Oceanside Community Foundation

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OVERVIEW: The Oceanside Community Foundation supports the community of Oceanside, California. Grants support efforts for community development, education, health, wellness, arts and culture and more.

IP TAKE: Administered by the San Diego Community Foundation, the Oceanside Community Foundation makes a handful of grants each year to local nonprofits that have a strong impact on the community. The foundation does not provide much information about how to apply, but organizations based in or serving Oceanside should email or call to find out about this funder’s annual grantmaking program.

PROFILE: Established in 2007, the Oceanside Community Foundation (OCF) is a community foundation that serves Oceanside, California. A group of local residents and community leaders came together to create the foundation, which is an affiliate of the San Diego Community Foundation. OCF’s three-pronged mission involves building an endowment for the community, funding community nonprofits and giving “Oceanside community members a vehicle for legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Oceanside now and forever.” The foundation’s grantmaking works broadly “ to help nonprofit organizations achieve their operational objectives.” Although it sometimes names an annual focus for its grantmaking, the foundation does not name specific priorities for its giving overall. Grants grants broadly support local efforts for community development, education, health, mental health, arts and culture.

Grants for Community Development, Education, Public Health, Mental Health and Arts and Culture

This small community funder does not organize its grantmaking thematically. Instead it supports local nonprofits across a range of areas that are of importance to the community. Grantees include the Boys and Girls Club of Oceanside, the Oceanside Museum of Art, the Oceanside Senior Citizens Association and Oceanside Promise, which works to improve educational outcomes for Oceanside’s children and teens.

Important Grant Details

OCF’s grants range from $5,000 to $20,000.

  • Grantmaking is limited to organizations serving the Oceanside community.

  • Most grantees are small- to medium-sized organizations that are well known in the community.

  • OCF usually makes fewer than ten grants per year.

  • This funder does not provide information about how to apply for funding, but it runs a single annual grantmaking cycle.

  • The foundation’s grants committee and board meet annually to review proposals and vote on grant awards.

  • For additional information about past grants, see the foundation’s brochure.

Direct all inquiries to OCF via email at moliveri@sdfoundation.org or telephone at (619) 791-1773.

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