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We serve as the most effective funding force in supporting, strengthening and growing nonprofits in the Carlsbad community.

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Carlsbad Charitable Foundation

In 2007, a group of Carlsbad residents and community leaders came together to create Carlsbad Charitable Foundation (CCF).

Working in partnership with San Diego Foundation, the purpose of this charitable foundation is to increase responsible and effective philanthropy to provide for the future of Carlsbad through a community endowment.

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Our Purpose

We improve our quality of life and meet emerging needs through responsible philanthropy, our community endowment, annual grantmaking, and legacy planning that will benefit Carlsbad, now and forever.

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Our mission is to celebrate and invest in Carlsbad.

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Carlsbad Flower Fields

Give Carlsbad community members a vehicle for legacy planning and gifts that will benefit Carlsbad now and forever.

Carlsbad Village

Provide consistent funding annually to Carlsbad nonprofit organizations, aiding in their mission to serve and uplift the community.

Carlsbad Flower Fields

Build a Carlsbad community endowment to ensure a perpetual source of support for the betterment of Carlsbad.

Meet Our Members

* Founder

Board of Directors

  • *Karen Pearson

    Chair

  • JR Phillips

    Vice Chair

  • *Justin Peek

    Marketing Committee Chair

  • *Stefan Prvanov

    Treasurer

  • Susan Elmore

    Events Committee Chair

     

  • Bret Schanzenbach

    Immediate Past Chair

     

  • Matthew Anderson

    Grants Chair

  • Rocco Ciesco

    Membership Committee Chair

     

  • *Jim Brubaker

    Secretary

  • Carl Pinkard

    Governance Committee Chair

     

  • Dale Isaacs

    Legacy Committee Chair

  • *Sandy Lund

    Secret Santa Committee Chair

  • Jean Streicher

    Director

  • Peter Tirado

    Director

  • Renee Cohen

    Director

Corporate Members

  • Eaton Fuschia Investments

    Corporate Member

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KNOX WILLIAMS

KNOX WILLIAMS
AUGUST 9, 1928 – DECEMBER 6, 2024

In Honor of Carlsbad Charitable Foundation (CCF) Founding Chair

As the Founding Chair of the Carlsbad Charitable Foundation (CCF), Knox played a key role in selecting one of the first grants, which supported a local elementary school where parents were funding an after-school program to teach 5th graders financial literacy.

With CCF members rallying behind the initiative, it gained momentum and eventually expanded to all nine elementary schools in the area, thanks to the support of the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce.

"That’s community philanthropy at its finest," Knox shared.

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For more information or to join today, contact us at hello@celebratecarlsbad.org or (619) 791-1773.

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