California Center for the Arts, Escondido

With a mission of enriching the community through the power of the arts, the California Center for the Arts, Escondido Foundation is an independent 501 (c) nonprofit organization contracted to manage the Center’s facilities by the City of Escondido.

After the people of Escondido voted to fund the Center in June 1985, the City entrusted
its management to the CCAE Foundation. As a nonprofit dedicated to prioritizing the
community’s cultural and artistic needs, the Foundation was uniquely equipped to bring
this vision to life with excellence and unwavering commitment. For the past 30 years,
the Foundation has been a steadfast steward of the comprehensive facilities. Over the
years a volunteer Board of Trustees composed of community leaders, has worked
tirelessly to govern the facilities’ management and cultivate an environment where the
arts could flourish and the community could thrive.

To underscore the Foundation’s commitment to its mission and stewardship of the facilities, the Board of Trustees, staff, volunteers and community members met in spring of 2024 to create a strategic plan as a roadmap to success to be executed over the next five years. The core values identified in the plan by the Foundation are as follows: