Donate to the Los Angeles Times Community Fund

The Los Angeles Times Community Fund has expanded to build vital service programs and initiatives within the Times and the broader community to collectively act on pressing local issues and needs, in partnership with the nonprofit California Community Foundation.

Your tax-deductible donations and sponsorships support literacy programs, as well as local charities, food insecurity efforts, and other initiatives that benefit the greater Los Angeles community.

More about our programs:

Reading by 9

The program develops a bilingual parent reading guide containing book recommendations, local literacy resources and tips for incorporating reading into a child’s daily life. Read More

High School Insider

High School Insider give a voice to the next generation through a user-generated content website where young people from around Southern California can share the stories that matter most to them. Read More

Los Angeles Times in Education

Launched in 1986, the Los Angeles Times in Education program is our longest running education program and provides a real-world approach to learning. Read More

Los Angeles Times Book Club and forums

Our community book club connects L.A. readers with leading authors, innovators and thought leaders all year long. We want to get people talking again by making the newspaper not merely something to read every day but something to experience — something that brings us together. Read More

Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

For over 40 years, the Book Prizes have been dedicated to discovering new voices and celebrating the highest quality of writing across the spectrum of book publishing from fiction and biography to young adult literature, graphic novels, poetry, and more. Each year, we bring winners and finalists to theFestival of Books so readers can meet their favorite authors in person. Read More

Food Insecurity

The Los Angeles Times Food Bowl event series supports local business and celebrates the diverse culinary scene of Los Angeles. Every year Food Bowl partners with a Los Angeles based charity to provide meals and resources to those most in need.

To make a secure, tax-deductible donation online, click on the button below. You may also send checks payable to the California Community Foundation, noting that the donation is for the Los Angeles Times Community Fund. Checks should be mailed to:

California Community Foundation
717 W Temple St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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Contributions to the California Community Foundation represent irrevocable gifts subject to the legal and fiduciary control of the foundation’s board of directors. This charge will appear on your credit card statement as a payment to “Calif Comm Fdn – CCF”. In addition, California Community Foundation incurs a third-party administrative fee of 2.7 percent for credit card contributions. The foundation will charge the fee directly to the individual fund.