Justice Fund is Building A Pipeline of Immigration Law Defenders
February 13, 2019
In communities across the country, our immigrant neighbors are living with the heightened fear that the lives they have built here will be destroyed, their families will be traumatically torn apart and the contributions they have made to our shared prosperity will be lost. Here in Los Angeles County, home to more than 3.5 million […]
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No Gift Too Small: Responding to California Wildfires Together
December 19, 2018
Last month, the Harris sisters watched in horror as communities across California were engulfed in flames — lives catastrophically disrupted and entire towns reduced to ash. What could two young girls do in the face of such devastation? Determined to help, they decided to turn lemons into lemonade. The sisters set up shop on a […]
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Ask a CCF Grantmaker: Kelly King Shares Insight on Education Grantmaking
October 24, 2018
Kelly King, CCF’s senior program officer who directs the Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund, answers questions about Education grantmaking.
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Get to Know Rosemary Veniegas, CCF’s Community Health Champion
September 25, 2018
Rosemary Veniegas is a community health champion who has been working to strengthen Los Angeles communities for decades. She first joined the CCF family in 2012 and is now leading efforts to ensure all Angelenos have access to high-quality care, as the Foundation’s senior health program officer. Equipped with a Ph.D. in psychology and two […]
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Donor Spotlight: Ken & Diane Bishop
July 26, 2018
Earlier this year, CCF donors Ken and Diane Bishop and their families joined us to help welcome our neighbors home. At a housing development built and managed by People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), a CCF grantee and Home L.A. Fund partner, they assembled “Welcome Home Kits” for families moving out of homelessness and into supportive […]
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Homeward Bound: the History, Impact and Future of Proposition HHH and Measure H
March 7, 2018
Every night, nearly 60,000 men, women and children in Los Angeles County go to sleep homeless. Over the course of a year, that number climbs to more than 150,000, enough to fill the Rose Bowl, the Staples Center, the Forum and the Hollywood Bowl. Exactly one year ago today, Angelenos came together to say “enough” […]
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Southern California Wildfire Relief
December 28, 2017
Devastating wildfires are tearing through Southern California, destroying homes and forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate. In Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, the Thomas Fire has destroyed more than 1000 homes, businesses and other structures, including Vista del Mar Hospital, which was fully evacuated before it burned to the ground. As of December 28, the […]
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Vote Yes on Proposition HHH!
November 8, 2016
Today, voters in the City of Los Angeles have the opportunity to take a bold step in stopping the housing crisis and make a lasting impact in the lives of their fellow Angelenos. Nearly 50,000 L.A. County residents are without homes, enough to fill Dodger Stadium. Proposition HHH is a housing bond on the City […]
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Now is the Time to Act on Homelessness
November 5, 2016
By Antonia Hernández Like you, I care deeply about Los Angeles – this imperfect paradise we call home. It’s where millions of people come from all over the world to provide a better life for themselves and their families. Today, we are faced with one of the toughest challenges to impact our community in our […]
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New IRS Ruling Gives Donors More Options
August 22, 2016
by Don Gottesman, JD, LLM (Tax) Donors who create gifts to benefit their favorite charity and themselves often prefer the amount they receive to be of the same amount, on a regular basis. Thanks to an IRS ruling this month, donors now have an additional option when making their gift. Identical payments allow donors to […]
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