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Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos Community Foundation is a charitable organization recognized by the IRS as a special class of foundation, which offers significant tax benefits to donors who use it as a vehicle for their charitable giving.
The Foundation supports the community by making grants for local programs, building an endowment for the future, and managing philanthropic funding for other organizations and individuals.
Web Address
www.losaltoscf.org/
The Foundation supports the community by making grants for local programs, building an endowment for the future, and managing philanthropic funding for other organizations and individuals.
Web Address
www.losaltoscf.org/
Assets and Giving for Los Altos Community Foundation
Assets
2020 - 21,970,360
2019 - 17,257,991
2018 - 12,012,459
2017 - 10,690,576
2020 - 21,970,360
2019 - 17,257,991
2018 - 12,012,459
2017 - 10,690,576
Domestic Grants
2020 - 4,600,066
2019 - 1,945,722
2018 - 2,810,084
2020 - 4,600,066
2019 - 1,945,722
2018 - 2,810,084
Recent News from Los Altos Community Foundation
Museum rolls out slate of programs supporting Asian Pacific exhibition
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation, Los Altos Community Foundation
The exhibition is supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with additional local sponsorship by Los Altos Community...more
Foundation: Kellogg Foundation, Los Altos Community Foundation
The exhibition is supported by a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with additional local sponsorship by Los Altos Community...more
Live music, store promotions highlight First Friday
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos Forward, a project of Los Altos Community Foundation that aims to promote vibrancy in downtown Los Altos, organizes Club 55 and...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos Forward, a project of Los Altos Community Foundation that aims to promote vibrancy in downtown Los Altos, organizes Club 55 and...more
First-Time Donors Win $1000 LACF Grant
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
First-time donors Lee Ann & Martin Shell, present their $1000 grant to the MVLA High School...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
First-time donors Lee Ann & Martin Shell, present their $1000 grant to the MVLA High School...more
Szekely estate bequeaths $1.8M to Los Altos Community Foundation
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
“We encourage anyone in the community to leave a planned gift to Los Altos Community Foundation as a way of establishing a personal legacy for...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
“We encourage anyone in the community to leave a planned gift to Los Altos Community Foundation as a way of establishing a personal legacy for...more
Los Altos Community Foundation gives more than $60K to nonprofits
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos Community Foundation recently awarded more than $60,000 through its Community Grants program to 14 local nonprofit organizations...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Los Altos Community Foundation recently awarded more than $60,000 through its Community Grants program to 14 local nonprofit organizations...more
Mountain View Community to Vote Online for $25k, $50k and $100K Grants
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Joe Eyre, Managing Director of Inspire Mountain View Community Challenge, and Executive Director of Los Altos Community Foundation...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Joe Eyre, Managing Director of Inspire Mountain View Community Challenge, and Executive Director of Los Altos Community Foundation...more
LACF's E3 Youth Philanthropy awards $10000 in local grants
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
E3 Youth Philanthropy, a Los Altos Community Foundation program, recently awarded $10,000 in grants to five local nonprofit groups focusing...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
E3 Youth Philanthropy, a Los Altos Community Foundation program, recently awarded $10,000 in grants to five local nonprofit groups focusing...more
Simitian shares tips for successful advocacy
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian discussed the keys to successful advocacy at Los Altos Community Foundation's Feb. 15...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian discussed the keys to successful advocacy at Los Altos Community Foundation's Feb. 15...more
LACF oversees grants program for improving Mountain View
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
The goal, according to Los Altos Community Foundation Executive Director Joe Eyre, is to make the city “a more compassionate and...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
The goal, according to Los Altos Community Foundation Executive Director Joe Eyre, is to make the city “a more compassionate and...more
Claudia Coleman Longtime volunteer, philanthropist takes the 'LEAD'
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
She continues with the El Camino Hospital Foundation and Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF), where she is recent past...more
Foundation: Los Altos Community Foundation
She continues with the El Camino Hospital Foundation and Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF), where she is recent past...more
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Amit Kataria, who lost his lower limbs to polio, has launched his social enterprise, Rural Organisation for Social Empowerment (ROSE) to create employment for at least one member of every household in Haryana, North Central India.