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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Digbeth in Birmingham, England has been appointed as the new social enterprise quarter. Social enterprises are sprouting up in the area, comprising of 57 of these businesses flanked between High Gate and Hurst Street.