After pledging $70 million to fund food, healthcare and housing amid “unprecedented” federal budget cuts, leaders of three of San Diego’s leading foundations on Thursday called on other organizations to join the effort.

The San Diego Foundation has established the San Diego Unity Fund with its own initial contribution of $20 million plus $25 million each from Price Philanthropies and the Prebys Foundation.

The foundations plan to use the money raised to offset $300 million in federal cuts from H.R. 1 — the Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” that passed earlier this year.

“Our focus with United for San Diego is twofold,” said David Price, CEO of Pricesmart, during a press conference at the San Diego Food Bank. “First, to deploy funds as efficiently and effectively as possible to address imm

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