The California Community Foundation supports a diverse portfolio of high-impact college access and success organizations serving low-income students in Los Angeles County. Each year, these nonprofit partners collectively help tens of thousands of students get to and through college, graduating at rates far higher than local or national averages. These organizations contribute to the cohort through shared best practices, a collective data system and other collaborative ventures. Since LASIF’s launch in 2012, a total of 30 organizations have received support, benefiting more than 26,000 students and their families.
Launched in 2012, the Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund (LASIF) is increasing the number of low-income L.A. County youth who achieve their dream of a college degree. By combining need-based scholarships with intensive services before and during college, LASIF addresses the multifaceted financial, academic and personal barriers that have led to a college completion crisis in our community. In this brochure, you can discover the extent of the college graduation crisis in Los Angeles and how LASIF is helping thousands of Angeleno youth get to and through college.
LOS ANGELES – April 5, 2016 – The California Community Foundation (CCF) has awarded $5,880,196 through 44 grants to Los Angeles County nonprofit organizations working to address the needs of our region. Grants this quarter include support for the Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund (LASIF). Launched in 2012, LASIF goes beyond scholarships to help L.A. students get to and through college. This latest round of $1.6 million to LASIF funds high-performing organizations that deploy critical services like mentorship to ensure college success for students. Additional grants reflect the foundation’s diverse priority areas in the arts, civic engagement, education, health, housing and economic opportunity, immigrant integration and nonprofit sustainability. Please see below for a full list of grants this quarter. CCF supports this critical work in the community through funds entrusted to the foundation by donors throughout its 100-year history. “Our partnerships with thousands of donors and organizations make it possible for us to contribute to strengthening Los Angeles County in a variety of areas,” said CCF President and CEO Antonia Hernández. “I am proud of the work being done in the community to help L.A. reach its full potential.” The California Community Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life for all Los Angeles County residents by addressing the root causes of the county’s most urgent problems. The foundation has served as a public, charitable organization since 1915, empowering donors to pursue their own personal passions and to collaborate with us in transforming Los Angeles County. CCF stewards $1.5 billion in assets and manages nearly 1,600 charitable foundations, funds and legacies. For more information, please visit www.calfund.org. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANTS BY FUNDING AREA March 2016 PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES NUMBER OF GRANTS AMOUNT Arts · Getty Foundation · Ford Theatre Foundation 2 $250,000 Civic Engagement · Advancement Project · CD Tech 2 $230,000 Education Pipeline · Center for Early Education · Friends of the Family · Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors · Community Coalition* · InnerCity Struggle* · Proyecto Pastoral · Center for Powerful Public Schools · Los Angeles Education Partnership 10 $1,075,000 Health · Antelope Valley Partners for Health · Community Health Alliance of Pasadena · Korean Health, Education, Information and Research Center · Los Angeles Food Policy Council · Pacific Clinics · Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital · Samuel Dixon Family Health Center · T.H.E. Health and Wellness Center · University of California, Los Angeles · University of Southern California · California Emerging Technology Fund · Familia Unida · Wilshire Boulevard Temple 13 $932,776 Housing & Economic Opportunity · Housing California · Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing · Local Initiatives Support Corporation · Homeboy Industries · L.A. Kitchen 5 $430,000 Immigrant Integration · American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California · Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles 2 $1,097,420 Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund · Bright Prospect · Heart of Los Angeles Youth, Inc. · Pasadena City College Foundation · Project GRAD Los Angeles · United Friends of the Children · Walking Shield, Inc. · Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles · P.F. Bresee Foundation · South Central Scholars 9 $1,615,000 Nonprofit Sustainability · Nonprofit Sustainability Initiative 1 $250,000 GRAND TOTAL 44 $5,880,196 *Received two grants this quarter. CONTACT Taleen Ananian tananian@www.calfund.org (213) 452-6203
By Antonia Hernández
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Employer-Sponsored Relief Funds are established at public charities like the California Community Foundation for the purpose of providing one-time grants to employees and their family members who are victims of a qualified disaster or emergency hardship.