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What We Do

Catalyst connects and activates funders to learn, lead, and invest in our community.

Through collaboration, shared learning, and coordinated action, we’re strengthening communities across our region.

Deanna Villanueva, wearing a name tag identifying her as a member of the San Gabriel Valley Housing Commission, speaks animatedly to another person at an event, gesturing with her right hand. She wears a black blazer over a red dress and a pendant necklace.
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Learning that fuels growth

We connect members to peers, field experts, and the communities we serve to ensure our funding efforts are informed, relevant, and truly effective.

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Collaboration that sparks action

There’s power in numbers. We coordinate and facilitate collaborative spaces for funders and cross-sector partners to share knowledge, build skills, and identify shared solutions to major issues impacting our region.

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Catalyst Collaborative
Arts & Intersections
Supporting a thriving arts and culture ecosystem as a key driver of social change
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Binational Migration Funders
Meeting urgent needs and advocating for permanent immigration infrastructure for the future.
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Coordinated Regional Response Collaborative
Bringing together funders and nonprofit infrastructure organizations that invest across San Diego and Imperial Counties to collectively respond to a rapidly changing federal funding and policy environment
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Climate Funders
Promoting healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities in the Baja, Imperial and San Diego Region
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Funders Together to End Homelessness San Diego
Ending homelessness starts with a home
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Imperial Valley Funder Collaborative
Building a stronger, more connected funding network for Imperial County
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California Jobs First
The Southern Border Coalition
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Early Childhood Funders
Increasing access to high-quality early-childhood care and education
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Social Equity Collaborative Fund
Supporting grassroots groups that advance racial equity
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Data that inspires movements

We’re raising the bar for transparency in philanthropy. As a central hub for our region’s philanthropic sector, we provide funders with comprehensive data, emerging research, and event learnings to guide smarter giving.

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Support that makes a difference

Your mission, our muscle. From grants management to program administration, we provide funders support informed by our equity-driven lens and tailored to specific areas of need.

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OUR APPROACH

Philanthropy guided by trust and community

Connect funders and develop meaningful relationships across sectors and issue areas

Deliver highly relevant, community-centered learning

Foster an equity lens for our region’s social impact sector

Convene leaders and networks to collectively address issues

Bring greater resources to our region through shared knowledge of best practices