Three of San Diego’s leading foundations are expected to announce Thursday $70 million in funding to ensure local families have access to food, housing and healthcare amid “unprecedented cuts to critical programs and services.”

The “United for San Diego” plan is a joint effort by the Prebys Foundation, Price Philanthropies and the San Diego Foundation that was described as “one of the largest collaborative philanthropic efforts in San Diego history.”

The foundations said in a news advisory that the loss of key federal government funding is “the most significant community challenge since COVID-19” and called for other philanthropic organizations to contribute to the new San Diego Unity Fund.

The H.R. 1 legislation — President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — passed earlier this year re

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