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Grant Application
Before applying for a grant from JFF, make sure that you review the grant guidelines for each funding category to make sure your organization or group fits the criteria and that you understand the reporting and accountability part of our partnership process.

To download a grant application in PDF format, click here.

Jacobs Family Foundation
Joe & Vi Jacobs Center
404 Euclid Ave.
San Diego, CA 92114
(619) 527-6161

Strategic Partners

Funding Partners

Funding for the Village at Market Creek has come from a diverse set to partners who now form the The Village at Market Creek Advisory Board. As members of this board, representative organizations benefit from three distinct goals of the foundationís work:

  • Engage: Bring residents and investors together to connect and communicate about the work.
  • Learn: Share the lessons and impact of Market Creek Plaza and the Village at Market Creek and discuss other double-bottom-line projects.
  • Report: Report on investment in Market Creek Plaza and The Village at Market Creek from both social and economic perspectives.

Funding partners fall into two categories:

Village Investors

Organizations providing program-related investments, working lines, and New Markets Tax Credit Investments in Village Projects

The Annie E. Casey Foundation
California Southern Small Business Development Corporation
Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution
Diamond Community Investors
Diamond Management, Inc.
Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
The F.B. Heron Foundation
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation
Jacobs Family Foundation
The Legler Benbough Foundation
Neighborhood Unity Foundation
Pacific Western Bank
The Rockefeller Foundation
Southeastern Economic Development Corporation
US Bank
Washington Mutual Bank
Wells Fargo & Company

San Diego Neighborhood Funders

Organizations supporting grassroots and collaborative grants for Village projects and resident-led pilot programs.

Alliance Healthcare Foundation
Alice T. and Douglas B. Diamond
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Bank of America
The California Endowment
California Southern Small Business Development Corporation
Cox Communications
Girard Foundation
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation
Jacobs Family Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
The Legler Benbough Foundation
Neighborhood Unity Foundation
The Parker Foundation
Patricia and Christopher Weil Family Foundation
San Diego Foundation for Change
San Diego Grantmakers
San Diego National Bank
Wells Fargo Bank


We must become the change we want to see.

Exploring new philanthropic roles and relationships for strengthening under-invested neighborhoods

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