SBCF HIGHLIGHT REEL
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and how we benefit the San Bruno community
SBCF LAUNCHES 2025 CRESTMOOR SCHOLARSHIP; APPLICATION NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
The application for the 2025 Crestmoor Neighborhood Memorial Scholarship is now available online.
​For the tenth year, the San Bruno Community Foundation will offer multi-year college scholarships to outstanding San Bruno students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the San Bruno community through the Crestmoor Neighborhood Memorial Scholarship. SBCF plans to award scholarships totaling $160,000 to students planning to enroll in community college or four-year institutions in the fall of 2025.
Applicants must currently live in San Bruno or attend a high school or community college located in San Bruno. The Scholarship Program seeks applicants who, first and foremost, demonstrate deep engagement and involvement in the San Bruno community through exemplary leadership, teamwork, and collaboration. An applicant’s financial need, academic record, and extracurricular activities will also be considered in the selection process.
To learn about applying for the Crestmoor Scholarship, attend one of several workshops being offered in January and February 2025.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 5:00 p.m.
The application period is now closed.
SBCF AWARDS $3.4 MILLION GRANT TO THE CITY OF SAN BRUNO TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF ATHLETIC FIELDS AT THE FORMER CRESTMOOR HIGH SCHOOL SITE
Citing the tremendous benefits for the numerous children who play soccer in San Bruno and for the broader San Bruno community, the Board of Directors of the San Bruno Community Foundation has awarded a $3.4 million strategic grant to the City of San Bruno to support the first phase of the Crestmoor Fields Project to develop athletic fields at the site of the former Crestmoor High School.
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As part of the San Mateo Union High School District's plans to sell the site to a developer to build a new subdivision of single-family homes, the City of San Bruno will receive a land dedication of totaling 6.9 acres, including 5.3 acres for recreational athletic fields. To address the impending need for field space for the hundreds of San Bruno youth who play soccer each year, the City has begun plans to begin the initial construction phase of the Crestmoor Fields Project.
“The San Bruno Community Foundation is enthusiastically supportive of the City of San Bruno’s plans to construct new, artificially turfed athletic fields that will particularly benefit San Bruno’s vibrant youth soccer community,” said Malissa Netane-Jones, President of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. “This new athletic field complex will help meet the outdoor recreational needs of San Bruno residents of all ages for decades to come.”
SBCF AWARDS GRANTS TOTALING $109,000 TO SUPPORT SAN BRUNO'S SISTER CITY EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH NARITA, JAPAN
The Board of Directors of the San Bruno Community Foundation has approved strategic grants totaling $109,000 to the City of San Bruno and the San Bruno Education Foundation to support San Bruno’s sister city relationship and annual cultural exchange program involving middle school students and local dignitaries with Narita, Japan, over the next three years.
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“The San Bruno Community Foundation recognizes the value of the San Bruno-Narita sister city relationship as an essential community-building and educational initiative for the City of San Bruno, the San Bruno Park School District, and the San Bruno Education Foundation, benefiting the students traveling to Narita, the students and families who host and interact with the Narita youth during their visit to San Bruno, and the broader San Bruno community each year,” said Malissa Netane-Jones, President of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to support this international partnership that fosters cultural exchange, promotes understanding, and builds bridges between the people of San Bruno and their Japanese counterparts in Narita.”
SBCF CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SAN BRUNO DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION WITH $350,000 GRANT TO THE CITY OF SAN BRUNO FOR THE DOWNTOWN BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT
On March 6, 2024, the Board of Directors of the San Bruno Community Foundation recently approved a $350,000 strategic grant to the City of San Bruno to support its Downtown Beautification Project. With this grant, the City is planning a series of improvements to improve the aesthetics of downtown San Bruno, replace aging amenities, and provide a welcoming environment for community members seeking to shop, dine, and gather along San Mateo Avenue.
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The City’s planned downtown beautification initiatives include planter revitalization along San Mateo Avenue, the potential planting of trees on Jenevein Avenue, median landscape revitalization, the creation of new street pole banners, and the replacement of the marquee sign on the south end of San Mateo Avenue.
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“Grant funding for the City of San Bruno’s Downtown Beautification Project is the latest example of the San Bruno Community Foundation’s commitment to downtown San Bruno as a vibrant economic and cultural hub for our community,” said Malissa Netane-Jones, President of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. “We are thrilled to partner with the City on this important initiative to enhance the downtown corridor for our entire community.”
REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
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September 9, 2020, marked the ten-year anniversary of the tragedy that struck San Bruno when a high-pressure natural gas pipeline exploded in the city’s Crestmoor neighborhood and transformed our city forever. We remember all those who suffered from the tragedy, especially Lavonne Bullis, Greg Bullis, William Bullis, James Franco, Jacqueline Greig, Janessa Greig, Jessica Morales, and Elizabeth Torres. We also honor this community that continues to come together with resiliency, teamwork, leadership, and commitment to help one another in challenging times such as these.
The City of San Bruno has created a virtual exhibit highlighting what happened the evening of September 9, 2010, the aftermath of the explosion, and the resiliency of the community. In addition to being available online, in 2020 the exhibit was shown on a public engagement kiosk, which SBCF funded with a $10,000 grant, in the Earl-Glenview Park.
UPCOMING BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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May 21, 2025: Special Investment Committee Meeting, 4:30 p.m. at San Bruno City Hall, Room 115 (Regular Meeting canceled due to change in room location)
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June 4, 2025: Special Board Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at San Bruno Recreation and Aquatic Center, Community Room (Scholarship Reception at 6:30 p.m.) (Regular Meeting canceled due to change in location)
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Zoom links are included on the posted meeting agendas.
2024-2025 COMMUNITY GRANTS
TOTALING $300,000 AWARDED
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On December 4, 2024, the Board of Directors of the San Bruno Community Foundation approved the 2024-2025 Community Grants Fund awards, which total $300,000 to local organizations serving San Bruno. Ranging in size from $20,000 to $3,000, these 29 grants will support programs and projects that benefit a broad cross section of the San Bruno community.
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To fund the grants, the Foundation is utilizing $200,000 of its own funds and a generous $100,000 contribution from YouTube and Google.org in their sixth year supporting the program.
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“With support from YouTube and Google.org, the San Bruno Community Foundation invests in the local organizations that are the lifeblood of our community and provide much-needed services throughout San Bruno,” said Malissa Netane-Jones, President of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. “This year’s 29 Community Grants will benefit a broad cross-section of those who live, work, and engage in San Bruno, from low-income, at-risk, transition-age youth seeking assistance from Edgewood Center for Children and Families’ San Bruno facility to San Bruno residents at risk of homelessness receiving legal assistance from Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County to San Bruno youth participating in the San Bruno Library’s Summer Reading Program.”
CENTENNIAL PLAZA RIBBON CUTTING
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On Friday, October 25, 2024, the City of San Bruno will celebrate the opening of Centennial Plaza in downtown San Bruno. Please join the festivities, including musical entertainment, ice cream, and a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony at 4:00 p.m.
The Foundation is supporting the Centennial Plaza Improvement Project with a $500,000 strategic grant.​
RECREATION AND AQUATIC CENTER GRAND OPENING!
Saturday, August 24, 2024
San Bruno City Park
Festivities Begin at 11:00 a.m.
Ribbon-Cutting and Dedication Ceremony at 1:00 p.m.
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Join the City of San Bruno in celebrating the grand opening of the new San Bruno Recreation and Aquatic Center! Based on community input on how the restitution funds could best be used to benefit the San Bruno Community, the San Bruno Community Foundation has been proud to support the design and construction of this new, state-of-the-art Recreation and Aquatic Center with $51.5 million in grant funding.
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Read the op-ed in the San Mateo Daily Journal by SBCF President Malissa Netane-Jones and Vice President Jim Ruane about the new center and the Foundation's focus on being responsive to community needs in using the restitution funds to invest in this important community amenity.
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For information about hours, memberships, programming, and facility rentals at the Recreation and Aquatic Center, please visit the City of San Bruno's website.
2024 CRESTMOOR SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED
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The San Bruno Community Foundation announced the 2024 recipients of the Crestmoor Neighborhood Memorial Scholarship. Founded in 2016, the Scholarship provides multi-year college scholarship awards to exceptional San Bruno students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the San Bruno community.
The 2024 Crestmoor Scholars are Capuchino High School seniors Justin Chan, Xenia Gomez Iñiguez, Emilio Ramirez, Sareena Robinson, Jessilyn Rodriguez, and Kaley Shum, and Skyline College students Celina Buncayo, Camille Catolos, Eden Huang, and Thet Mon Kyaw (clockwise, starting from top left).
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The Foundation will recognize the 2024 Crestmoor Scholars at its June 5, 2024, Board meeting which, will be held at 7:00 p.m. at the San Bruno Senior Center, 1555 Crystal Springs Road, San Bruno. A reception honoring the Scholars will immediately precede the Board meeting at 6:30 p.m. Community members are welcome to attend.
