Nonprofits in San Diego
Drivers and businesses on Lunar can pick these nonprofits.
- Access Inc — Offers job training, placement and immigration-paperwork help to underserved San Diegans.
- Animal Rescuers Without Borders (ARWOB) — Foster-based rescue saving dogs and cats from streets in Baja and San Diego shelters.
- Chula Vista FC — Covers fees, gear and field time for youth soccer players in the South Bay since 1982.
- Doors of Change — Provides 24/7 outreach, GED support and housing pathways for unhoused San Diegans.
- Feeding San Diego — Rescues surplus food and distributes meals to San Diegans facing hunger.
- Fleet Science Center — Balboa Park science museum running STEM education programs across San Diego County.
- Friends of Cats — San Diego's oldest no-kill cat sanctuary, housing 270+ cats.
- Garden 31 — Teaches regenerative farming and runs community gardens for at-risk residents.
- I Love A Clean San Diego — Runs countywide litter cleanups and sustainability education across San Diego County.
- Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank — Collects and distributes food to hungry families across San Diego County.
- Library Foundation SD — Raises private funding and support for all 36 San Diego Public Library branches.
- Mama's Kitchen — Delivers free meals to San Diegans living with critical illness.
- Mingei International Museum — Balboa Park museum of folk art, craft and design from around the world.
- Pacific Beach Town Council — All-volunteer council running cleanups, graffiti removal and advocacy for Pacific Beach.
- Palomar Health Foundation — Funds clinical programs and equipment for Palomar Health's hospitals across North County.
- Pawsitive Teams — Trains and places free service dogs for veterans with PTSD and people with disabilities.
- Rady Children's Hospital Foundation — Funds patient care, equipment and research at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego — Provides free lodging and meals for families of hospitalized children near Rady.
- San Diego Air & Space Museum — Balboa Park museum preserving aviation and space history, founded 1963.
- San Diego Center for Children — Mental health care and a K-12 academy for vulnerable San Diego County children since 1887.
- San Diego Coastkeeper — Monitors water quality and restores watersheds across San Diego County.
- San Diego Fire-Rescue Foundation — Funds equipment, training and technology for San Diego firefighters and lifeguards.
- San Diego History Center — Balboa Park museum and archive preserving San Diego regional history since 1928.
- San Diego Hunger Coalition — Leads research, CalFresh outreach and advocacy to end hunger across San Diego County.
- San Diego Mountain Rescue Team — All-volunteer team that searches for and rescues lost, injured or stranded people.
- San Diego Parks Foundation — Raises private funds to improve and maintain City of San Diego parks.
- San Diego Police Foundation — Funds SDPD K9s, training and crime-prevention programs across San Diego.
- San Diego River Park Foundation — Restores and protects the San Diego River and its watershed.
- San Diego Symphony — Presents orchestral concerts at Jacobs Music Center and The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park.
- San Diego Youth Services — Shelters, housing and support services for at-risk and homeless youth since 1970.
- SAY San Diego — Runs before/after-school programs and family services reaching 45,000+ San Diegans yearly.
- Scripps Health — Nonprofit hospital system raising philanthropic support for its San Diego hospitals.
- Sharp HealthCare Foundation — Funds San Diego hospitals and health programs through Sharp HealthCare.
- SPOT (Saving Pets One at a Time) — All-volunteer rescue saving North County San Diego dogs and cats from euthanasia.
- The Animal Pad — All-breed, volunteer-run dog rescue saving street dogs from Baja and high-kill shelters.
- The Elizabeth Hospice — Provides hospice, palliative care and grief support in San Diego and Riverside County.
- The Living Coast Discovery Center — Runs a discovery center and conservation programs on San Diego Bay.
- The Old Globe — Produces theatre in Balboa Park and runs free student matinees and training programs.
- Townspeople — Owns and operates affordable apartments and runs housing programs across San Diego.
- United Way of San Diego County — Funds education and economic-mobility programs across San Diego County.
- Veterans Museum and Memorial Center — Runs a Balboa Park museum honoring U.S. veterans.
- Warrior Foundation Freedom Station — Provides move-in-ready cottages near Naval Medical Center for recovering service members.