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← DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PUBLIC SPACES FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PUBLIC SPACES FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$864,939
Total expenses
$693,692
Contributions and grants received
$942,146
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$39,500
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$116,707
Total assets, end of year
$254,521
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,459
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$245,062
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$685,314
Management and general expenses
$8,378
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$685,314

Program services were 98.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $118,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $824,146

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $39,500 · related or exempt $39,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $14,357

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $118,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $131,064

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$116,707 · excluded -$116,707

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,959 · management and general $2,959

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONTRACTUAL SERVICES

    total $608,824 · program services $604,513 · management and general $4,311

  • 24b · Other expenses: BEAUTIFICATION AND PLAC

    total $60,247 · program services $59,248 · management and general $999

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT

    total $21,553 · program services $21,553

  • 24d · Other expenses: TAX AND LICENSES

    total $109 · management and general $109

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $274,696 · end of year $216,601

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $200 · end of year $12,911

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,500 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $27,968

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,959

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $25,009

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $47,226 · end of year $3,237

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $151,500 · end of year $5,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $3,855 · end of year $1,222

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $73,815 · end of year $245,062

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR URBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS, SERVICES, AND ACTIVATIONS IN DOWNTOWN'S PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PUBLIC PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO.

  • THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION AND U3 ADVISORS, THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PUBLIC SPACES FOUNDATION SECURED A GRANT TO CREATE A BIG-PICTURE VISION AND BLUEPRINT FOR THE SIX DOWNTOWN BLOCKS THAT MAKE UP THE CIVIC CORE OF THE CITY.

    Expenses $593,297 · Revenue $39,500

  • THE DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PUBLIC SPACES FOUNDATION SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR OF THE BAY TO PARK PASEO, A 1.7-MILE WALKING EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTING THE CONNECTIVITY FROM SAN DIEGO BAY TO BALBOA PARK THROUGH DESIGN. SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH JUNE 2025, THE FOUNDATION RAISED A TOTAL OF $139,950 IN SUPPORT OF THE BAY TO PARK PASEO.

    Expenses $44,365

  • GROW URBAN IS A TREE PLANTING INITIATIVE TO REPLACE ALL OF DOWNTOWN'S MISSING STREET TREES AND HELP OUR URBAN CANOPY THRIVE. IN FY24-25, GROW URBAN PLANTED A TOTAL OF 28 TREES TO ENHANCE DOWNTOWN'S CANOPY.

    Expenses $47,652

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Brennan

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $344,684
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $326,046
    Other
    $18,638
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 52 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $326,046 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $326,046 related

  • Justin Apger

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $241,873
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $235,204
    Other
    $6,669
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 42 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $235,204 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $235,204 related

  • Chanelle Hawken

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related

  • Phil Rath

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related

  • Michele Vives

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related

  • James Lawson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related

  • Diana Puetz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related

  • Doug Korn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 1 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611049349300046

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