“Safer at Home” & Our Homeless Community
April 1, 2020
By Ben J. Winter, CCF’s Senior Program Officer, Housing & Economic Opportunity In 2019, the homeless crisis was on the front-page of newspapers almost daily and a frequent topic of conversation for many Angelenos–and for a good reason. The number of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County reached nearly 59,000 in 2019, a 12 […]
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1st Annual Immigration Summit
January 13, 2020
Immigrants from all over the world have created a home in L.A. County for generations. The diversity of the immigrant communities and their contributions to the social, economic and cultural life help make our region the dynamic and vibrant metropolis it is today. Los Angeles is where the world meets. What can we do to […]
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Mentorship on the Mountaintop
May 7, 2015
By Chris Chandler On his first trip out into the mountains, Jose got to witness the power of the backcountry. He was not in the best physical shape and was fighting a cold. He struggled from the start, feeling discouraged and ready to give up. But with encouragement from us and his peers, he kept […]
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Not Just Numbers: How Tax Form 990 Can Tell An Organization's Story
May 16, 2014
This week, hundreds of thousands of nonprofits whose fiscal years ended in December filed a Tax Form 990, the annual return required of many tax-exempt organizations. While the full 990 is required for tax-exempt organizations with average annual receipts of over $200,000 (organizations with receipts between $50,000 and $200,000 file a simpler 990EZ, and those […]
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Omar Brownson: Cast a Vote Today!
October 3, 2013
By Omar Brownson, Executive Director of the Los Angeles River Revitalization CorporationWhat LA landmark did Mayor Garcetti just select to welcome visitors at LAX? The Los Angeles River. Less than three years ago when I was asked to become the first executive director of the LA River Corp., I did not even know that LA […]
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Time Travel and Tutoring: How to Grow a Nonprofit One Time Traveler at a Time
March 13, 2013
By Joel Arquillos Like you, I woke up this morning and headed to work. Unlike you, my office is a ‘lab’ fronted by a Time Travel Mart. In this mart, we sell everything the good folks in the community need to enjoy safe and successful time travel: Mammoth Chunks, Robot Milk, Viking Odorant, and Hair […]
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Connecting Communities Through Technology
July 18, 2012
For many, data can be a static representation of a demographic, geography, numbers or figures. But what would it look like if information was interactive? Many organizations and companies are working to create better and better interactive data gathering and mapping platforms. For nonprofits, foundations and other organizations in the business of changing the world, […]
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May 16, 2012
WHIAAPI: Changing the World for AAPIs on Prezi May is Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month (APIAHM). While there is much to celebrate in terms of accomplishments and advancement by the Asian Pacific Islander American community, this post highlights something different. A few weeks ago I had the honor of attending the first-ever national philanthropic […]
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Collaboration: Principled Conflict
May 2, 2012
Last weekend was a big one for organizations and people in the business of philanthropy. Individuals ranging from CEOs to program staff of family, corporate, community and private foundations gathered together in Los Angeles for the Annual 2012 Council on Foundation Conference. For many, the opening plenary on how philanthropy responded to crises in the […]
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