whose future relies on a quality education.
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Adrian Gonzalez, scholarship recipients Natalia Royal, Tiffany Lapuebla, Brianna Michalkiewicz, Luke Lundborg, and Athena Miranda with Enrique Perez and Betsy Gonzalez |
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San Diego Teachers’ Fund Grants $57,000 to 64 Local Teachers
 Through the San Diego Teachers’ Fund, 64 teachers will receive more than $57,000 to garner the supplies needed in their classrooms.
The San Diego Teachers’ Fund was recently restructured to include all K-12 San Diego County teachers with the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary, classroom projects that address student needs and increase teaching effectiveness. This resulted in a 200% increase in the number of applications received for the 2011 academic year.
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ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGNS
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Civic Leadership Fund and Friends of The Foundation
The San Diego Foundation manages two annual funds –the Civic Leadership Fund and Friends of the Foundation. The two funds align with the two sides of The Foundation – leadership and legacy. The Civic Leadership Fund allows individuals, businesses and nonprofits to give at any level to support our programs, initiatives, research and convenings conducted within the Malin Burnham Center for Civic Engagement; whereas, Friends of the Foundation supports the general operation of The San Diego Foundations. Again, individuals and organizations can pull each individual contribution to maximize our ability to enhance the quality of life in the region. Employee matching gift programs are available for both annual funds.
To learn more about each fund, click the logos below.
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Partner Organizations
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San Diego Women’s Foundation Hits $2 Million Milestone
The San Diego Women’s Foundation is also pleased to announce the induction of our new President, Eileen Haag. New board members who will continue to enhance and expand our efforts are: Ashley McElravy, Bethel Nathan, Marjorie O’Malley, and Lenore Ringler.
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Cindy Olmstead, Eileen Haag, and Tracy Johnson |
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| LET’S GET SOCIAL…MEDIA THAT IS |
| We now have a Facebook presence for The San Diego Foundation, affiliates and the San Diego Women’s Foundation. Stay connected, join and share your newsworthy stories of doing more good. |
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