Chula Vista Charitable Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Chula Vista Charitable Foundation supports community development, older adults, emergency needs, youth, homelessness and education in Southern California.
FUNDING AREAS: Community development, older adults, emergency needs, youth, homelessness, education
IP TAKE: This community funder has an accessible online application and often focuses on just one major community per year with its grantmaking. It’s highly focused giving is hard to get.
PROFILE: Established in 2008, the Chula Vista Charitable Foundation (CVCF) is a community foundation based in Chula Vista, California. CVCF is an affiliate of the San Diego Foundation and serves as a way to leverage local leadership, build civic engagement and increase impactful philanthropy. The foundation aims to "increase charitable giving by and for the benefit of all who live and work in Chula Vista, build a Chula Vista community endowment to provide funding annually to Chula Vista organizations and causes and give Chula Vista community members a vehicle for legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Chula Vista, now and forever.” It funds local efforts for community development, older adults, emergency needs, youth, homelessness and education.
The Chula Vista Charitable Foundation typically supports a specific issue with its grant cycle each year. In the past, annual focuses of CVCF have been enhancing the lives of older adults and COVID-19 relief. The foundation promotes programs and partnerships that support the Chula Vista Age-Friendly Action Plan since the area is expected to see a large increase in the number of older adults in the years ahead. Past support has gone towards hunger relief efforts, the zoo, Alzheimer’s centers and safety precautions for residents. Other interests of CVCF include digital literacy, economic self-sufficiency, youth music and after-school programs and camps for youth.
Grants range between about $5,000 and $40,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving in the news section of the San Diego Foundation’s website. Grantmaking focuses on the Chula Vista area of Southern California. Past local grantees include George Glenner Alzheimer’s Center, South Bay YMCA and St. Paul’s Senior Center.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. CVCF links to its grant guidelines and application on the foundation website. In the past, the application deadline has been in early November. Direct general questions to Estela Mitrani, the Chula Vista affiliate manager on the staff at estelam@sdfoundation.org or 619-847-7100.
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