Creating the Change Our Community Needs

Will you join us and help build a stronger San Diego?

With our community expected to boom over the next 40 years, we face a number of unique

challenges on how to deal with the associated growth pressures. The response began with Our

Greater San Diego Vision (the Vision) and continues through the initiatives of The Malin Burnham San Diego Center for Civic Engagement (the Center).

The Civic Leadership Fund (CLF) helps facilitate the Vision by bringing together people that share our

passion for a vibrant and prosperous future for the region and whose contributions enable the Center to

achieve its bold targets in education, the environment, jobs, and the arts.

The Vision & CCEAs we see the cost of living increase year after year,

how will future generations of San Diegans afford to live 30-50 years from now? What if the qualities that

make San Diego a great place to live are threatened by a failure to plan for the future?

A massive effort spanning three years began with an in-depth study to determine our collective hopes and dreams, our worries, fears, and values. 30,000 local residents voiced

their opinions on what this might look like and The San Diego Foundation listened.

From here, together, we must act. The Center will steward the Vision and help move

the region forward by convening stakeholders, informing decisions, engaging people, and impacting

the evolution of this paradise we call home.

The Center is the culmination of work that will create and

build sustainable change

for our region by pursuing 2 strategies.

Today

Within WELL, 7 specific goals

emerged:

Good Jobs

Housing Options

Quality Learning

Neighborhoods

Nature is Accessible

Transportation

Regional Collaboration

7 GoalsW.E.L.L.

The Vision identified four core values:

Work

Enjoy

Live

Learn

The Vision

TSDF embarked on an unprecedented effort to identify Our Greater San

Diego Vision.

The Evolution of the CenterIn 2011, The Foundation unveiled the Malin Burnham San Diego Center for Civic

Engagement demonstrating its commitment to the work that will create a better future.

The Center’s Strategies:

Through effective strategies, serve as a leader, supporter,

and ambassador to implement the Vision.

Create meaningful opportunities for people to get involved in improving

their communities.

Move the Needle

Set the Table for Civic

Engagement

Jobs, Housing, & Transportation

Create sub-regional plans consistent with the Vision

Civic Engagement

Create meaningful opportunities for people to get involved in improving their communities

Opening the Outdoors

Ensure access to nature in park-poor communities

Education Prepare children and young adults to learn and succeed

Climate ChangeContinue plans to reduce emissions and avoid the most harmful impacts from climate change

Initiativesjobs

transportation

car

The Civic Leadership Fund helps facilitate the Vision by bringing together like-minded people from all walks of life that

share our passion for a vibrant and prosperous future and whose contributions will enable the Center to achieve its bold

targets in education, the environment, jobs, and the arts.

This is an exciting new chapter for our region, and we encourage you to show your support, pride, and passion for

our community by standing together with The San Diego Foundation and investing in the Civic Leadership Fund.

We all know that the Vision is big. Really BIG. And as such, the Center will rely on additional support

to take action. We are up to this challenge, but we cannot do it without your support.

Will You Help Build a Stronger San Diego?

Civic Leadership Fund

Help build a stronger San DiegoSign up today to join a community of civically engaged citizens

who aspire to preserve and protect the San Diego region and are willing to address tough issues for future generations.

Membership Level Individual Corporate

Community Ambassador ($5-$99) Community Leader ($100-$499)

Regional Leader ($500-$999) Civic Leader ($1,000-$4,999)

Civic Philanthropist ($5,000+)