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Learn MoreProvidence Funds Health Care at ‘Project Roomkey’ Hotels
San Fernando Valley Business Journal
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $7,949,500 through 110 Grants Via COVID-19 LA County Response Fund
The California Community Foundation (CCF) announced the next rounds of its COVID-19 LA County Response Fund awards totaling $7,949,500. Since the start of this pandemic, CCF has awarded $11,922,500 to nonprofits across LA County bringing the total number of grants awarded to 233.
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $1.8 Million In Second Round of COVID-19 LA County Response
Supports Hardship Assistance, Youth and Family Services, Healthcare Staffing, Medical Resources and Community Organizing LOS ANGELES – Building on its first round of grants, the California Community Foundation’s (CCF) COVID-19 LA County Response Fund grants $1.8 million to 41 nonprofits to continue to address the immediate and emerging needs of our region’s most vulnerable residents—from […]
Learn MoreCOVID-19 LA County Response Fund Grants $1.7 Million to Address the Immediate Needs of the Most Vulnerable
California Community Foundation’s First Round of 70 Grants Focuses on the Needs of Youth, Homeless, Immigrants, Uninsured and Under Insured. LOS ANGELES – The California Community Foundation’s (CCF) COVID-19 LA County Response Fund grants $1.7 million to respond to the immediate and emerging needs of our region’s most vulnerable residents. CCF continues to monitor the […]
Learn More“He kept watch over L.A.’s $1.2-billion homeless housing bond. Now he is stepping down”
by Doug Smith and David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
Learn More“Construction set to begin on Venice homeless shelter”
By Elijah Chiland, Curbed Los Angeles
Learn More“California faces multiple crises. Can we solve them without help from philanthropy?”
By Kathleen Kelly Janus, Sacramento Bee
Learn More“Homelessness isn’t just Eric Garcetti’s problem. He’s doing more than most.”
by Ann Sewill, Los Angeles Times
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $4.8 Million to Strengthen Los Angeles Communities
The California Community Foundation (CCF) awarded 37 grants totaling $4,880,730 to nonprofit organizations working to create change and unlock the potential of our region.
Learn More“Winners of the 2019 Secretary’s Award for Public-philanthropic Partnerships Announced”
Council on Foundation’s newsroom
Learn More“California Community Foundation Awards Grants Totaling $5.5 Million”
Philanthropy News Digest
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $3 Million to Uplift Los Angeles Communities
LOS ANGELES – October 23, 2018 – The California Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded $3,016,875 through 34 grants to Los Angeles County nonprofit organizations working to uplift vulnerable communities and advance long-lasting change.
Learn More“Concerned about California’s housing crisis? In November, you can make a difference”
By Antonia Hernández, Sacramento Bee
Learn More“Four Finalists Named for ULI Larson Housing Policy Leadership Awards”
By Trisha Riggs, Urban Land Magazine
Learn More“Study: Some Solano, Napa sub-populations may be under-counted in 2020 Census”
By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen, Vallejo Times-Herald
Learn MoreHome L.A. Loan Fund Fact Sheet
The Home L.A. Loan Fund is a one-of-a-kind, risk-free charitable investment option focused on fighting homelessness in Los Angeles County. Donor investments are pooled and used to provide three- or five-year seed capital to organizations building permanent supportive housing units for the chronically homeless. By jump-starting the process, this capital accelerates the pace and scale […]
Learn More“‘Not all machines are evil,’ and other thoughts on California’s changing economy”
By Amy Chance, The Sacramento Bee
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $5.7 Million to Advance Opportunity in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES – June 20, 2018 – The California Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded $5,750,020, through 54 grants to nonprofit organizations dedicated to creating a healthier, more empowered and more prosperous future for all Angelenos.
Learn More“2018 Election: Who are the Influencers and what can you expect from them?”
By Lauren Gustus, The Sacramento Bee
Learn MoreEconomic Opportunity Fact Sheet
Our vision for the future is a Los Angeles where increased opportunity creates shared prosperity. Where dedication, creativity and determination allow individuals and communities to overcome poverty and make their American dreams come true. CCF’s economic opportunity program seeks to support low-income entrepreneurs, small businesses, social enterprises, and nonprofits as they build wealth, create jobs, and revitalize neighborhoods.
Learn MoreHome L.A. Fund Fact Sheet
Every night, more than 60,000 Angelenos go to sleep homeless. They are families evicted due to job loss, veterans suffering from trauma, former foster youth, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons. The Home L.A. Fund seeks to combat homelessness by tripling the annual production of affordable supportive housing units that provide needed services to the homeless in Los Angeles.
Learn More“Plan to revitalize mall is good for South L.A.”
By Karim Webb and John Harriel, Los Angeles Wave
Learn More“L.A. considers cutting through red tape to get homeless people housed faster”
By Emily Alpert Reyes and Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times
Learn MoreSouthern California adds more than 2.1 million cars; major cause of decline in transit ridership
Southern California Association of Governments
Learn More“New Impact Investing Fund Will Support Nonprofits And Better Health Outcomes”
Nonprofit Finance Fund News
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $11 Million to Build a Stronger Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES – November 27, 2017 –The California Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded $11,292,972 through 51 grants to nonprofit organizations working to advance long-lasting change that strengthens Los Angeles communities. This quarter’s portfolio includes 17 L.A. Justice Fund grants totaling $7,450,000, to provide critical support and resources to immigration legal service nonprofits providing representation for […]
Learn More“Preliminary Results of Lung Cancer Screening in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Population”
American Journal of Roentgenology
Learn More“L.A. County now has 58,000 homeless people. So why are there thousands fewer shelter beds than in 2009?”
By Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times
Learn More“Foundations Pump $20 Million into L.A. Homeless Housing Loan Fund”
By Howard Fine, Los Angeles Business Journal
Learn More“Council panel deals setback to proposed homeless housing project in Boyle Heights”
By Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times
Learn More“Amid housing crisis, Garcetti’s ‘linkage fee’ proposal remains in limbo”
By Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times
Learn More“Moving Forward: Can We Solve L.A.’s Housing Affordability Problem?”
By Carolyn Gray Anderson, The UCLA Anderson Blog
Learn MoreCCF News Spring 2017 – The Home L.A. Loan Fund
Every night, nearly 50,000 Angelenos go to sleep homeless, enough to fill Dodger Stadium. The California Community Foundation is working with partners to build 10,000 housing units over ten years for our neighbors in need. We invite donors who are passionate about homelessness to become charter investors in the Home L.A. Loan Fund, a one-of-a-kind, […]
Learn MoreCCF News: Spring 2017
Is there a risk-free way to help end homelessness? How can you share the joy of giving with your children and grandchildren? How can you support L.A.’s most innovative creative voices? Find out in CCF’s Spring Donor Newsletter.
Learn More“Los Angeles employers struggling to get top-level workers, high housing costs cited”
by Toni McAllister, MyNewsLA.com
Learn More“SoCal’s high cost of living seen as barrier to hiring and keeping top business talent”
Central Valley Business Times
Learn MoreCalifornia Community Foundation Awards $5.1 Million to Build a Stronger Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES – April 11, 2016 – The California Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded $5,130,787 through 52 grants to Los Angeles County nonprofit organizations working to address pressing needs and improve the lives of Los Angeles County residents. CCF’s grants this quarter include $1,435,000 to provide critical support to immigrant rights organizations working to defend […]
Learn More“An End to Homelessness? Behind the Rising Optimism Among Funders”
Phillip Rojc, Inside Philanthropy
Learn More“Absentee vote pushes L.A. County homeless sales tax measure toward a strong finish”
by Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times
Learn More“Developers join the campaign for a quarter-cent sales tax to fund homeless services”
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Learn More“Songs Over Sidewalks” by Luis J. Rodriguez
This poem was written to commemorate the end of the California Community Foundation’s centennial at We Are Los Angeles, Nov. 12, 2016. By Luis J. Rodriguez Poet Laureate of Los Angeles Every summer when Santa Ana winds scatter around dry leaves and dead tree branches, and droughts make kindle out of the formerly green, a […]
Learn MoreHome L.A. Fund: Ending Homelessness in Los Angeles
Every night, more than 60,000 Angelenos go to sleep homeless. They are families evicted due to job loss, veterans suffering from trauma, former foster youth, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons. The Home L.A. Fund seeks to combat homelessness by tripling the annual production of affordable permanent supportive housing units that provide needed services to the homeless in Los Angeles.
Learn More“Kresge Commits $7 Million to Help End Homelessness in Los Angeles”
Philanthropy News Digest
Learn MoreHousing Fact Sheet
CCF’s Housing program combines grantmaking, lending and advocacy to support effective housing with services for our homeless neighbors, more affordable housing and better jobs for working L.A. families. Since 2000, we have granted almost $30 million to ensure Angelenos have safe, supportive and stable homes and the economic opportunities they need to thrive.
Learn MoreNational Funder Commits $7 Million in Grants and Loans to Help Combat Homelessness in Los Angeles
The Kresge Foundation’s investment boosts pool of funding to accelerate development of permanent supportive housing, a cost-effective measure to address homelessness. EDITOR’S NOTE: Interviews are available upon request with residents of permanent supportive housing LOS ANGELES – September 22, 2016 – The Kresge Foundation is the latest funding partner in an unprecedented, multi-sector effort to annually […]
Learn More“Start building housing now”
This letter to the editor originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times. To the editor: Permanent housing with services is a proven, cost-effective approach to moving people from homelessness to stability, and opposing Proposition H will only let this crisis continue to worsen. (“The wrong way to fix homelessness in L.A.,” Opinion, Aug. 24) The […]
Learn More“Funders and Government Team Up in L.A.’s Latest Run At Homelessness”
Inside Philanthropy Tags: homeless, homelessness, housing, housing & economic opportunity
Learn More“Three Foundations Launch $16 Million Los Angeles Housing Plan”
Philanthropy News Digest Tags: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, homeless, homelessness, housing, housing & economic opportunity, Weingart Foundation
Learn MoreStatement from Mayor Garcetti: Philanthropic Contribution Will Help Advance L.A.’s Housing Solutions for the Homeless
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 10, 2016 The Mayor applauded today’s announcement from the California Community Foundation (CCF), Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and Weingart Foundation to provide $16 million in loans and grants to accelerate the production of permanent supportive housing for the homeless in the City of Los Angeles. This contribution will leverage the Mayor’s […]
Learn MoreLocal Foundations Partner to Provide $16 Million for Housing Plan to Help Combat Homelessness in Los Angeles
The California Community Foundation (CCF), Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Weingart Foundation are partnering to provide $16 million in loans and grants to increase permanent housing solutions for our most vulnerable homeless neighbors.
Learn MoreCCF News: Winter 2016
Tackling L.A.’s homelessness epidemic, Housing works, Donor Spotlight on Robert and Barbara Klein, Unsung Hero Spotlight on Mollie Lowery
Learn MoreCCF News: Fall 2015
Volunteering through L.A. Works, Giving Tuesday, LASIF, New Americans Opportunity Fund, Pass it Along Fund, Home L.A. Fund, Year End Giving Guide.
Learn More“Together we must take action to end homelessness”
By Antonia Hernández for the Los Angeles Daily News
Learn More“L.A. Moves to Include Affordable Housing in its Public Transit Planning”
Q&A with Ann Sewill for the Council on Foundations
Learn More“Summit Roadmap will ‘amplify collective impact across California'”
By Antonia Hernández for California Economic Summit
Learn MoreCCF News: Fall 2014
Grameen America Los Angeles, Choosing Your Investment Pool, Year-End Giving
Learn MoreGroundbreaking Microfinance Model Aimed at Helping Women Who Live in Poverty Launches in Los Angeles
California Community Foundation partners with Grameen America to kick off initiative. LOS ANGELES, CA – November 23, 2014 – Bertha always had an entrepreneurial spirit. But with no credit history or collateral, she was unable to access a traditional bank loan that would allow her to fulfill her dream of expanding her family bakery in […]
Learn MoreCCF News: Spring 2012
Timeless Giving, Legacy Spotlight: Walter Holiday, Preventing Homelessness and Creating Healthy Homes, Donor Spotlight: Burt Belzer, Investing in Black Male Youth
Learn MoreMeasure of America: A Portrait of California
By American Human Development Project of the Social Science Research Council
Learn MoreCCF Advisor News: Summer 2010
CCF at 95, Admiral Mullin on Giving to Veterans, CCF Honors Top Advisors, Fellowship for Visual Artists, Retained Life Estates
Learn MoreCCF News: Summer 2010
CCF at 95, Donor Spotlight: Jackee Marks, Summer Youth Fund, Admiral Mullin on Giving to Veterans, Fellowship for Visual Artists, Retained Life Estates
Learn MoreCCF News: Spring 2010
Donor Spotlight: Stephen Kanter, High Impact Grantmaking During Tough Economic Times, International Grantmaking, Critical Needs in L.A., Taproot Foundation, Giving Trends
Learn MoreCCF News: Spring 2009
Basic Needs in L.A., Donor Spotlight: Peter and Cam Starrett, Estate Giving, How to Give in Challenging Times, Giving Trends
Learn MoreCCF Advisor News: Spring 2009
Advisor Profile: Michael Glowacki, Giving Trends, Remembering CCF in Estate Plans, Basic Needs in Los Angeles, Managing Clients During Tough Economic Times
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