San Diego nonprofits get $6M in grants to aid youth employment rate
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Over a dozen nonprofits in the San Diego area will receive a total of $6 million over the next two years to help boost youth employment.
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According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, California's youth unemployment rate rose from a 12-month rolling average of 19.7% in April 2024 to 21.2% in April 2025 -- nearly double the national average unemployment rate of around 12%.
Through an initiative by the Prebys Foundation, 17 local nonprofits will get money to go toward providing paid internships, apprenticeships and more for people between the ages of 18-26.
The funded programs will support youth professional and financial goals and employment in industries such as health care, medical research, skilled trades and others.
The list of organizations that will receive grants through the Prebys Foundation's Youth Workforce: Career Pathways initiative are the following:
Organization Amount Balboa Art Conservation Center $450,000 Boz Life Science Research and Teaching Institute, The EcoLogik Institute, and UC San Diego, Division of Extended Studies $350,000 Children’s Initiative $350,000 Computers 2 Kids $400,000 GRID Alternatives San Diego $400,000 International Rescue Committee Inc. $400,000 Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee on Anti-Poverty of San Diego County, Inc. (MAAC) $300,000 National Foundation for Autism Research (NFAR) $300,000 National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF) $450,000 Open Biopharma Research and Training Institute $430,000 Partnership for a Better San Diego $170,000 Library Foundation SD $450,000 The David’s Harp Foundation, Inc. $400,000 Urban Street Angels 100,000 Vehicles for Change-San Diego $400,000 Workshops For Warriors Inc $300,000 Youth Empowerment’s Finest Inc. $350,000
The Prebys Foundation is the largest independent private foundation in San Diego County and funds initiatives in communities within San Diego and the Kumeyaay Nation.
