San Diego Seniors Community Foundation

What it reported doing in 2025

The san diego seniors community foundation (sdscf) is committed to enhancing the lives of older adults. This year, we expanded our impactful initiatives and forged new partnerships to ensure that every senior in san diego feels supported, valued, and connected.longevity: in 2026, the san diego seniors community foundation launched the longevity initiative aiming to strengthen older adults' overall health with innovative longevity hubs in san diego. Amid locating a physical location, sdscf has not stopped pursuing longevity for older adults, especially those lower to middle income so all can have equitable access to public health resources. We have awarded over $50,000 to local senior serving organizations from rural regions to urban san diego to assist older adults in their ever-present needs of financial stability, mental and emotional wellness, social interaction, and physical health. We have launched programming from falls prevention across san diego county with our saving claire partner that trains community representatives to teach falls prevention within older adult communities. We have also supported longevity programming within existing senior centers including physical activity and bilingual resource navigation. Sdscf has funded weekly art workshops that unite three small, geographically isolated communities. Through art-making and handwritten journaling, the program stimulates cognitive engagement, reduces social isolation, and builds new relationships among participants. Empowering senior centers: the empower san diego senior center campaign remains central to our mission. In 2025, we supported more underfunded senior centers through strategic grants that expand programming and strengthen operations. These centers serve as vital community hubs where older adults connect and thrive. We're now integrating our senior center master plan with san diego county's strategic framework, working toward our vision of transforming every senior center into an exemplary facility that delivers comprehensive services tailored to our aging population's diverse needs. No senior alone campaign: our no senior alone campaign has been a heartwarming success. With the knowledge that there are over 180,000 elder orphans in san diego, sdscf is dedicated to combatting senior isolation through our various programs and initiatives. In early 2025, we sent close to 1,000 seniors to the san diego safari park for the first time. This initiative provided a memorable experience for many older adults, combating isolation, and bringing joy to their lives. Our no senior alone for the holidays was able to serve over 28 senior centers, ensuring older adults had somewhere to go and celebrate the holidays to reduce social isolation. In summer of 2026, sdscf sent over 100 older adults to the san diego county fair for the very first time by providing accessible transportation and free tickets. We are committed to continuing such efforts, ensuring that every senior has opportunities to connect and engage with the community. Elder fraud prevention and financial stability: within san diego, seniors lost at least $140 million to elder-fraud scams in 2025, with numbers continuing to rise, and that figure includes only reported events. To combat this, sdscf has implemented extensive educational programming of elder fraud prevention and financial security in partnership with the fbi citizens academy, wells fargo, and other community organizations. During the 2025-2026 year, we educated over 2,500 older adults through over 20 elder fraud and financial stability workshops throughout the southern California region in san diego, orange county, and los angeles to identify and report scams and financial abuse. Senior center master plan, state of seniors report, and the san diego senior center coalition: sdscf has conducted in-depth research on san diego's aging services infrastructure, resulting in two landmark reports: the senior center master plan and the state of senio

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 90.7%; rating input score 91
• Fundraising efficiency: $30.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 74.5%; rating input score 75; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -20.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 24% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings