DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PUBLIC SPACES FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

N32

Classification

1000

Street

401 B ST STE 100

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).

Other organizations at this address

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 100). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• COLUMBIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  EIN 82-1220459

• DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT INC

  EIN 47-2821411

• DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO CLEAN AND SAFE

  EIN 47-4102695

• DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PARTNERSHIP

  EIN 95-1729734

• DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION

  EIN 33-0961464

Mission and programs · 2024

• 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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $864,939

  Expenses

  $693,692

  Contributions

  $942,146

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $296,290

  Expenses

  $230,808

  Contributions

  $296,290

  Grants paid

  $0

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period

1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023

Principal officer

Show names as filed Elizabeth BrennanELIZABETH BRENNAN

Mailing address

401 B STREET 100SAN DIEGO CA 92101

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2023 · ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS GRANT TO SUPPORT THE GROW URBAN TREE PLANTING CAMPAIGN

• JEWISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO

  $15,000

  2023 · GENERAL

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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