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SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

EIN 81-4910505 SAN DIEGO, CA

Revenue 2025
$952,127
Expenses 2025
$1,148,411

Program services were 90.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P12
Classification
1200
Street
PO BOX 60515

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND ACTION TOWARD ISSUES IMPACTING SENIORS AND TO INCREASE PHILANTHROPY TO SENIOR-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS. TOGETHER, WE CAN CREATE A FUTURE WHERE SENIORS ARE NO LONGER VULNERABLE BUT VIBRANT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND ACTION TOWARD ISSUES IMPACTING SENIORS.

  • THE SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (SDSCF) IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE LIVES OF OLDER ADULTS. THIS YEAR, WE EXPANDED OUR IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES AND FORGED NEW PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SENIOR IN SAN DIEGO FEELS SUPPORTED, VALUED, AND CONNECTED.LONGEVITY: IN 2026, THE SAN DIEGO SENIORS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION LAUNCHED THE LONGEVITY INITIATIVE AIMING TO STRENGTHEN OLDER ADULTS' OVERALL HEALTH WITH INNOVATIVE LONGEVITY HUBS IN SAN DIEGO. AMID LOCATING A PHYSICAL LOCATION, SDSCF HAS NOT STOPPED PURSUING LONGEVITY FOR OLDER ADULTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LOWER TO MIDDLE INCOME SO ALL CAN HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH RESOURCES. WE HAVE AWARDED OVER $50,000 TO LOCAL SENIOR SERVING ORGANIZATIONS FROM RURAL REGIONS TO URBAN SAN DIEGO TO ASSIST OLDER ADULTS IN THEIR EVER-PRESENT NEEDS OF FINANCIAL STABILITY, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, SOCIAL INTERACTION, AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. WE HAVE LAUNCHED PROGRAMMING FROM FALLS PREVENTION ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY WITH OUR SAVING CLAIRE PARTNER THAT TRAINS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO TEACH FALLS PREVENTION WITHIN OLDER ADULT COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED LONGEVITY PROGRAMMING WITHIN EXISTING SENIOR CENTERS INCLUDING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND BILINGUAL RESOURCE NAVIGATION. SDSCF HAS FUNDED WEEKLY ART WORKSHOPS THAT UNITE THREE SMALL, GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED COMMUNITIES. THROUGH ART-MAKING AND HANDWRITTEN JOURNALING, THE PROGRAM STIMULATES COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT, REDUCES SOCIAL ISOLATION, AND BUILDS NEW RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PARTICIPANTS. EMPOWERING SENIOR CENTERS:THE EMPOWER SAN DIEGO SENIOR CENTER CAMPAIGN REMAINS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION. IN 2025, WE SUPPORTED MORE UNDERFUNDED SENIOR CENTERS THROUGH STRATEGIC GRANTS THAT EXPAND PROGRAMMING AND STRENGTHEN OPERATIONS. THESE CENTERS SERVE AS VITAL COMMUNITY HUBS WHERE OLDER ADULTS CONNECT AND THRIVE. WE'RE NOW INTEGRATING OUR SENIOR CENTER MASTER PLAN WITH SAN DIEGO COUNTY'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, WORKING TOWARD OUR VISION OF TRANSFORMING EVERY SENIOR CENTER INTO AN EXEMPLARY FACILITY THAT DELIVERS COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TAILORED TO OUR AGING POPULATION'S DIVERSE NEEDS. NO SENIOR ALONE CAMPAIGN:OUR NO SENIOR ALONE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN A HEARTWARMING SUCCESS. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE OVER 180,000 ELDER ORPHANS IN SAN DIEGO, SDSCF IS DEDICATED TO COMBATTING SENIOR ISOLATION THROUGH OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. IN EARLY 2025, WE SENT CLOSE TO 1,000 SENIORS TO THE SAN DIEGO SAFARI PARK FOR THE FIRST TIME. THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDED A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR MANY OLDER ADULTS, COMBATING ISOLATION, AND BRINGING JOY TO THEIR LIVES. OUR NO SENIOR ALONE FOR THE HOLIDAYS WAS ABLE TO SERVE OVER 28 SENIOR CENTERS, ENSURING OLDER ADULTS HAD SOMEWHERE TO GO AND CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS TO REDUCE SOCIAL ISOLATION. IN SUMMER OF 2026, SDSCF SENT OVER 100 OLDER ADULTS TO THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY FAIR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME BY PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION AND FREE TICKETS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING SUCH EFFORTS, ENSURING THAT EVERY SENIOR HAS OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY. ELDER FRAUD PREVENTION AND FINANCIAL STABILITY:WITHIN SAN DIEGO, SENIORS LOST AT LEAST $140 MILLION TO ELDER-FRAUD SCAMS IN 2025, WITH NUMBERS CONTINUING TO RISE, AND THAT FIGURE INCLUDES ONLY REPORTED EVENTS. TO COMBAT THIS, SDSCF HAS IMPLEMENTED EXTENSIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF ELDER FRAUD PREVENTION AND FINANCIAL SECURITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FBI CITIZENS ACADEMY, WELLS FARGO, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. DURING THE 2025-2026 YEAR, WE EDUCATED OVER 2,500 OLDER ADULTS THROUGH OVER 20 ELDER FRAUD AND FINANCIAL STABILITY WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION IN SAN DIEGO, ORANGE COUNTY, AND LOS ANGELES TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT SCAMS AND FINANCIAL ABUSE. SENIOR CENTER MASTER PLAN, STATE OF SENIORS REPORT, AND THE SAN DIEGO SENIOR CENTER COALITION:SDSCF HAS CONDUCTED IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ON SAN DIEGO'S AGING SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE, RESULTING IN TWO LANDMARK REPORTS: THE SENIOR CENTER MASTER PLAN AND THE STATE OF SENIORS REPORT. THESE REPORTS HIGHLIGHT THE URGENT NEED TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE AGING NETWORK, WHICH CURRENTLY LACKS THE CAPACITY TO MEET BOTH PRESENT DEMANDS AND THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE OLDER ADULT POPULATION IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IN MARCH OF 2026, WE LAUNCHED THE UPDATED VERSION OF THE STATE OF SENIORS REPORT WITH MEDIA COVERAGE AND LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND FUNDERS TO ANNOUNCE OUR LONGEVITY HUBS AND LONGEVITY PROGRAMMING AWARDING GRANTS TO THREE DIFFERENT SENIOR SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST IN OLDER ADULT SUPPORT ACROSS SAN DIEGO COUNTY.SDSCF ESTABLISHED THE SAN DIEGO SENIOR CENTER COALITION, A COLLABORATIVE OF SENIOR CENTERS AND AGING SERVICE PROVIDERS, FOCUSED ON BUILDING CAPACITY, ADVANCING EQUITY, PROMOTING COLLABORATION, SHARING INFORMATION, AND DRIVING ADVOCACY TO ENSURE ALL OLDER ADULTS ARE SUPPORTED.NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND COLLABORATION:OUR INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO SENIOR CARE IS BEING RECOGNIZED ON A NATIONAL SCALE. WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM WELLS FARGO, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE FBI CITIZENS ACADEMY TO HOLD ELDER FRAUD PREVENTION SEMINARS TAUGHT BY FBI AGENTS. THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EDUCATING OVER 2,500 SENIORS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF FRAUD. OUR PARTNER AGENCY, FBISDCAA, RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR OUR COLLABORATIVE WORK, HIGHLIGHTING THE POSITIVE IMPACT WE'VE MADE IN PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING SENIORS. OUR SENIOR CENTER COALITION HAS ALSO RECEIVED NATIONAL ATTENTION BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SENIOR CENTERS, AND OTHER STATES SUCH AS OREGON ARE NOW REPLICATING OUR MODEL IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE ALSO ATTENDED NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES SUCH AS LONGEVITY VENTURE SUMMIT AND USA AGING WHERE SDSCF PRESENTED ON KEY OLDER ADULT ISSUES AND OUR CONTINUOUS WORK WITHIN THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE. INTERGENERATIONAL GRANTMAKING AND PROGRAMS:IN 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SEVERAL INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMS IN COMPANIONSHIP WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS LET'S PLAY A GAME AND GLAMOUR GALS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ITZKOWICH FOUNDATION TO BRING MORE INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING TO SAN DIEGO AND CURRENTLY ARE CREATING A RESOURCE HUB FOR INTERGENERATIONAL BEST PRACTICES PROGRAMMING FOCUSED WITHIN SAN DIEGO, INCLUDING KINSHIP PROGRAMS. THESE INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN BONDS ACROSS GENERATIONS AND ENRICH THE LIVES OF BOTH YOUNG AND OLD, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. IN 2026, WE ALSO LAUNCHED THE INTERGENERATIONAL PLAYBOOK THROUGH RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION ON THE DIFFERENT MODELS OF CHILDCARE AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT CHILDCARE WITHIN A SENIOR SPACE. WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER KEY INTERGENERATIONAL PLAYERS ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, AND MEXICO TO BRING NOT ONLY EQUITABLE CHILDCARE AND SENIOR CENTER MODELS BUT ALSO BUILD SUSTAINABLE INTERGENERATIONAL PROGRAMMING. SDSCF IS THE ONLY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN THE COUNTRY FOCUSED SOLELY ON SENIORS. WITH LESS THAN 2% OF CHARITABLE DOLLARS DIRECTED TOWARD SENIORS, WE ARE DEDICATED TO BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THIS GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC. OUR WORK IS NOT ONLY ABOUT PROVIDING IMMEDIATE AID BUT ALSO ABOUT CREATING A LASTING LEGACY OF CARE AND SUPPORT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. AT SDSCF, WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY SENIOR DESERVES A LIFE FILLED WITH DIGNITY, PURPOSE, AND JOY. AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN 2026, WE ARE INSPIRED BY THE RESILIENCE AND SPIRIT OF THE OLDER ADULTS WE SERVE. TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR SENIORS IN SAN DIEGO, ONE WHERE THEY ARE TRULY EMPOWERED AND CONNECTED, AND THEY HAVE A COMMUNITY NETWORK THEY CAN TURN TO AND TRUST.

    Expenses $1,041,710 · Grants $561,918

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Robert Kelly

    DIRECTOR/CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Theodore Chan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Wylie

    SECRETARY (THRU 05/26)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Derek Quackenbush

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abigail Sahm

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adrienne Vargas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel L Gross

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joaquin Anguera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ken Roos

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pam Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Randi Larsson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jerry Ray

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $100,920
    From this org
    $97,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,940
    Hours/week
    32

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $952,127
    Expenses
    $1,148,411
    Contributions
    $918,762
    Grants paid
    $561,918
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,007,141
    Expenses
    $755,478
    Contributions
    $1,006,888
    Grants paid
    $314,833
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $728,355
    Expenses
    $787,659
    Contributions
    $728,296
    Grants paid
    $394,801

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $837,933
    Expenses
    $643,519
    Assets (EOY)
    $773,292

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $848,050
    Expenses
    $493,667
    Assets (EOY)
    $553,106

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $262,715
    Expenses
    $169,112
    Assets (EOY)
    $204,443

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $213,450
    Expenses
    $124,374
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,007

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2017

Tax period
1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018
Principal officer
Robert Kelly
Mailing address
626 Tarento DriveSan Diego CA 92106
Website
http://sdscf.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.