San Bruno Community Foundation
Regular MeetingSan Bruno, CA · November 19, 2025
Agenda
Investment Committee
Pak Lin, Chair • Anthony Clifford, Mark Hayes, Tim Ross, and Belinda Wong, Members
Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
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AGENDA
SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Special Meeting of the Investment Committee
November 19, 2025
4:30 p.m.
Meeting Location:
San Bruno Recreation and Aquatic Center, Conference Room, 251 City Park Way, San Bruno
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Public Comment: Individuals are allowed three minutes at this time to comment on items within the jurisdiction of
the Committee that are not on this agenda. It is the Committee’s policy to refer matters raised in this forum to staff for
research and/or action where appropriate. The Brown Act prohibits the Committee from discussing or acting upon any
matter not agendized pursuant to State Law.
4. Approval of Minutes: August 20, 2025, Special Investment Committee Meeting
5. Executive Director’s Report
6. Conduct of Business
a. Receive and Discuss Reports from Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC (SHGA) Regarding
SHGA’s Investment Outlook and SBCF’s Investment Portfolio Performance
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Investment Committee
Pak Lin, Chair • Anthony Clifford, Mark Hayes, Tim Ross, and Belinda Wong, Members
Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
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b. Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding Future Cash Flow Strategies Related to Funding
of Final Legacy Projects
7. Committee Member Comments
8. Adjourn: The next regular meeting of the Investment Committee will be held on
Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 4:30 p.m.
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Investment Committee
Pak Lin, Chair • Anthony Clifford, Mark Hayes, Tim Ross, and Belinda Wong, Members
Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
MINUTES
SAN BRUNO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Regular Meeting of the Investment Committee
August 20, 2025
4:30 p.m.
Meeting Location:
San Bruno City Hall, 567 El Camino Real, Room 101, San Bruno
1. Call to Order: Committee Chair Lin called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m.
2. Roll Call: Committee Members Lin, Clifford, Ross, and Wong, present; Committee Member Hayes,
excused.
3. Public Comment: None.
4. Approval of Minutes: May 21, 2025, Special Investment Committee Meeting: Committee Member
Wong moved to approve the minutes of the May 21, 2025, Regular Meeting, seconded by Committee
Member Ross, passed unanimously by roll call vote (Hayes absent).
5. Executive Director’s Report
Executive Director Hatamiya gave an update on the Foundation’s activities, including summarizing
recent program highlights:
• Crestmoor Scholarship: In June, the Foundation Board honored the 11 2025 Crestmoor Scholars.
The program will not be offered in 2026.
• Community Grants Fund: Typically, the Foundation launched the next cycle of the Community
Grants Fund launched at the beginning of July, but the program has been discontinued and will
not be offered in 2025-2026.
• Recreation and Aquatic Center (RAC): The Foundation received from the City of San Bruno the
final grant reports RAC Grants #4 (City compliance review) and #8 (construction). The
Foundation disbursed the final grant payment of $9,318.50 for Grant #4, executed a Fifth
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Investment Committee
Pak Lin, Chair • Anthony Clifford, Mark Hayes, Tim Ross, and Belinda Wong, Members
Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
Amendment to the Grant Agreement for Grant #8 to roll over the remaining balance of Grant #4
to Grant #8, and paid out the remaining balance of $250,045.68 to the City. All eight grants
related to the design and construction of the RAC totaling $51.5 million have been fully paid out.
With regard to the three-year $2.25 million grant to assist the City with startup programming
and outreach activities at the RAC, the Foundation is waiting for the City to finalize its Year 1
grant report, which will report about $185,000 (of the $1 million Year 1 allocation) in expenses.
The Foundation is expecting the City to request that the balance of Year 1 funds be rolled over
for use in the second and third years of the grant. The Board will consider this request at its
September meeting.
• Crestmoor Fields Project Grant: In December, the Board approved a $3.4 million strategic grant
to the City to help fund Phase 1 of the Crestmoor Fields Project. The sale of the high school
property from the San Mateo Union High School District to the developer went through in
February, and the City has contracted with a landscape design firm to do the construction
documents for the project. The City is also working on its agreement with the developer to
build the fields. The Foundation Board reserved the possibility of funding the lights at the field
and is waiting for a more definite cost estimate based on the updated design documents.
• Downtown Beautification Grant: The City is moving forward with its various downtown
beautification projects, including a summer-themed set of banners on the San Mateo Avenue
street poles. Last month, the City Council approved the contract with the contractor for the
planters, greenery, irrigation, and median work, which should start in September and be
completed by March. This grant is structured so that the Foundation will reimburse the City for
expenses incurred at the end of the entire project, so no grant payments have been disbursed.
• School Athletic Field Improvements Grant: With regard to the $150,000 grant to improve the
playing fields at John Muir Elementary, Belle Air Elementary, and Parkside Intermediate, the
work on the John Muir field is done, and the Foundation has paid out the $50,000 designated
for that site. The Belle Air improvements are underway; the grant is helping pay for new
fencing, and the Foundation has paid out about $40,500 of the $50,000 designated for that field.
The $50,000 designated for the Parkside field improvements, which have been fully disbursed,
are being used to replace the fencing around home plate and the dugouts on the two softball
fields.
• Florida Avenue Park Grant: In 2016, the Board approved a $200,000 grant to the City to help
build a new park on Florida Avenue in an area near downtown that has lacked a neighborhood
park. This project was delayed several times for a host of reasons, and the City finally broke
ground on the project in November 2024. The City recently completed construction of the park,
with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting celebration on August 14.
Ms. Hatamiya then reported on the Board’s strategic planning process. She noted that in May the Board
approved a shift in strategy to spend down the remaining total net assets on a small number of final
legacy projects over the next few years and wind down all other programs, including the Crestmoor
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Investment Committee
Pak Lin, Chair • Anthony Clifford, Mark Hayes, Tim Ross, and Belinda Wong, Members
Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
Scholarship and Community Grants Fund. She said the fiscal year 2025-26 budget, which the Board and
City Council approved in June, reflects those changes, including decreases in operating costs. She
reported that the City Council agreed to have the Foundation help fund a new Fire Station No. 52 and
that the City is working on the land acquisition for the new fire station. She also explained that the
Foundation is waiting for better cost information on the Crestmoor Field lights and confirmation from
the City that it does not have another funding source for the lights, and that the Ad Hoc Committee on
Strategic Planning is also exploring a final legacy project grant with the SBPSD and SBEF. With this shift
in strategy, as the Committee recommended, the Board approved a redesignation of all funds in the
Quasi-Endowment to the Strategic Pool, which took place in early June. She explained that there was
just a small amount left in the Quasi-Endowment as of June 30 (primarily due to dividends that came in
after the transfer), but all of the funds have since been transferred from the Quasi-Endowment to the
Strategic Pool and the Quasi-Endowment balance is now $0.
Ms. Hatamiya reviewed the schedule of transfers from the Quasi-Endowment and Strategic Pool
accounts to the Liquidity Pool for fiscal years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. For fiscal year 2024-2025, all
budgeted transfers from the Quasi-Endowment to the Liquidity Pool (totaling $352,218) took place by
the end of the fiscal year. Fiscal year 2024-2025 transfers from Strategic to Liquidity ended up totaling
$500,000, and the remaining $2,530,152 that was budgeted was not needed and not transferred. The
fiscal year 2025-2026 transfers were approved by the Board as part of the budget in June. Fiscal year
2025-2026 transfers from Strategic to Liquidity are budgeted at $9,525,348; $2,500,000 was transferred
in August to cover the year’s operating expenses and best estimate of payments on grants already
awarded, and the timing of the balance will depend on what new strategic grants the Board approves
and the timing of those grant payments.
Finally, Ms. Hatamiya reminded the Committee of upcoming meetings, including one last meeting in
2025 (November 19), and four meetings in 2026 (February 18, May 20, August 19, and November 18).
6. Conduct of Business
a. Receive Report from Sand Hill Global Advisors, LLC (SHGA) regarding SHGA’s Investment
Outlook, SBCF’s Investment Portfolio Performance, and Upcoming SHGA Report to the SBCF
Board of Directors
SHGA Senior Portfolio Manager Meghan Daters, Senior Wealth Manager Kristin Sun, and Analyst George
Angelopoulos represented SHGA at the meeting.
Ms. Daters gave an overview of the firm’s investment outlook, noting that despite high economic
uncertainty in the first half of the year, both economic and corporate earnings growth remained
resilient, and that the Federal Reserve is expected to make two interest rate cuts in the second half of
2025 after keeping rates unchanged in the first half of the year.
Mr. Angelopoulos then reviewed the Foundation’s Investment Dashboard for the second quarter of
2025, including June 30, 2025, balances of $2,233 for the Quasi-Endowment, $31,214,521 for the
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Investment Committee
Pak Lin, Chair • Anthony Clifford, Mark Hayes, Tim Ross, and Belinda Wong, Members
Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
Strategic Pool, and $749,711 for the Liquidity Pool (total of $31,966,464 in all three accounts). He noted
the Board’s decision to transfer all funds from the Quasi-Endowment to the Strategic Pool in early June,
in alignment with recent program strategy decisions, and said that as of the transfer on June 5, the
Quasi-Endowment had returns of 3.89% for 2025 and of 7.32% annualized since inception. The Strategic
Pool had returns of 3.23% through the end of the second quarter of 2025 and of 3.46% annualized since
inception. He noted that the Foundation’s diversification strategy has been successful, including a
rebalancing toward equities when there was increased market volatility in April in response to federal
tariff policy.
Ms. Sun noted that withdrawals from the portfolio since inception have totaled $61.8 million to support
a wide array of community benefits including the new Recreation and Aquatic Center, and that the total
value added to the portfolio since inception is $23.4 million.
The Sand Hill team also previewed the firm’s presentation to the full Board at the September 3, 2025,
Board meeting.
b. Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding Future Cash Flow Strategies Related to Funding of Final
Legacy Projects
The Committee briefly discussed cash flow strategies related to the funding of any final legacy project
grants. Ms. Hatamiya explained that this is a new item that will appear on Investment Committee
regular meeting agendas going forward to give the Committee the opportunity to provide guidance as
the Foundation approves final legacy project grants spending down the Foundation’s remaining total net
assets. She said that although the Board has committed in principle to helping the City of San Bruno
fund a new Fire Station No. 52, all the final legacy projects being considered remain in the planning
stage and the Board has not formally approved any grants related to those projects. As a result, the
Committee did not consider any guidance related to movement of investment funds from the Strategic
Pool to the Liquidity Pool in anticipation of those potential grants.
7. Committee Member Comments: None.
8. Adjourn: Committee Member Ross moved to adjourn the meeting at 5:46 p.m., seconded by
Committee Chair Lin, approved unanimously.
Respectfully submitted for approval at the Special Investment Committee Meeting of November 19,
2025, by Investment Committee Chair Pak Lin.
Pak Lin, Investment Committee Chair
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Memorandum
DATE: November 13, 2025
TO: Investment Committee, San Bruno Community Foundation
FROM: Leslie Hatamiya, Executive Director
SUBJECT: November 19, 2025, Investment Committee Special Meeting
The Investment Committee of the San Bruno Community Foundation will hold a special
quarterly meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at the San Bruno
Recreation and Aquatic Center, 2nd Floor Conference Room. Please note the change in location.
1. Executive Director’s Report
As I do at each meeting, I will provide updates on the Foundation’s programs and operations.
Key items I will cover at the November 19 meeting include:
• Highlights and updates on the Foundation’s strategic grant initiatives and other
programs.
• Schedule of transfers from the Quasi-Endowment and Strategic Pool accounts to the
Liquidity Pool account for FY2025-2065 to cover the Foundation’s cash needs through
June 30, 2026, consistent with the FY2025-2026 budget passed by the Foundation Board
in June 2025.
• A reminder of 2026 Investment Committee meetings: February 18, May 20, August 19,
and November 18, all at 4:30 p.m.
2. Report from Sand Hill Global Advisors (SHGA) Regarding SHGA’s Investment Outlook and
SBCF’s Investment Performance
Representing SHGA at the Committee meeting will be Senior Portfolio Manager Meghan Daters,
Senior Wealth Manager Kristin Sun, and Analyst George Angelopoulos. The SHGA team will give
a presentation to the Committee that will cover (a) SHGA’s investment outlook, and (b) the
performance of the Foundation’s investment portfolio.
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Memorandum
a. SHGA’s Investment Outlook
In this portion of the presentation, the SHGA team will provide an overview of SHGA’s current
economic forecast, particularly for the fourth quarter of 2025, including the firm’s perspective
on economic growth, interest rates, employment market, corporate earnings, international
market, housing market, inflation, commodity markets, and valuation.
b. SBCF’s Investment Performance
The second part of SHGA’s presentation will review the performance of the Foundation’s
investment portfolio for the third quarter of 2025 (first quarter of the fiscal year). The SHGA
team will walk the Committee through the attached Investment Dashboard for September 30,
2025, a one-page summary of the Foundation’s portfolio. At the meeting, the SHGA team will
also provide more detailed and up-to-date information about the Foundation’s investment
holdings, including performance data of underlying funds.
3. Discussion Regarding Future Cash Flow Strategies Related to Funding of Final Legacy
Projects
The Committee will have the opportunity to discuss future cash flow strategies related to the
final legacy projects and provide direction, as appropriate, under the second business item on
November 19.
Attachments:
1. SBCF Investment Dashboard, as of September 30, 2025
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The San Bruno Community Foundation Investment Dashboard
As of September 30, 2025
Current Outlook:
Economic Environment: Despite elevated economic uncertainty in the first half of this year, both overall economic activity and corporate earnings proved more resilient than expected, supported by steady
consumer spending and continued private investment. Notably, corporate investment in artificial intelligence has emerged as a significant driver of GDP growth, with some estimates indicating it surpassed
consumer spending and contributed about 1.1% to GDP growth during the first half of the year. Labor market activity began to soften in May, and although the unemployment rate has remained low, the pace of
job creation has slowed. This appears to reflect a long-awaited alignment between labor supply and demand for the first time in more than a decade. However, the outlook for future job growth has become
uncertain enough to prompt the Federal Reserve to resume its rate-cutting cycle. Meanwhile, GDP is growing at an above-average pace, and corporate earnings significantly exceeded expectations in the first half
of the year. The IPO market continues to show signs of revival, and a sustained increase in issuance could further support economic activity. Lower interest rates should also provide a modest boost, offering some
relief to floating-rate borrowers and potentially easing mortgage rates, although the latter remain more closely linked to market-driven 10-year Treasury yields.
Market Environment: Market volatility was relatively muted in the third quarter as strong second-quarter earnings helped offset concerns about global trade. The S&P 500 gained more than 8% for the quarter,
bringing its year-to-date return to just under 15%. Small-cap stocks advanced more than 11% as investors anticipated the first interest-rate cut of the year. International equities also moved higher, with emerging-
market stocks rising over 10% and developed-market stocks up just under 5%. Bonds, commodities, and REITs each posted gains of 2–3%.
Portfolio Response: In reponse to continued market strength, we reduced exposure to large cap stocks and short-duration bonds. We invested the proceeds into REITs, which have been showing early signs of a
fundamental turn-around but have lagged the broader market for the last several years.
Custom Custom Strategic Pool Growth/Capital
Blended Quasi- Blended Portfolio Action Increased Decreased Preservation
Performance Strategic Pool Benchmark +/- Endowment Pool Benchmark +/- Q3 2025 Managed Through Extreme Volatility 22/78
Q3 2025 3.14% 3.01% 0.13% - - - REITs Large Cap Stocks
Q2 2025 3.23% 2.63% 0.60% 3.89%* 3.39%* 0.50%* Short Duration Bonds
Quarterly
Q1 2025 1.68% 1.75% -0.07% -0.37% -0.15% -0.22%
Q4 2024 -2.38% -2.51% 0.13% -1.59% -1.59% 0.00% Q2 2025 Managed Through Extreme Volatility 21/79
YTD 8.26% 7.57% 0.69% 3.50%* 3.24%* 0.26%* Large Cap Growth Stocks Bonds
2024 4.62% 4.27% 0.35% 10.95% 10.36% 0.59% Short Duration Bonds
2023 8.03% 8.31% -0.28% 13.99% 14.08% -0.09%
Annual
2022 -11.84% -13.12% 1.28% -15.16% -14.49% -0.67% Balances Quasi-Endowment Strategic Liquidity Total
2021 4.47% 3.42% 1.05% 13.21% 12.81% 0.40% Q3 2025 $0 $29,630,695 $2,419,454 $32,050,149
ITD - 9/30/25 3.71% 3.59% 0.12% 7.32%* 7.29%* 0.03%* Q2 2025 $2,233 $31,214,521 $749,711 $31,966,464
* Performance through 6/5/2025 Q1 2025 $24,135,126 $5,529,316 $794,353 $30,458,795
Strategic Q4 2024 $24,220,497 $5,436,482 $1,427,413 $31,084,392
Asset Allocation Strategic Pool 30-Sep-25 Target Strategic Pool
Large Cap Equity $2,758,907 9% 9% 9% 1% Strategic PoolEquity Net Cash Flows Quasi-Endowment Strategic Liquidity Total
19%
SMID Cap Equity $1,132,051 4% 3% Equity 19% Q3 2025 $0 $0 -$850,000 -$850,000
International/EM Equity $1,600,875 5% 4% Fixed IncomeFixed
72%Income Q2 2025 -$25,173,885 $25,021,667 -$205,000 -$357,218
Fixed Income $21,226,386 72% 70% Other Investments 9% Q1 2025 $0 $0 -$647,000 -$647,000
Real Assets $1,357,587 5% 4% CashOther
1% Q4 2024 $0 $0 -$327,250 -$327,250
Investments
Market Neutral $1,309,239 4% 8%
Cash $245,649 1% 2% Cash Illiquidity as of 9/30/25 < 1 Yr 1-3 Yrs > 3 Yr Total
72%
Total $29,630,695 100% 100% Strategic Pool 2.04% 0.00% 0.00% 2.04%
Governance Checklist OK
Asset allocation within target range: All weights are in compliance.
No direct investments in any equity or debt securities of Pacific Gas & Electric.
No individual equity securities (stocks) will be held in any direct account.
No below investment grade allocation > 5% of portfolio value.
With the exception of U.S. government securities, no more than 5% at cost of the portfolio may be invested in the securities of a single issuer.
Strategic Pool can maintain up to 10% illiquidity.
Note: The Quasi-Endowment Pool's final day of management was June, 5 2025 and all assets were consolidated into the Strategic Pool shortly thereafter.
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