The Prebys Foundation is committed to ensuring all San Diego youth are healthy, engaged, and prepared for the future. By supporting workforce development, expanding opportunities for education and civic engagement, and fostering a shared vision for youth well-being, the foundation helps young people build strong, productive futures. Our approach focuses on collaboration across sectors to empower the next generation of leaders.
Why it Matters
San Diego’s youth are at a critical stage in their development and need strong community support to thrive. Many face academic struggles, mental health challenges exacerbated by COVID-19, and are often seen as problems rather than future leaders.
The Prebys Foundation’s goal is to ensure that all San Diego youth are healthy, engaged, and empowered to succeed in their communities. This involves fostering a shared vision for youth well-being, expanding opportunities for jobs, education, arts, and civic engagement, and improving mental and physical health outcomes.
Our three key strategies:
- Shared vision and infrastructure, by bringing together leaders from different sectors to advance a common vision for youth success.
- Workforce development, by supporting organizations that prepare youth for careers through workforce partnerships.
- Civic engagement, by funding programs that help youth develop leadership skills and become engaged in issues like climate change and democracy.
Through these efforts, the foundation aims to help San Diego youth reach their full potential.
Rooted and Rising: Youth Leaders
Investing in youth leadership programs that cultivate skills, confidence, and pathways for civic engagement through real-world problem-solving and sustained participation.
The vision of this initiative is to cultivate a generation of young people who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to participate fully in civic life, shape their future, and contribute to a more inclusive and equitable future for all San Diegans.
Youth Well-Being Report
San Diego's young people are showing remarkable resilience, but resilience alone is not enough.
Drawing on new data from the Youth Well-Being Report, this blog explores where youth are thriving, where disparities persist, and why creating the conditions for every young person to flourish requires continued collaboration and investment.
Discover the report's key findings and what they mean for the future of youth in San Diego County.
