Community
Chula Vista Charitable
Foundation Board of Directors
Philanthropy, the Chula Vista Way
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ounded in 2008 by former Mayor Cheryl
Cox and Dency and Paul Soubal,
the Chula Vista Charitable Foundation
(CVCF) promotes a culture of local
philanthropy in Chula Vista for the
community of Chula Vista. A regional affiliate of the
San Diego Foundation, CVCF is made up of more
than 100 residents and companies dedicated to
improving quality-of-life and to meeting the emerging
needs of everyday Chula Vistans. CVCF members
pool their contributions to CVCF to support
annual charitable grants to non-profit community
organizations and causes.
Since 2011, CVCF has granted more than $240,000
to dozens of nonprofit organizations serving the
community, with each year’s grant cycle dedicated
to a different focus area ranging from health and
human services, to civic engagement, to jobs and
small business development, to the environment.
Half of all CVCF membership dues support annual
grantmaking to nonprofits, while the other half
grows a permanent endowment to support long-
term grantmaking to nonprofit organizations.
CVCF also provides a local, community option for
legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Chula Vista
now and in the future. In 2018, the CVCF endowment
reached the $500,000 milestone. CVCF started with
three people, no money and the idea that Chula
Vistans have the power to pool their resources to
give back to the community in a strategic way that
makes Chula Vista better.
As Chula Vista grows, so does the power of Chula
Vista philanthropy to make a difference!
www.chulavistacharitablefoundation.org
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