Lighthouse Cares Foundation in Chula Vista's Third Avenue Village operates as a 501(c)(3) grantmaking and direct-service charity with IRS ruling-year designation since 2014 under EIN 46-1706801. The foundation's outreach includes seasonal food drives for low-income families, holiday toy distributions, and elderly home-repair projects, a faith-driven service model that parallels the community programming at First United Methodist Church Chula Vista. Rooted in Lighthouse Christian Fellowship — a congregation established in Chula Vista in 1999 — the foundation extends the church's mission into measurable civic projects: graffiti removal, neighborhood clean-ups, and cross-border gift deliveries to children in Mexico during the holiday season. Scholarship disbursements and donated-supply distributions round out the annual program calendar, with collected clothing and household goods channeled through reuse networks that include Veterans Thrift Store. The most recent community event at Harborside Park served more than 200 individuals with prepared meals, hygiene kits, and resource-referral packets connecting attendees to housing, mental-health, and substance-treatment services across the South Bay.