Collaborative Grantmaking
Deepens Impact
Stewarding over $151 million in assets, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation brings the right people and organizations together to help donors leverage impact and nonprofits accelerate progress.
Collaborative Grantmaking
Deepens Impact
Stewarding over $141 million in assets, Rancho Santa Fe Foundation brings the right people and organizations together to help donors leverage impact and nonprofits accelerate progress.
The Power of Partnership
When donating directly to causes, an individual philanthropist’s contribution, though significant, remains fairly isolated. When that same gift is made through collaborative grant making, donors are able to combine the giving power of many, creating a much larger collective fund that can be strategically directed toward key community needs.
Increased Impact & Scale
By pooling resources, we can fund larger-scale projects with the potential for greater impact than individual donors might achieve alone. This approach allows for more significant impact and greater scale.
Diverse Perspectives
Collaborative grantmaking brings together funders and volunteer subject matter advisors from various backgrounds, creating a unique mix of ideas, expertise, and perspectives. This enriches the grantmaking resources and decision-making process, leading to more innovative solutions.
Leveraging Resources
Collaboration enables philanthropists to not only combine financial resources but also to leverage individual networks and influence. This can lead to more strategic and effective support for nonprofits.
Community Impact Grants
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation has three collaborative grantmaking pillars: Supporting Our Heroes, Advancing Education, and Building Healthy Communities.
Supporting Our Heroes
This grantmaking pillar, formerly called The Patriots Connecton, is a symbol of our community's gratitude and a pledge of ongoing support to our military service members, veterans and their families.
Through Supporting Our Heroes grants, we bring like minded donors together to fund collaborative grants for nonprofits that are advancing this critical work.
Advancing Education
This is our grantmaking pillar focused on unlocking the boundless potential within our community.
Through these grants, our donors support nonprofits that are creating a seamless pipeline of learning opportunities, starting with early childhood education and continuing through K-12, post-secondary education and workforce development.
Building Healthy Communities
This is our grantmaking pillar designed to foster a healthy, resilient, sustainable future for our community.
Through this pillar, we bring donors together to fund nonprofits that ensure that every member of our community has the opportunity to enjoy a healthy life, both physically and mentally, in a thriving and sustainable environment.
Smart, Strategic Giving
At Rancho Santa Fe Foundation we embrace participatory grantmaking which actively involves the community impacted in the decision-making process. This ensures that community needs and insights directly shape equitable funding choices.
Benefits of participatory grantmaking:
- Donors make informed giving decisions which increase the impact of their charitable contributions.
- Nonprofit organizations experience (or gain) greater alignment between needs and funding.
- RSF Foundation fosters stronger partnerships and meaningful engagement in our shared community.
Join Us
A gift to Rancho Santa Fe Foundation’s collaborative grantmaking pillars is an affirmation that you believe in our community's potential and a commitment to the future we can build together.
If you have questions about our Community Impact Grants or would like guidance on which pillar to select, our team would be happy to connect with you.
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