Long Beach Community Foundation



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.

Web Address

www.longbeachcf.org

Social Media Links

Twitter - @LBCommunityFdn


Assets and Giving for Long Beach Community Foundation

Assets

2019 - 55,668,280
2018 - 48,832,396
2017 - 35,549,705
Domestic Grants

2019 - 4,893,582
2018 - 1,907,087


    

Recent News from Long Beach Community Foundation


Philanthropy Groups Face Generational Differences As New Crowd Emerges
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

The generational differences, however, can sometimes become a “double edged sword” and has created new challenges for managing today's philanthropic organizations at a time when many...more

Philanthropic Organizations Work To Create Sustainable Paths For Addressing Needs
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

By Tiffany Rider - Senior Writer April 24, 2012 - The philanthropic sector is working to adapt to a new standard in a post-2008 economy impacted by the “Great Recession.” It is now making strides...more

Long Beach Community Foundation to Host Panel for Latin American Delegates
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

Delegates from eleven different countries of Latin America to participate in the three-week professional exchange program to examine the grassroots of democracy in the United States. Long Beach...more

Producers Forum to Keep Revival of Public Access Project Moving Forward
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) and Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP) are moving forward with the revival of public access for Long Beach. The Public Access Digital Network...more

Report Finds City's Residents Connect To Community
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Long Beach Community Foundation

Long Beach's residents are more attached to and passionate about their home town than most comparable cities, according to a study to be released tonight by the Knight Foundation in conjunction...more

School District Gains Community Support
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

Ruth Peck provided $40000, and Frank and Margie Newell contributed a total of $35000 from the LeBurta Atherton Foundation and their own donor-advised fund at the Long Beach Community Foundation....more

Send-a-Kid-to-Camp program draws a million smiles
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

By Tom Hennessy, Press-Telegram Columnist In 1999, when the Press-Telegram joined with the Long Beach Community Foundation to send youngsters to summer camp, we never dreamed of collecting such an...more

Restaurant chain `shells' out to send kids to camp
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

The Long Beach Community Foundation has received $7497.31 from Johnny Rebs' "Shell Out for Charity" program for the Send-a-Kid-to-Camp program. ...See all stories on this topic...more

RFP for Project evaluation for Atlantic Avenue Connected Corridor
Foundation: Long Beach Community Foundation

Long Beach Community Foundation is seeking proposals for a professional evaluation of the Atlantic Avenue Connected Corridor Community Collaboration project ...See all stories on this topic...more

Endowment Will Inform, Engage Residents
Foundation: Knight Foundation, Long Beach Community Foundation

By Harry Saltzgaver A $2.5 million endowment will be created over the next seven years at the Long Beach Community Foundation to help create an informed and ...See all stories on this topic...more



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