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The California Community Foundation was formed in 1915 as a charitable giving option within the trust department of Security Pacific Bank. For the next 65 years, the foundation, which was affectionately known as the “typewriter foundation,” stayed relatively small, making small grants mostly for equipment and capital.
In the 1980s and ’90s, the foundation grew tremendously under the leadership of Jack Shakely, from $20 million in assets in 1980 to $530 million in assets in 2000. Fueled by a strong stock market and escalating Southern California real estate, donors and their advisors increasingly used the foundation as a primary philanthropic vehicle.
Reflecting this growth, grants also grew during this time, and the community foundation built a reputation of philanthropic entrepreneurship and risk-taking. In the 1990s, the foundation made the decision to move from broad and general grantmaking to a focus on specific issue areas.
In February 2004, Antonia Hernández became the foundation’s president and chief executive officer. She brings extensive experience with community-based, advocacy and philanthropic institutions, together with a love for Los Angeles and a passion for inspiring pride of place in the philanthropic and nonprofit community.
Under her guidance, with her strong commitment to community-based leadership and dedication to Los Angeles, the California Community Foundation has created a long-range strategic plan that plots the course for future growth and success.
As a part of this new strategic plan, the foundation conducted a thorough review of its discretionary grantmaking and revised its priority areas. Learn more about the California Community Foundation’s grantmaking in Los Angeles County.
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