New Beginnings
Scholarship Fund
for Unhoused Youth
in San Diego
About Us
San Diego County is home to one of the largest homeless and unhoused populations in the United States. This includes 20,000 children and youth in public schools all across the county (SDCOE, 2022).
The New Beginnings Scholarship Fund for Unhoused Youth in San Diego was established in 2023 to help address the problem of homelessness in our communities. Unhoused is defined as the lack of a fixed, permanent residence including living in shared housing, shelters, hotels and motels, public spaces, cars, and the streets for brief or ongoing periods of time.
Complex social problems require a variety of solutions.
Supporting access to continuing education beyond high school can help unhoused youth break the cycle of poverty and homelessness for future generations
and set them on the path toward a brighter future.
What We Do
We award $2,500 scholarships for continuing education programs to high school students experiencing homelessness
Help us raise $25,000 by November 2023 to award scholarships for 10 unhoused students in 2024!!
Our Team
The New Beginnings Scholarship Fund Advisory Council
Founding Donors
Special thanks to the following individuals who donated to the capital campaign to open the fund at The San Diego Foundation
$10,000
Paula Medeiros/Regan Wiese
$5,000
Evan Tando - ANR Finance + Real Estate
$1,500
Jennifer Weck
$1,000
Julie Cegelski
David Cole
Joe Musgrove - San Diego Padres
Anne Rauch
$500
Megan Luce
Jessica Wilkinson
$250
Meg Caswell
Zaina Van Loan
Up to $100
Bob & Rachel Anderson
Ken Barclay
Jill Chiodini
Jessica Codallos
Camille De Frank
Chris Erickson
Jack Fernandes
Martha Gambala
Leslie Garrett
Brianne Ice
Michelle Kohler
Megan Leer
Lauren Litteken
Mark Morien
Jennifer Parga
Mary Ramenofsky
Arielle Sykes
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