Grantmaking since 1975, the San Diego Foundation in Point Loma administers donor-advised funds and competitive grant cycles from its Center for Civic Engagement headquarters at Liberty Station. The foundation shares the Historic Decatur Road building with capacity-building partner Mission Edge, whose fiscal sponsorship and outsourced HR services help grantee organizations scale operations after securing funding. Competitive funding rounds align with a strategic plan centered on housing stability, economic mobility, climate resilience, and arts access across San Diego County. Donor-advised distributions accounted for roughly 70 percent of total grantmaking in fiscal year 2022, channeling private philanthropy into the foundation's vetted nonprofit pipeline. That pipeline includes campus neighbor NTC Foundation, which stewards the adaptive reuse of Liberty Station's 15 historic Navy buildings into arts and community space. The foundation's most resource-intensive program is its rapid-response crisis grantmaking, which mobilizes emergency funding within days of regional disasters to reach frontline service providers before federal aid arrives.