City Awards FY 2025/26 Community Grants

Since 2004, the City's Community Grants Program has helped local nonprofits launch and grow their programs that directly benefit the Solana Beach community. With City support, these nonprofits are able to provide meaningful services that strengthen, uplift, and connect residents. Demand for the program has steadily grown over time, with more and more organizations applying each cycle. This year’s FY 2025/26 cycle reached new heights, with a record 19 applications requesting a total of $107,500 in support.

Each organization had the opportunity to present their grant proposal at the June 2nd City Council Meeting. Following the presentations and a thorough review process, Council awarded $61,500 in grant funds to 14 local nonprofits. These awardees offer a wide range of services, from youth education and senior support to arts programming and essential resources. The City is proud to support their work and we look forward to seeing their programs in action this year.

City Council has awarded the following organizations funding through the FY 2025/26 Community Grant Program:

• Assistance League Rancho San Dieguito — $2,000 for the Operation School Bell initiative, providing students with money for new shoes and clothes for back-to-school.
• Boys and Girls Club of Northwest San Diego — $5,000 to support the Summer Scholars Program, providing nine weeks of educational programming for local youth, including local field trips.
• California Western School of Law — $5,000 for the Community Law Project, providing free legal clinics related to housing, family immigration and employment assistance to Solana Beach residents.
• Casa De Amistad — $5,000 for academic support services for low-income youth through the Kinder to College Study Program
• Community Resource Center - $2,000 for the Holiday Baskets Program to provide a dignified shopping experience for low-income households, including Solana Beach residents.
• Jaliscience Folkloric Academy - $5,0000 to assist with the purchase of costumes for the organizations dance performances.
• La Colonia Community Foundation — $5,000 to facilitate community workshops in Spanish for Solana Beach residents, with various topics focused on supporting personal growth and community building.
• North Coast Repertory Theatre - $6,000 to continue to there free youth theatre in the park program 
• Order of Malta Clinic of San Diego — $5,000 to continue providing medical care to underserved and uninsured residents at the clinic in Solana Beach, formerly St. Leo’s Medical Clinic. 
• Pathways to Citizenship — $5,000 to support the addition of another Department of Justice-accredited representative who can practice immigration law, helping to provide more immigration services for low-income residents in Solana Beach.
• Solana Beach Backpacks for Kids Inc. — $5,000 to support the delivery of after-school snacks to the Boys and Girls Club to support Solana Beach families.
• Solana Beach Civic & Historical Society — $5,000 to digitize archival records and hire professional website design, videography and video editing services for the society’s website and digital vault.
• Solana Beach Community Connections — $5,000 for senior-serving programs in Solana Beach, including activity groups and workshops, lectures and projects. 
• Taking Inspired Action Solana (TIAS) — $1,500 for the Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program, which provides food and personal products to Solana Beach residents experiencing food insecurity.