5 Encinitas Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

ENCINITAS, CA — If you're like many of your Encinitas neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Encinitas area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

Community Resource Center

Community Resource Center serves more than 7,200 people each year with emergency assistance, domestic violence emergency shelter, counseling, housing stability and access to food, according to the organization.

Encinitas Educational Foundation

Encinitas Educational Foundation assists in the achievement and maintenance of public school education within the Encinitas Union School District.

Encinitas Historical Society

Encinitas Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting the city's past though its research, library, programs, exhibits and publications.

Rancho Coastal Humane Society

Rancho Coastal Humane Society is dedicated to saving lives of abandoned companion animals, promoting adoption into loving homes and offering education programs and support services that inspire and strengthen the human-animal bond.

San Dieguito Academy Foundation

San Dieguito Academy Foundation was founded in 1997 to support quality education programs, innovative classroom practices and support to more than 43,000 students, according to the organization.