The Long Beach Community Foundation was founded in 1996 by the Estate Planning & Trust Council of Long Beach and an advisory board of local community leaders in collaboration with the California Community Foundation.
In 2003, a grant to open an office in Long Beach was provided by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
LONG BEACH >> A former Long Beach Transit administrator will take over as the new president and CEO of the Long Beach Community Foundation...more
The Long Beach Community Foundation is all about helping the community, so it seems only fitting that a community effort — specifically a Jordan High School program — is remodeling the...more
Dorothy Wise, seated at left; Jean Bixby Smith; Jim Worsham, standing at left, Leo Vander Lans and Kevin McGuan are among the supporters of the Long Beach Community Foundation. The organization...more
For the last 16 years, the Long Beach Community Foundation has primarily been an idea with a bank account — an entity to help people with directed charitable giving. Now it has a building, too. But...more
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