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East County Economic Development Council

This organization exists for the purpose of supporting, helping and promoting the business community of east san diego county.

$7.4M
Granted FY2023
269
Grants FY2023
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2023 · 269 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 269 grants below total $3,105,862, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,435,480 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $4,329,618 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k33 grants · $246k
  • $10k–50k235 grants · $2.8M
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$719k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ESCONDIDO SENIOR ENTERPRISES$50,000
ESCONDIDO COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPME$35,000
CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESC$35,000
SOUTHWESTNER COLLEGE FOUNDATION$25,000
LOVING YOU THROUGH IT$25,000
KALUSUGAN KALAKASAN CENTER FOR HEAL$25,000
VICTORIA TRAINING CENTER INC$25,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN D$25,000
MARLOW B MARTINEZ FOUNDATION 501C3$25,000
HEALTH AND HEALING FOUNDATION$25,000
SOUTH BAY FAMILY YMCA$25,000
HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION$20,000
INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES$20,000
COMMUNITY HOUSINGWORKS$20,000
SOUTHWEST SPORTS WELLNESS FOUNDATIO$15,000
02The need
02

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $238k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SERVICE AGENCY: $10k → 11%ELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $10k → 11%KIDS' TURN SAN DIEGO: $8k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ASSOCIATION: $8k → 11%OPERATION PROMISE COMMUNITY SERVICE: $15k → 11%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE: $15k → 11%SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE: $15k → 11%ESCOKIDOS: $15k → 11%ESCONDIDO SENIOR ENTERPRISES: $50k → 11%THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE: $15k → 11%TRANSFAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES: $10k → 11%TRANSFAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES: $8k → 11%SOUTH BAY FAMILY YMCA: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Diego Coasters
Arts & Culture
2
San Diego Regional Economic Development Foundation

To support and cultivate sustainable employment opportunities for San Diego County residents contributing to a prosperous local economy.

Community Improvement
3
San Diegans for Health Care Coverage

Promote Access to Health Care for all San Diegans

Health
4
San Diego Double Ten Committee
Arts & Culture
5
San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council Afl-Cio

The Labor Council offers an avenue for local unions to come together as one group.

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6
San Diego Housing Federation

The Federation brings together representatives of affordable housing community development corporations with others interested in the development and management of housing for low and moderate income persons in San Diego County to mutually…

Education
7
San Diego County Citizens' Scholars Foundation
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8
San Dieguito Surf Soccer Club

The mission of San Dieguito Surf Soccer is to provide equitable access to high-quality soccer programs that promote athletic development, personal growth, and community engagement. As a nonprofit organization, we are committed to removing…

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9
Design Forward Alliance

Advocating for Human-Centered Design as a regional approach to improve economic, social, and civic life in our community.Design Forward Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to leveraging the power of design to drive social impact.…

Community Improvement
10
San Diego Habitat Conservancy

Acquire, manage and protect land in perpetuity that supports sensitive habitats and species, and to educate and inspire people and communities as stewards and advocates of their natural environment.

Arts & Culture
11
Arts Education Connection San Diego

Arts Education Connection San Diego engages professional teaching artists to provide high-quality arts education programs in all art forms for students, educators, families and communities, advocating for, leading and advancing education…

Arts & Culture
12
San Diego Theatre Critics Circle

The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to reviewing and honoring the top achievements in San Diego professional theater. The organization is made up of 9 professional theater critics who…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Elderhelp of San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Children Arts & More. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

133 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 133 of the 247 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

8
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
130/133
Grantees still filing
76/133
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+140 more: $1,662,500 · Other+140 moreCALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA …SAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $20,862 · Arts & CultureSAN DIEGO C…Pacific Lyric Association: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePacific Lyr…MARIACHI JUVENIL DE SAN DIEGO: $15,000 · Arts & CultureMARIACHI JU…CENTER STAGE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS: $15,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER STAG…Samahan Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center Inc: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSamahan Fil…ArtHatch: $15,000 · Arts & CultureArtHatchPATIO PLAYHOUSE: $15,000 · Arts & CulturePATIO PLAYH…ESCONDIDO HISTORY CENTER: $15,000 · Arts & CultureESCONDIDO H…ESCONDIDO ARTS PARTNERSHIP: $15,000 · Arts & CultureESCONDIDO A…RESTORATION COMMUNITY ARTS: $15,000 · Arts & CultureRESTORATION…A Step Beyond: $15,000 · Arts & CultureA Step Beyo…STAR REPERTORY THEATRE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureSTAR REPERT…ESCONDIDO CHORAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATER & ARTS FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY DBA LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePlaywrights Project: $10,000 · Arts & CultureECOVIVARIUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureESCONDIDO SENIOR ENTERPRISES: $50,000 · Human ServicesESCONDIDO …HOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Human ServicesHOPE THROU…SOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $30,000 · Human ServicesSOLUTIONS …YMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $25,000 · Human ServicesYMCA OF SA…TransFamily Support Services: $17,500 · Human ServicesTransFamil…THE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE ELIZAB…THE ALABASTER JAR PROJECT: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE ALABAS…OPERATION PROMISE COMMUNITY SERVICE: $15,000 · Human ServicesOPERATION …ESCOKIDOS: $15,000 · Human ServicesESCOKIDOSKiwanis Club of Escondido Foundation: $10,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SERVICE AGENCY INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesELDERHELP OF SAN DIEGO: $10,000 · Human ServicesESCONDIDO COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50,000 · EducationESCONDIDO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationPalomar College Foundation: $25,000 · EducationSAN DIEGO FUTURES FOUNDATION: $17,500 · EducationJohn Paul The Great Catholic University: $15,000 · EducationDiscovery Charter School Ptc: $15,000 · EducationUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMIRACOSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationL R GREEN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationELEMENT EDUCATION INC: $10,000 · EducationLOVING YOU THROUGH IT INC: $25,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $17,500 · HealthSouth Bay Pioneers Inc: $15,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S SAN DIEGO: $10,000 · HealthAMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS CALIFORNIA CHAPTER 3: $10,000 · HealthCENTRO DE SALUD DE LA COMUNIDAD DE SAN YSIDRO INC: $10,000 · HealthPALOMAR HEALTH FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthTRI-CITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthFoundation for Care Integration: $10,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $10,000 · HealthAUTISM TREE PROJECT INC: $10,000 · HealthDRUGS & DIAGNOSTICS FOR TROPICAL DISEASE: $10,000 · HealthVISTA HILL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentOUTSIDE THE LENS: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentGirls on the Run of San Diego: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMMUNITY HOUSING WORKS: $35,000 · Housing & ShelterSAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $17,500 · Housing & ShelterBay Vista Methodist Heights Inc: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterOPERATION HOPE-NORTH COUNTY INC: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,662,500Arts & Culture$275,862Human Services$247,500Education$187,500Health$157,500Youth Development$85,000Housing & Shelter$72,500

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetESCONDIDO COMMUNITY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCALIFORNIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ESCONDIDO FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetESCONDIDO SENIOR ENTERPRISES: $50,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER SAN DIEGO: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE THROUGH HOUSING FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetInterfaith Community Services Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSING WORKS: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPALOMAR FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOLUTIONS FOR CHANGE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetYMCA OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH AND HEALING FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 95% of budgetESCONDIDO EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetPalomar College Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSAN DIEGO CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM: $20,862 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTransFamily Support Services: $17,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetVOICES FOR CHILDREN: $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOUTSIDE THE LENS: $17,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO FUTURES FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetFRESH START SURGICAL GIFTS: $17,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HUNGER COALITION: $17,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS SAN DIEGO-IMPERIAL COUNCIL INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEEDING SAN DIEGO: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN DIEGO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPacific Lyric Association: $15,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetMARIACHI JUVENIL DE SAN DIEGO: $15,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCENTER STAGE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS: $15,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetCornerstone Therapeutic Riding Center: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF CHULA VISTA: $15,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetTHE ELIZABETH HOSPICE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMIGAS PUNTO COM: $15,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetSOUTHWEST SPORTS WELLNESS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetNORTH COUNTY HEALTH PROJECT INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSamahan Filipino American Performing Arts & Education Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetTHE ALABASTER JAR PROJECT: $15,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetOPERATION PROMISE COMMUNITY SERVICE: $15,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetCHULA VISTA SUNRISE ROTARY COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUND: $15,000 over 1y, 42% of budgetLIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetArtHatch: $15,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetECOLIFE CONSERVATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPATIO PLAYHOUSE: $15,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetESCONDIDO HISTORY CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJohn Paul The Great Catholic University: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSouth Bay Pioneers Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetSOUTH BAYFRONT SAILING ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCIVIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetDiscovery Charter School Ptc: $15,000 over 1y, 14% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Diego Foundat…The Conrad Prebys Fou…The Cushman FoundationPrice Philanthropies …Rancho Santa Fe Found…Jewish Community Foun…French Fund Samuel Ka…The Nordson Corporati…The Parker FoundationDavid C Copley Founda…Samuel I & John Henry…Leichtag Foundation
The San Diego FoundationCA89× affinity83 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · The Cushman Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · Rancho Santa Fe Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · French Fund Samuel Katherine Tua · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · The Parker Foundation · David C Copley Foundation · Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation · Leichtag Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization East County Economic Development Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from East County Economic Development Council. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 247 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $19k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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