The San Diego Foundation announced Wednesday $130,000 in grants to support free tax preparation services for low-income families across San Diego County, strengthening its commitment to family economic stability in the region.
The foundation has awarded grants to six community-based organizations that will provide outreach, education, and access to free mobile tax preparation events throughout San Diego County.
These services will help ensure eligible families can claim important tax benefits, including the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, among others.
“By helping families claim their full tax credits and refunds, we’re working to strengthen financial stability in our underserved neighborhoods and ensure everyone can access the tax benefits they’re entitled to,” said Katie Rast, Director of Community Impact, SDF.
The following organizations have received support from SDF to provide outreach, education, translation assistance, and access to free mobile tax preparation events for low-income community members in their respective service areas:
United Way of San Diego County ($55,000); Casa Familiar ($15,000); SBCS ($15,000); Somali Family Service of San Diego ($15,000); United Women of East Africa Support Team ($15,000); and Vista Community Clinic ($15,000).With this year’s funding, partners hope to help file 500 federal tax returns while continuing to support mobile tax events and translation services. Last year, partners helped San Diegans file 450 federal tax returns, provided 2,300 people with language assistance, and hosted 28 mobile events.
Local families assisted by partners with 2023 tax filing shared that they spent their claimed tax benefits on rent, utilities, and medical and school expenses, among other needs. To date, SDF has awarded more than $400,000 in grants to partners that have supported more than 150 community health workers/promotors and helped secure $1.6 million in tax credits and refunds back to local families.
This initiative is part of the San Diego Foundation’s work focused on family economic stability to create more equitable opportunities for families to thrive in the San Diego region. According to the San Diego Economic Equity Report, approximately 11%, or 335,000 San Diegans, live below the federal poverty limit, including nearly 86,000 children.
This work benefitting children and families in San Diego County aligns with Fifty & Forward, a multi-year grantmaking and fundraising campaign that SDF originally launched in 2021 and publicly announced in 2024.
The goal of the ambitious campaign is to partner with donors to grant $500 million to local nonprofits supporting education, children and families, and the environment while fundraising $1 billion to help shape San Diego’s future. To date, $335 million has been granted to create a place we can all feel proud to call home.
To learn more about how you can make an impact and a donation, visit SDFoundation.org/50.
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