Annual Fund Drive

Our 50th Year

​Since 1975, the Borrego Springs Civic Foundation has funded dozens of worthwhile organizations and projects that help make Borrego Springs a great place to live and visit.

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​Why Donate to Us

Martha Deichler, Executive Director of the Borrego Springs Community Resource Center, explains:

“Although many nonprofits today rely on major corporate, institutional, or government entities for the bulk of their funding, the comparatively small, 50-year-old Borrego Springs Civic Foundation still plays a critical funding role in our community. Major funders can be very selective in what they will fund, and their grants often require long lead times and much red tape. The Civic Foundation, on the other hand, with modest grants that fall mostly between $500 and $3,000, will often fund grant requests that fall ‘between the cracks’ of other funders—and can often do so within a matter of weeks. Its funding thus enables local organizations to take advantage of unanticipated opportunities, meet unexpected challenges, and undertake projects and activities that may not be a high priority for traditional funders.”​

Will you please consider donating to our Annual Fund Drive?

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Who We Fund

Here are some of the many organizations and activities your donations have enabled us to support in recent years:

Borrego Springs Public Schools, for classroom instructional materials, team uniforms and equipment, and transportation for field trips

BASIC Summer Learning Academy, helping Elementary and Middle School students who have fallen behind academically to catch up with their peers

Borrego Art Institute, for the Community Garden 

Borrego Ministers Association, for the Food Bank and COVID-19 relief efforts

Borrego Springs Boys & Girls Club 

Borrego Springs Community Concert Association

Borrego Springs Little League

Borrego Springs Rotary Club, for the High School Interact International Service Project

Borrego Springs Senior Center

Borrego Village Association, for training high-school students in guide and interpretive skills in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

Christmas Circle Community Park, for park maintenance

Soroptimist International of Borrego Springs, for girls’ career-support workshop

​Organization and sponsorship of the annual ‘Old Borego’ History Preservation Day, and annual history essay contest for Borrego Springs Elementary School students