GET INVOLVED,MAKE A DIFFERENCE

2020-2021 BOARD OF DIRECTORSVince Alessi*, ChairMarva Bledsoe*, Grants ChairBeverly Holtz*, Immediate Past ChairJennifer Bledsoe Lacy*, Membership Co-ChairAmber Newman, Membership Co-Chair

David Nydegger* Diane Nygaard*Colleen O’Harra*Mark O’Toole*Anne Speraw*

*Founder

Make a difference through an Oceanside Community Foundation membership, and strengthen the community of Oceanside now and for future generations.

CONTACT USEstela Mitrani, Manager Regional Affiliates, The San Diego Foundation estelam@sdfoundation.org

2508 Historic Decatur Rd., Ste. 200 • San Diego, CA 92106 (619) 847-7100 • Please call for an appointment

OceansideCommunityFoundation.org Facebook.com/OceansideCF

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Eternal Hills Memorial Park

MISSION• Build an Oceanside community endowment• Provide funding annually to Oceanside nonprofit

organizations• Give Oceanside community members a vehicle for

legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Oceanside now and forever

PURPOSEMeet emerging needs by encouraging and increasing responsible and effective philanthropy by and for the benefit of all who live, work and play in the Oceanside community.

MEMBERSHIP & STRUCTUREThe membership fee is an annual contribution of at least $1,000. Half of your contribution goes to immediate grantmaking, the other half will be for building the OCF endowment for future generations. All members vote annually to determine which organizations receive grant awards.

REMEMBERING THERESIA HEYDENTheresia Heyden joined the Oceanside Community Foundation as a founding member in 2007. Theresia was an active force in Oceanside for nearly four decades, beginning with her work at Camp Pendleton in 1975 as a volunteer nurse assisting Vietnamese refugees.

In 2008, she established a Charitable Gift Annuity for the Oceanside Community Foundation.

Theresia said, “I have lived in many places in my life, but I have lived in Oceanside the longest. I will always call Oceanside home. I want to give back to the community that has been so wonderful to my husband and to me, but at the same time I didn’t feel I could eliminate a large amount of my future income. The gift annuity was a way to accomplish both goals. Through the Oceanside Community Foundation, my investment is leveraged with the investments of my friends, so that even greater good can be accomplished. Through my contribution, I am making both a financial investment and an investment in Oceanside and its wonderful people. I love Oceanside. I believe that I am making a difference.”

Oceanside Community Foundation honors the memory of Theresia, she will be missed, but her legacy lives on.

GRANTEES $664,8082020-2021: Human Services and COVID-19 Response $94,500Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside $5,000MiraCosta College Foundation $3,500North County Lifeline $10,000Voices for Children $15,000 Women’s Resource Center $21,000Word’s Alive $20,000Serving Seniors $10,000TSDF COVID-19 Community Response Fund $10,000

2019-2020: Human Services $65,000Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside $15,000Interfaith Community Services $25,000Oceanside Promise $25,000

2018-2019: Community Empowerment $63,300Encuentros Leadership $15,000Move Your Feet Before You Eat $4,300Oceanside Museum of Art $15,000Studio ACE $9,000Trauma Intervention Programs $10,000Voices for Children $10,000

2017-2018: At-Risk Youth $53,000Burn Institute $3,000Feeding San Diego $5,000Just in Time for Foster Youth $10,000North County LGBTQ Resource Center $10,000Casa de Amparo $25,000

2016-2017: Hunger & Homelessness $60,000Oceanside Senior Citizens Association $10,000Brother Benno Foundation $25,000Casa de Amparo $25,000

2015-2016: Connect to the Outdoors $48,000Buena Vista Audubon Society $5,000Ivey Ranch Elementary School $8,000Interfaith Community Services $10,000Ivey Ranch Park Association $10,000T.E.R.I., Inc. $15,000

2014-2015: Community Engagement $58,000Bread of Life Rescue Mission $5,000Ivey Ranch Park Association $5,000North County LGBTQ Resource Center $5,000

In fall 2007, a group of Oceanside residents and community leaders came together to create the Oceanside Community Foundation (OCF). Working in partnership with The San Diego Foundation, the purpose of this charitable foundation is to increase responsible and effective philanthropy to provide for the future of Oceanside through a community endowment.

GRANTMAKINGOCF’s grants are designed to help nonprofit organizations achieve their operational objectives. Annually, the Grants Committee and the OCF board reviews and approves proposals through a competitive grants process, after which the entire membership votes to determine the grantees.

MATT MCLAUGHLIN LIVE HERE, GIVE HERE PROGRAMMatt McLaughlin established an endowment legacy fund at The San Diego Foundation that continues to make a profound impact on the North County region. The Matt McLaughlin Live Here, Give Here program supports membership dollars raised, growing Oceanside Community Foundation grantmaking from member contributions for our community.

Oceanside CERT $5,000California State University San Marcos Foundation $10,000Trauma Intervention Program of San Diego, Inc. $10,000Vista Community Clinic $18,000

2013-2014: Arts & Culture $52,600San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians Foundation $2,500KOCT $6,500Museum of Making Music $6,600North County Lifeline $17,000The Kid’s College $20,000