{"id":4656,"date":"2023-11-17T01:14:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/?page_id=4656"},"modified":"2024-04-18T23:11:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:11:38","slug":"donor-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/donor-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Donor Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4656\" class=\"elementor elementor-4656\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ea01b84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ea01b84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-thegem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7676ca9c\" data-id=\"7676ca9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cea025d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cea025d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">Donor Spotlight<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1b2e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb1b2e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yellow-line-separator.png\" width=\"60\" height=\"6\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2211 lazyload\" alt=\"\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"60\" height=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/yellow-line-separator.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2211\" alt=\"\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff9ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ff9ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Joan Palevsky&#8217;s Transformative Gift<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc24f38 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc24f38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: left; max-width: 980px; margin: auto;\"><p><strong>\u201cAre you sitting down?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>Those were the first words Joe Lumarda, CCF\u2019s former executive vice president and chief operating officer, heard on Good Friday in April of 2006 when he got the call that philanthropist Joan Palevsky had left the foundation more than $200 million.<\/p><p>Minutes later he was calling the foundation President and CEO Antonia Hern\u00e1ndez with the news of Palevsky\u2019s transformational gift.<\/p><p><strong>\u201cI was at church in the parking lot when I got the call from Joe, I screamed when I heard the news,\u201d said Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u201cPeople must have thought, this lady\u2019s gone crazy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>Palevsky\u2019s unexpected gift was one of the largest ever made to a U.S. public charity. Her generosity enabled CCF to create The Palevsky Endowment for the Future of Los Angeles to support the causes that Palevsky championed throughout her lifetime including arts and culture, civic liberties and civic participation, education, and empowering the disadvantaged, such as the working poor, seniors and the homeless.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78e933d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78e933d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-thegem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa0487f\" 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100vw, 1000px\"><\/noscript>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e163a4c\" data-id=\"e163a4c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f6ac45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f6ac45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/quote-white.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4682 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"65\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/quote-white.png\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4682 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"65\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/quote-white.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"65\"><\/noscript><\/noscript>All the issues she cared deeply about fit so well with our future strategy. It was absolute synergy.<\/h4><p><strong>Antonia Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong><br \/>President and Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8d1fc2f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8d1fc2f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-thegem\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-060c803\" data-id=\"060c803\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f409ca7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f409ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: left; max-width: 980px; margin: auto;\">\n<p><strong>\u201cHer gift was a wonderful blessing\u2026,\u201d said Hern\u00e1ndez at the time. \u201cAll the issues she cared deeply about fit so well with our future strategy. It was absolute synergy.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She single-handedly transformed CCF and in turn increased its capacity to strengthen the non-profit community in Los Angeles County. Palevsky also created a wonderful model for philanthropists wishing to protect the underserved for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>Palevsky was described by the LA Times as a modest multimillionaire and academic, who was known for being intensely private, \u201cShe drove a modest car, often wore no jewelry and was not one to spend a great deal of time with her hair or nails.\u201d During her lifetime she contributed to a long list of individuals and organizations in the city as well as to progressive woman candidates in the state and nation.&nbsp; She quietly and consistently supported a broad spectrum of groups and institutions, from prestigious entities like UCLA and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to grassroots organizations like the Rape Foundation, TreePeople, and Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p>With Palevsky\u2019s gift CCF\u2019s assets grew to $1 billion. When Hern\u00e1ndez took the helm as president and CEO of CCF in 2004 the foundation had $560 million in assets. By 2023 CCF\u2019s assets would reach $2.3 billion with over 1,900 funds.<\/p>\n<p>During Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s two decades of leadership the foundation stewarded over $4.3 billion in contributions and oversaw the distribution of more than $3.9 billion in grants to nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The endowment left by Palevsky not only served as a lasting tribute to her legacy and as a continuation of her life\u2019s work, but enabled CCF to create lasting impact in Los Angeles County for generations to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donor Spotlight Joan Palevsky&#8217;s Transformative Gift \u201cAre you sitting down?\u201d Those were the first words Joe Lumarda, CCF\u2019s former executive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4656","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4656"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5640,"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4656\/revisions\/5640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calfund.org\/2023-annualreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}