Welcome to the News Room of the California Community Foundation.

Media Inquiries

Direct all media inquires to:

Namju Cho
Director of Communications
Phone: (213) 413-4130 ext. 229
Cell: (213) 839-0380
Email: ncho@ccf-la.org

News Releases

April 9 , 2008: California Community Foundation Names John E. Kobara Senior Vice President
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April 4 , 2008: California Community Foundation Invests More than $1 Million to Help People Facing Foreclosures (PDF)

April 4 , 2008: California Community Foundation Awards More than $1.7 Million to 13 Los Angeles Nonprofit Groups (PDF)

March 28, 2008: California Community Foundation Awards $400,000 in Capacity Building Grants to Four Arts Organizations (PDF)

December 21, 2007: California Community Foundation Raises $1.4M to Support Wildfire Recovery Efforts (PDF)

November 16, 2007: California Community Foundation Takes First Steps Toward Making Grants for Wildfire Recovery Efforts (PDF)

October 31, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards $200,000 to Eight El Monte Nonprofit Groups (PDF)

October 25, 2007: California Community Foundation Commits $250,000 to Support Wildfire Relief Efforts (PDF)

October 24, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards Over $3M to 31 Los Angeles Nonprofit Groups (PDF)

October 24, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards $6.6M in Grants to Health Organizations in Centinela Valley Area (PDF)

August 1, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards 18 Los Angeles Nonprofit Groups $428,850 in Grants for Arts Education, made possible by the Thelma Pearl Howard Foundation (PDF)

July 31, 2007: California Community Foundation Announces $10M Investment Over Ten Years in City of El Monte (PDF)

June 21, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards $1.7 Million in Grants to 12 LA Nonprofit Groups (PDF)

June 15, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards $275,000 in Fellowships to 15 Local Artists (PDF)

April 3, 2007: California Community Foundation Awards over $1.5 Million in Grants to 16 Los Angeles Nonprofit Groups (PDF)

March 28, 2007: California Community Foundation Establishes a $1.75 Million Scholarship Fund for African Americans admitted to UCLA (PDF)

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In the News

December 26, 2007: CCF Vice President Peter Dunn Speaks on Effectiveness of Charitable Giving on KCRW's To The Point

December 11, 2007: CCF President and CEO Antonia Hernández authors an op-ed in La Opinion on the benefits of preschool (PDF)

November 2007: Hispanic profiles CCF President and CEO Antonia Hernández and her work in Social Change (PDF)

November 21, 2007: Korea Times covers Korean immigrant baby boomers’ civic engagement from findings in CCF’s report “Civically Engaging Immigrant Boomers in Los Angeles County: How do we do it?” (PDF)

November 1, 2007: Chronicle of Philanthropy ranks CCF second among the nation’s community foundations and 27th among U.S. nonprofits for total funds raised in fiscal year 2005 (PDF)

October 25, 2007: CCF Director of Communications Namju Cho authors a Korea Times op-ed calling for a culture of giving in the Korean community (PDF)

Fall 2007: Save the Date profiles CCF Vice President Linda Wong's Work with the foundation (PDF)

September 20, 2007: Chronicle of Philanthropy ranks CCF as the Top Grantmaker among US Community Foundations in 2006, with grants totalling to nearly $245 Million (PDF)

July 31, 2007: San Gabriel Valley Tribune features the foundation's El Monte Community Building Initiative, an historic 10 year, $10 million investment (PDF)

June 19, 2007: Rafu Shimpo reports CCF's $100,000 grant awarded to Keiro Senior Healthcare's Institute for Healthy Aging (PDF)

June 15, 2007: Los Angeles Times features CCF fellowships awarded to 15 Local Artists, totaling $250,000 (PDF)

June 15, 2007: Korea Times profiles local Korean American mid-career artist Soo Kim, a 2007 CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists recipient (PDF)

June 1, 2007: Chronicle of Philanthropy quotes CCF Vice President Peter Dunn about the effects of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 on donor advised fund managing organizations (PDF)

May 3, 2007: Chronicle of Philanthropy quotes CCF Vice President Peter Dunn and Donor Sheldon Stone in an article about the rapid growth of donor advised funds (PDF)

April 25, 2007: CBS2.com reports California Community Foundation grants over $1.5 Million to Los Angeles County nonprofit organizations (PDF)

March 29, 2007: Los Angeles Times unveils California Community Foundation's $1.75 Million Scholarship Fund for African Americans Admitted to UCLA (PDF)

February 22, 2007: Chronicle of Philanthropy features Joan Palevsky's her historic gift to CCF and quotes President Antonia Hernández (PDF)

January 24, 2007: President Antonia Hernández Shares Tips on Diversifying Donor Base in Philanthropy Journal (PDF)

January 11, 2007: Chronicle of Philanthropy ranks California Community Foundation's $200 Million Gift Sixth in its Top Ten Gifts of 2006 (PDF)

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