At McMillin we believe the success of a community is defined by the people and organizations that support it. The Corky McMillin Companies and its employees have always followed the principle that generosity and contribution allow everyone to grow and thrive as a community.
Employees and associates of The Corky McMillin Companies contribute time and resources to scores of charitable endeavors, ranging from youth sports to medical-research organizations and programs that support excellence in academic achievement. Many executives of The Corky McMillin Companies sit on boards of directors of various civic, cultural and charitable organizations.
Some of the causes we have supported over the last forty years include medical-research organizations such as the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, Leukemia Society, March of Dimes, Cure for Juvenile Diabetes and United Cerebral Palsy; environmental causes such as the Blue Sky Ecological Preserve, Mission Trails Regional Park, and the Environmental Legacy Fund; scores of youth sport teams; performing arts companies such as In Motion Dance Center and the Scripps Performing Arts Center; concert in the park series in Chula Vista and Scripps Ranch; many Boys and Girls Clubs, and several YMCAs.
We have contributed time and resources to causes supported by the building industry across the country, to many chambers of commerce throughout the state of California, and we are active in the Taxpayers Association, several economic development councils, and many organizations that support minorities in America such as the Asian Business Association, the Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana, the Union of Pan Asian Communities, San Diego Urban League and United Domestic Workers of America.
The Corky McMillin Companies is a Partner in Education with five San Diego area schools and gives to countless other elementary schools, high schools, colleges and universities. Most recently, McMillin gave a $100,000 grant to San Diego State University for the establishment of a construction engineering management department. We have given to the Polinsky Children’s Center, the San Diego Center for Children, the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation, Children’s Hospital, Scripps Memorial Hospital in Chula Vista and the Senior Community Center of San Diego.
We also have a fondness for special events that bring together many people in our community and have assisted with Harbor Days in Chula Vista, BonitaFest, Scripps Ranch 4th of July Parade, Poway Rodeo Days, Paint the Bay, Maytime Band Review and Fleet Week San Diego. Some of our largest contributions to date include $250,000 to the San Diego Foundation and $2 million to the NTC Foundation for the establishment of a civic, arts and cultural center on the grounds of the former Naval Training Center in San Diego.