CHARITY FAULCONER CREATED WILL CLOSE

Ex-mayor set up nonprofit in 2014 to support community

SAN DIEGO

One San Diego, the nonprof it organization set up by former mayor Kevin Faulconer to suppor t his office — and needy San Diego children and their families — announced Tuesday that it will dissolve.

After ser ving 10,000 children and an untold number of community organizations, One San Diego issued a public thank you to its par tners, donors and suppor ters and said it would close its doors by the end of this month.

“The most generous people I have met are our donors, community par tners and volunteers,” said Dena DiSarro, the One San Diego chief executive. “One San Diego was successful because of their support.”

The announcement came in the form of a news release issued by DiSarro more than a week after The San Diego Union-Tribune asked questions about the organization's future — and the future of at least $255,000 in assets listed on its 2018 federal tax f iling.

DiSarro said the board voted to disband in November, the same month Todd Gloria was elected to succeed Faulconer. The tax-exempt organization had been set up by the former mayor in 2014 to suppor t the community and the office of the mayor.

Faulconer had been raising money for the charity as recently as September, when the San Diego Association of Realtors gave $10,000 to One San Diego at the mayor 's behest and Sycuan donated $5,000, records show.

The charity provided its 2019 tax f iling late Tuesday, and that f iling lists yearend assets of just under $169,000.

According to the organization website, donations to the charity were used to buy backpacks for underprivileged students. It also hosted a turkey g iveaway program for needy families, awarded community grants, sponsored neighborhood block par ties and provided workforce training, according to its website.

The charity's founding bylaws call for it to directly support the Mayor's Office. The ar ticles of incorpora