The mission of the Elementary Institute of Science is to nurture the intellectual curiosity of San Diego’s students in STEM.

We support life science innovation and success in our local and state-wide community by strengthening tomorrow's workforce.

Independent volunteer.

The mission of Outside the Lens is to empower youth to use photography, filmmaking, and digital media to create change within themselves, their community and their world. We engage youth, encourage them to tell their stories and teach them that participation in their community’s future makes a difference. Since 2001, over 15,000 OTL students have learned photography, film, and digital media arts through hands-on projects exploring identity, family, community, the environment, and the world.

Grossmont College serves a diverse learning community of students, primarily from suburban locations in East San Diego County, and also from city of San Diego neighborhoods, surrounding communities, as well as locations across the state, the nation and more than 50 countries throughout the world.

Ocean Discovery Institute uses ocean science to empower young people from underserved urban communities to transform their lives, their community, and our world as scientific and conservation leaders.

Computers 2 SD Kids is a non-profit organization created with the goal of assisting qualified children and their families to obtain computers, software, training and support in order to help them become computer literate as well as increase their access to educational, occupational and financial resources and the related skills to effectively use that technology.

The San Dieguito River Park is the agency responsible for creating a natural open space park in the San Dieguito River Valley

Imagine a school district that wins the San Diego County Academic Decathlon eight years in a row, that guarantees a college education to entire grade levels of children and where students excel in the arts as well as the classroom.

To protect and restore the resources of the San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve, its watershed, and related ecosystems.