The San Diego Foundation announced Wednesday that $32.3 million has been raised for its San Diego Unity Fund and $960,000 has been awarded in grants, including $710,000 earlier this week to five nonprofits helping families and senior citizens.
The foundation said the recent fundraising success comes as “federal cuts push more seniors and families to the brink of homelessness.”
The Unity Fund was launched on Sept. 25 as part of a rapid response by San Diego county’s three largest foundations — the Prebys Foundation, Price Philanthropies and the San Diego Foundation — “in response to federal funding reductions in food, housing and health care programs,” officials said…