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San Diego Futures Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker San Diego, CA EIN: 33-0883460 Website

The mission of the San Diego Futures Foundation is to improve lives in san Diego county by making information technology available to underserved individuals, organizations and disadvantaged small businesses through training, education, technical services and equipment.

San Diego Futures Foundation at a glance

Total assets
$4,675,196
+1.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$2,533,119
+3.1% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$107,106
+54.5% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$2,324,400
+3.4% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who San Diego Futures Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

San DiegoChula VistaEl Cajon

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K$400K10 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2021, annual grant giving ranged from $30K (2021) to $315K (2019). In 2021 it made 2 grants totaling $30K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Afcea San Diego, CAProvide Computers to Exempt Organizations.$18,515
Chula Vista Education Foundation Chula Vista, CAProvide Computers to Exempt Organizations.$11,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$4,675,196$2,533,119$2,324,400——$107,106
2024$4,586,860$2,457,700$2,248,094——$69,339
2023$4,510,558$2,990,999$2,344,670——$46,157
2022$2,909,146$2,873,727$2,172,275——$22,516
2021$2,202,235$2,660,990$2,273,355$29,5152$26,213
2020$1,975,037$2,195,287$2,000,124$77,4502$18,173
2019$1,515,005$2,216,555$2,019,874$314,97510$40,044

About San Diego Futures Foundation

Based on IRS filings

San Diego Futures Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Diego, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.7M in total assets. Net investment income was $107K.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

San Diego Futures Foundation is led by Brandon Harrison, Executive Director on the 2025 filing; 4 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Brandon Harrison

    Executive Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $79K (2025)

  • Mary Oling-Sisay

    President of the Board

    Director → President of the Board, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bizhan Abdali

    Director of Hr & Operations

    Director of Human Resources → Director of Hr & Operations, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $119K (2022) → $130K (2025)

  • Matt Kissinger

    Director

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Serena Blanks

    Director

    Vice Chair → President of the Board, 2023

    President of the Board → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Pugh

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Bigelow

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Shiotsugu

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Machiaverna

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Morningstar

    Treasurer

    Acting Executive Director → Interim Executive Director & Secretary, 2024

    Interim Executive Director & Secretary → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    0.2 hrs/week

    $46K (2023) → $13K (2025)

  • Melanie Trias

    Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    $19K (2024) → $25K (2025)

  • Julie Waddell

    1st Vice President

    Director → 2nd Vice President, 2024

    2nd Vice President → 1st Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Hadland

    2nd Vice President

    Director → 3rd Vice President, 2024

    3rd Vice President → 2nd Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Younes Benkaci

    3rd Vice President

    Director → 3rd Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Hoang Long Dang

    Associate Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mary Carbiener

    Associate Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (24)
  • Former: Brent Bowers (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Stoke (2019–2024) — 1st Vice President
  • Former: Davis Smith (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Nikki Oskow (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Janet Roehr (2024) — Director
  • Former: Cathy Varner (2019–2023) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Robert Tietzsch (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Grant Morgan (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Thomas Rhee (2022–2023) — Executive Director
  • Former: Brady Bishop (2019–2022) — Director of Hardware
  • Former: Gary Knight (2019–2021) — Executive Director
  • Former: Janet Vohariwatt (2019–2021) — Former Secretary
  • Former: Mark Starr (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Stephanie Jungersen (2019–2021) — Director of Operations
  • Former: Carrie Hoff (2020–2021) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Michael Brookey (2020–2021) — Former President
  • Former: Susan Green (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Darin Andersen (2019) — Director
  • Former: Doug Shaw (2019) — Director
  • Former: J Michael Bookey (2019) — Vice President
  • Former: Ken Harth (2019) — President
  • Former: Michael Rodriguez (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Mikel Haas (2019) — Director
  • Former: Nick Macchione (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Bizhan Abdali — Director of HR/Operations: $130KBizhan AbdaliDirector of HR/Operations$130KBrandon Harrison — Executive Director: $79KBrandon HarrisonExecutive Director$79KMelanie Trias — Chief Financial Officer: $25KMelanie TriasChief Financial Officer$25KKevin Morningstar — Treasurer: $13KKevin MorningstarTreasurer$13K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $130K, to Bizhan Abdali (Director of HR/Operations). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about San Diego Futures Foundation

How large is San Diego Futures Foundation?

San Diego Futures Foundation reported $4.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.5M.

What is San Diego Futures Foundation?

San Diego Futures Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in San Diego, CA. It holds $4.7M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does San Diego Futures Foundation operate?

San Diego Futures Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is San Diego Futures Foundation's EIN?

San Diego Futures Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0883460. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 18, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 4, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS October 5, 2022)
  4. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS June 9, 2026)

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