Amplified Impact Partners

10/05/2026

This is a big one! This fall, we’re launching 17 Amplified Partner teams to wortk alongside nonprofits across San Diego, helping strengthen their organizations and advance their missions.

It’s the largest cycle of engagements in our history — and we’re thrilled to support such a remarkable group of organizations providing vital services throughout our region.

Together, these nonprofits reflect the incredible breadth of impact happening every day in San Diego County: creating pathways to housing and economic opportunity, helping young people reach their potential, supporting older adults and families, enriching our region through music and the arts, protecting our oceans and food systems, and strengthening immigrant and refugee communities.

Behind every engagement are Amplified Partners raising their hands to contribute their time, expertise, and hard-won experience in service of these missions.

We’re incredibly grateful to our Partners and honored to support this remarkable group of nonprofits:

Accessity
Alzheimer’s San Diego
Casa de Amistad
Center for World Music
Coastal Roots Farm
Interfaith Shelter Network of San Diego
MANA de San Diego
Media Arts Center San Diego
Reality Changers
Reef Check Foundation
San Diego Community Housing Corporation
San Diego Youth Services
San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory
Serving Seniors
United Way of San Diego County
United Women of East Africa
Vehicles for Change-San Diego

Here’s to our biggest cycle yet — and to strengthening the organizations strengthening San Diego.

08/27/2026

What a night! 🥂

Last night, we opened the doors to Amplified’s new home and celebrated alongside the Partners, nonprofit leaders, supporters, and friends who make this work possible.

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined us to celebrate 25 years of impact — and, even more importantly, the possibilities ahead. Our new space was built to bring people together, strengthen connections, and create even more opportunity for San Diego’s nonprofit community.

Thank you for helping us make it feel like home. 💛

Special thanks to our sponsors for making such a wonderful evening possible:

🔹Blair Search Partners
🔹California Coast Credit Union
🔹Spotlink
🔹Optima Office
🔹Bernstein
🔹JCF San Diego
🔹GATHER by Oren

07/16/2026

How do you protect a legacy of care when the landscape around you changes?

Our newest case study tells the story of a three-engagement partnership between Amplified and Palomar Family Counseling Service, Inc., one that evolved from strategic planning to organizational transformation as changes in public funding reshaped the organization's operating environment.

It's a story about embracing thoughtful planning, exploring every option, and making a mission-first decision that ensures children and families continue to receive the behavioral health services they need — while honoring decades of service and preparing for what's next.

We're grateful to the Palomar team, our dedicated Amplified Partners Tom Watlington, Olivia Bloom, Yona Capobianco, and everyone who helped ensure this next chapter preserves a legacy of behavioral health services for North County families.

Read the full story below.

▶️ https://www.amplified.org/news/protecting-a-legacy-of-care%3A-how-amplified-helped-palomar-family-counseling-service-find-a-sustainable-path-forward

06/04/2026

Curiosity has the power to change lives, and for more than 50 years, the Fleet Science Center has inspired generations of learners to explore, question, and discover through hands-on science experiences.

From young children encountering for the first time to lifelong learners expanding their understanding of the world around them, Fleet helps make science accessible, engaging, and relevant for our entire community.

Now, we're proud to help play a role in growing that impact, with an operations-focused pro bono consulting engagement led by Amplified Partners Tom Watlington (Lead), Renee Zau, and Robert Hood.

Grateful for the opportunity to work alongside an organization that sparks curiosity, inspires learning, and helps people of all ages see what's possible.

05/27/2026

: What if your next role could help strengthen not just one mission, but nonprofits across every issue area throughout San Diego County? Amplified Impact Partners is hiring a Director of Development to help lead our next chapter of growth and community impact.

This is a unique opportunity to help strengthen nonprofits working across youth and family services, homelessness and housing, food security, education, the arts, environmental stewardship, veterans services, and beyond — all while working alongside an extraordinary network of experienced business and civic leaders committed to building a stronger region.

In 2025 alone, Amplified had 63 nonprofit consulting teams active throughout San Diego County supporting organizations tackling some of our community’s most pressing challenges.

Now, we’re looking for a strategic, relationship-oriented development leader who is energized by meaningful work, collaborative culture, and the chance to help grow a dynamic organization making a lasting difference across our region.

Learn more and apply at

Explore job opportunities at Amplified Impact Partners, a pro bono nonprofit consulting organization.

05/18/2026

Why Amplified? Come find out — information sessions start this week!

If you're motivated to improve your San Diego community, explore how being a Partner at Amplified gives you a unique chance to make your mark.

This is a place where the experience you've gained through your professional career can be put to powerful use for meaningful community impact. You'll work in small teams, coaching and advising nonprofit leaders as they address business challenges holding them back.

Don’t wait to discover what more than 90 skilled, compassionate professionals across San Diego already know. Join an upcoming Why Amplified information session and see what our Partnership is all about:

▶️ Thurs. May 21: https://www.amplified.org/event-details/why-amplified-information-session-4

▶️Thurs. May 28: https://www.amplified.org/event-details/why-amplified-information-session-5

▶️Thurs. June 18: https://www.amplified.org/event-details/why-amplified-information-session-6

05/14/2026

Our Partners say it best, as usual.

For those looking to apply a lifetime of professional experience toward something deeply meaningful, Amplified offers a uniquely fulfilling way to give back.

Consider adding purpose, connection, and joy to your encore chapter in the same way.

Information sessions begin next week — see upcoming opportunities and RSVP here: amplified.org/join

05/12/2026

Check out our new spotlight in Giving Back Magazine!

For many experienced professionals, the most meaningful impact does not always come from the next career milestone – it comes from directing their experience toward something bigger. Across San Diego County, a growing community of professionals is stepping beyond the workplace to tackle challenges alongside nonprofit leaders. Amplified Impact Partners exists to make those connections possible.

Thanks to SDG&E for their support in highlighting our work. Through meaningful collaboration with local nonprofits, SDG&E is helping to build a future that is more equitable, sustainable and full of opportunity.

San Diego Gas & Electric® (SDG&E®) has a long-standing tradition of service - not only to its customers, but also to the communities where its employees live and work. SDG&E supports a range of initiatives through shareholder contributions, employee giving programs and volunteer efforts that drive...

05/11/2026

One idea we continue to come back to: what if philanthropy’s greatest impact comes not from outcomes, but from strengthening the organizations behind them?

This is the thinking behind our Sponsored Engagements at Amplified — an approach we recently explored at a panel hosted by the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation, “Innovative Approaches to Investing in Nonprofits.”

By funding an Amplified consulting team to support a nonprofit you care about, you’re not just making a contribution — you’re helping build the internal infrastructure, strategy, and leadership needed for long-term success.

The Rancho Santa Fe Foundation welcomed fundholders to its Community Room on April 21 for an engaging panel discussion, “Innovative Approaches to Investing in Nonprofits”. The event brought together local philanthropic leaders …