About San Bruno Community Foundation
The SBCF serves the San Bruno community by investing in projects, programs, services, and facilities that have significant and lasting benefits. Through making grants, leveraging partnerships, and taking advantage of other resources, the SBCF assists and enables the community to maximize shared investments and realize their subsequent enhancements and benefits.
Focus Areas
Grants to local nonprofits and government entities benefiting San BrunoStrategic capital projects (parks, athletic fields, community facilities)Education and youth programsScholarshipsSocial and human servicesEconomic vitality and downtown revitalizationCommunity health, safety, and wellness
Who They Fund
elementary and K-12 students (including school-specific sites like Belle Air, Allen)foster youth and juvenile youth
About San Bruno Community Foundation
The San Bruno Community Foundation’s largest recent award was a $5,701,700 grant to the City of San Bruno in 2025, tied to El Crystal Memorial Bench, Recreation and Aquatic Center programming and outreach, Crestmoor Fields Project, Narita Sister City Program, and Library Summer Reading Program. That scale reflects a funder built around community infrastructure as well as neighborhood programming. Across recent grants, the foundation supports capital projects, school and youth enrichment, social and human services, and public safety work that benefits San Bruno residents. Its recent portfolio also shows repeated investment in local institutions that shape daily life in the city. The foundation gave $1,500,000 to the City of San Bruno in 2023 for Recreation and Aquatic Center construction, and $500,000 to the City of San Bruno for Centennial Plaza improvements. Smaller awards extend the same pattern into schools, parks, health, and community services, including support for educational activities, homelessness outreach, and wellness programs. The foundation’s grants are local in scope, with all recent recipients located in California and concentrated in the San Bruno community.
What San Bruno Community Foundation Funds
A major part of the foundation’s work is physical community infrastructure. It gave $350,000 to the City of San Bruno in 2024 for downtown beautification, and $225,000 to San Bruno Education Foundation in 2025 for Narita Sister City Program and athletic field improvements. Those awards sit alongside its strategic interest in parks, fields, libraries, and community facilities. Education and youth programs are another clear thread. The foundation awarded $35,000 to San Bruno Park School District for school field trips and assemblies, and $20,000 to San Mateo County Community College District for the BAEC of Skyline College Accelerate Fellowship. It also supported Music for Minors Inc with $15,000 for in-school music education. Its social and health-related giving includes $25,000 each to Cora for crisis support services for domestic violence victims and survivors in 2023 and 2024, plus $23,400 to Via Heart Project for the Peninsula Heart Safe Program. The foundation also funded Lifemoves for homeless outreach and Second Harvest of Silicon Valley for alleviating hunger in San Bruno.
How San Bruno Community Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$6.2M
Total Assets
$32M
Total Revenue
$5M
Total Expenses
$6.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $16K, with a median of $15K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$15K
75th Percentile
$16K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MALISSA NETANE-JONES
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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