Why a Foundation?
Film production is a clean business that stimulates the economy, creates local jobs and fills hotel rooms nightly. What people sometimes don’t realize, is that film production creates tourism and secondary spending. Unfortunately, due to the bad economy, programs like the San Diego Film Commission are cut by government and yet these are the very activities that create the revenue to pay for our libraries, parks and recreation centers. Last year over $42 million dollars were spent in SD by the film industry and pumped directly into the SD economy. The San Diego Film Commission Foundation was set up to educate the public, assist in workforce training and to assist in marketing our message of "San Diego as Film Friendly."
The San Diego Film Commission Foundation is the charitable arm of the San Diego Film Commission (SDFC). The Comission is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting San Diego as a film-friendly region, coordinating and facilitating the permission process and serving as a liaison between the community, the production industry and local government.