Impact Cubed manages the following funder consortiums and associated innovative initiatives:
Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative
The Murray Galinson San Diego-Israel Initiative (MGSDII) strategically catalyzes knowledge discourse on the modern state of Israel through scholarship, engagement and collaboration. Components include academic courses, lectures, Israel travel for students and faculty, visiting Israeli professors, conferences, and community education opportunities. Programming takes place on San Diego campuses, including UC San Diego, San Diego State University, CSU San Marcos, University of San Diego, and Cal Western School of Law. Funders include over 30 individual donors and the Leichtag Foundation.
Jerusalem Model
The Jerusalem Model brings together young social entrepreneurs working toward a better future for all of Jerusalem’s diverse inhabitants. This coalition of bottom-up influencers, now 200+ strong, convenes Jerusalemites from all parts of the city around one common denominator: the conviction that Jerusalem’s diversity is not her fatal flaw, but her most precious asset. Including both Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jews, Palestinian Muslims and Christians, Ethiopian Israelis, members of the LGBTQ community and others, the Jerusalem Model leverages the distinct strengths of Jerusalem’s activist and civil society. The Jerusalem Model is a platform that convenes, strengthens and empowers activists in order to build resilience for the city’s civil society to influence and impact decision makers from the grassroots up.
Jerusalem Philanthropic Initiatives
Jerusalem Philanthropic Initiatives advances civil society and philanthropy in Jerusalem. Through efforts including the Jerusalem Model, JPI will work with civil society organizations, partner funders and other stakeholders to develop more Jerusalem-based programming, work with organizational leaders to develop their capacity, forge new cross-sector partnerships, and curate immersive experiences in Jerusalem. JPI aims to pivot Jerusalem strategy and magnify impact in the realms of social cohesion, diversity and inclusion and transformational change.
San Diego Gives
San Diego Gives 2023 is a year-round nonprofit capacity building project that culminates in a day of giving on Thursday, September 7. The project highlights pressing community needs and impactful nonprofit responses via an interactive website and an online crowdfunding campaign. Donors have access to vetted nonprofits with strong leadership, programming, fiscal oversight, and impact. All funds raised remain in San Diego County, helping to bolster the community we know and love.
A group of nonprofits began San Diego Gives as a pilot program in 2021 and raised $472,724 for 107 organizations from 2,385 donors. Outcomes more than doubled in 2022 with $1,088,647 raised for 327 organizations from 3,743 donors. Thirty-three percent of donors were giving to their organizations for the first time. San Diego Gives University, which was started in 2022, served 553 nonprofit professionals through 28 workshops. Representatives from 62 organizations were paired with mentors for ongoing support.
Learn more about the 2022 program here.
2023 Goals
- Raise at least $1.5 million for 350 nonprofits
- Engage a minimum of 4,000 donors, with 40% new to the organizations they support
- At least 25 capacity building workshops and serve 600 nonprofit professionals through San Diego Gives University.
Nonprofit registration for the 2023 program will run February 1 – April 30.
Featured Grassroots Initiatives
Feeding Our Frontline Heroes
Feeding Our Frontline Heroes support Scripps Encinitas hospital workers who are working tirelessly to aid and help patients during the COVID-19 surge. Encinitas resident Syndee Wood launched this initiative in December 2020 to support provide ICU, ER, and hospital staff with warm meals from local eateries. Since launching, over $16K has been raised to feed the frontline heroes!