The San Diego-based Conrad Prebys Foundation has announced 147 grants totaling $30.6 million to organizations across the region.

Awards include 67 grants totaling $10.4 million in the Visual and Performing Arts program area to recipients including Arms Wide Open, Asian Story Theater, Kumeyaay Community College, and San Diego Youth Symphony. The foundation also awarded 14 grants totaling $7 million in support of medical research through its Excellence in Scientific Research Leadership Program, which provides opportunities to women pursuing a research career in San Diego.

In the Healthcare program area, the foundation awarded grants totaling $4 million to 10 organizations to ensure youth from underserved communities have access to high-quality healthcare career training programs, including East County Economic Development Council Foundation and Neighborhood House Association; and 23 organizations with grants totaling $2.7 million to expand access to programs to help promote the mental well-being of youth, including Lifeline Community Services and Horn of Africa. In the Youth Success and Financial Stability program area, 33 organizations were awarded a total of $6.4 million in support of programs designed to integrate arts, sciences, and humanities to build critical learning and life skills, including Our Time To Act United, Mid-City CAN, and International Community Foundation Center for Olivewood.

“When we announced the foundation’s strategic plan earlier this year, we knew we had a lot of work ahead of us to make good on our ambitious goals,” said Prebys Foundation CEO Grant Oliphant. “We spent this past year crisscrossing the county to build relationships, developing and refining our grantmaking strategies, and creating an interconnected investment portfolio that we believe will contribute to a vibrant and thriving region for all. We urge and invite others to invest in their nearby communities, extending support across all levels—every contribution helps our region thrive.”

For a complete list of grant recipients, see the Prebys Foundation website.

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