Community foundations
are instruments of
civil society designed to pool donations into a
coordinated investment and grant making facility
dedicated primarily to the social improvement
of a given place.
Families, individuals,
businesses, and nonprofit groups establish funds within
community foundations into which they can contribute a
variety of assets to be used for charitable purposes.
The people or organizations that establish the funds can
then recommend that grants be distributed, in the name
of the fund or anonymously, to qualified nonprofit
groups and schools. The donor receives a charitable
deduction in the year that gifts are made into their
funds.
The assets of community
foundations are pooled and invested, with donors
typically having a choice of investment products.
The funds established
at community foundations can be expendable funds (i.e.,
grants can be made in any amount at any time) or they
can be endowments, which limit distributions to the
interest earned on the assets. Endowments last in
perpetuity.
The first community
foundation was set up in
Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operating
now as the
Cleveland Foundation. Others soon followed including
the
California Community Foundation and the
Chicago Community Trust.
Community foundations
are now a global phenomenon. There are at least 700 in
the United States and perhaps 1000 more around the world
with numbers
growing rapidly.
The following is a list
of community foundations in California:
Amador Community Foundation
Contact: Shannon Lowery, Executive Director
114 Main Street, Suite 212
P.O. Box 1154
Jackson, CA 95642
Phone: (209)223-2148 Fax: (209)223-4569
Anaheim Community Foundation
Contact: Terry Lowe, CEO
200 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 433
Anaheim, CA 92805-3820
Phone: (714)765-5160 Fax: (714)765-4454
Website:
http://www.anaheimcommfound.org/
Aptos Community Foundation
Post Office Box 1433
Aptos, CA 95001
Phone: (831)662-4511
Avila Beach Community Foundation
191 San Miguel Street
Avila Beach, CA 93424
Phone: (805)595-2213
Belvedere Community Foundation
Post Office Box 484
Belvedere, CA 94920
Berkeley Community Fund
800 Jones Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: (510)525-5272 Fax: (510)525-5599
Website:
http://www.anaheimcommfound.org/
California Community Foundation
Contact: Antonia Hernandez, President & CEO
445 S. Figueroa Street, Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1638
Phone: (213)413-4130 Fax: (213)383-2046
Website: http://www.calfund.org/
Claremont Community Foundation
Contact: Nickie Cleaves, Interim Executive Director
205 Yale Avenue
Claremont, CA 91711-4725
Phone: (909)398-1060 Fax: (909)624-6629
Website:
http://www.claremontfoundation.org/
Coalinga Community Foundation
Post Office Box 124
Coalinga, CA 93210
Coastal Community Foundation
Contact: Mark Dowling, Board Member
Post Office Box 230415
Encinitas, CA 92023-0415
Phone: (760)942-9245 Fax: (760)753-1531
Website:
The Community Foundation (CA)
Contact: Sheryl Alexander, President/CEO
Suite 300
3880 Lemon Street
Riverside, CA 92501-3667
Phone: (951)684-4194 Fax: (951)684-1911
Website:
http://www.thecommunityfoundation.net/home/index.html
Corcoran Community Foundation
Post Office Box 655
Corcoran, CA 93212
Phone: (209)992-4514
Crockett Community Foundation
720 Second Avenue
Crockett, CA 94525
Desert Community Foundation
Contact: Ronald Gother, President
42-600 Cook Street
Suite 201B
Palm Desert, CA 92211-5143
Phone: (760)674-9080 Fax: (760)674-8121
East Bay Community Foundation
Contact: Michael M. Howe, President
De Domenico Building
200 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Oakland, CA 94612-2005
Phone: (510)836-3223 Fax: (510)625-8128
El Dorado Community Foundation
Contact: Stephen M. Healy, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1388
Placerville, CA 95667-1388
Phone: (530)622-5621 Fax: (530)626-7100
Website: http://www.eldoradocf.org/
Fresno Regional Foundation
Contact: Daniel DeSantis, Chief Executive Officer
5260 N. Palm Ave. Ste. 228
Fresno, CA 93704
Phone: (559)226-5600 Fax: (559)230-2078
Website:
http://www.fresnoregfoundation.org/
Glendale Community Foundation
Contact: Linda Stallcop, Office Administrator
330 Arden, Suite 130
Glendale, CA 91209-0313
Phone: (818)241-8040 Fax: (818)241-8045
Website:
http://www.glendalecommunityfoundation.org/
High Desert Community Foundation
Contact: Margie L. Milroy, Interim President
P.O. Box 2028
Apple Valley, CA 92307-0039
Phone: (760)333-0306 Fax: (760)242-3370
Website:
http://www.hdcfoundation.org/
The Community Foundation of Howard County
130 N. Brand
Glendale, CA 91203
Humboldt Area Foundation
Contact: Peter H. Pennekamp, Executive Director
373 Indianola Road
Bayside, CA 95524-9350
Phone: (707)442-2993 Fax: (707)442-3811
Email: peter@hafoundation.org
Website:
http://www.hafoundation.org/
Kern Community Foundation
Contact: Noel E. Daniells, President
1626 19th St, Ste 14
Bakersfield, CA 93301-4329
Phone: (661)325-5346 Fax: (661)325-5358
Website:
http://www.kernfoundation.org/
La Palma Community Foundation
7821 Walker Street
La Palma, CA 90623
Phone: (714)523-9090
South Lake Tahoe Area Fund
c/o El Dorado Community Foundation
P.O. Box 1388
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: (530)622-5621
Legacy Endowment...The Community Foundation
Contact: Tina Rainey, Executive Director
PO Box 2710
Fallbrook, CA 92088
Phone: (760)728-3304 Fax: (760)451-3604
Website:
http://www.legacycommunityfoundation.org/
Los Altos Community Foundation
183 Hillview Avenue
Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone: (650)949-5908 Fax: (650)949-0807
Website: http://losaltoscf.org/
Marin Community Foundation
Contact: Thomas Peters, Ph.D., President and CEO
5 Hamilton Landing, Suite 200
Novato, CA 94949-8262
Phone: (415)464-2500 Fax: (415)464-2555
Martinez Community Foundation
Post Office Box 789
Fairfield, CA 94533
Community Foundation of Mendocino County
Contact: Susanne Norgard, Executive Director
135 W. Gobbi Street, Suite 204
Ukiah, CA 95482-5476
Phone: (707)468-9882 Fax: (707)468-5529
Website:
http://www.communityfound.org/site/
Merced County Community Foundation
Contact: Mark Seivert, President
P.O. Box 3846
Merced, CA 95344
Phone: (209)201-4113 Fax: (209)385-8303
Mission Viejo Community Foundation
200 Civic Center
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Phone: (714)328-2341
Greater Modesto Community Foundation
Post Office Box 642
Modesto, CA 95353
Community Foundation for Monterey County
Contact: Todd Lueders, President/CEO
2354 Garden Road
Monterey, CA 93940
Phone: (831)375-9712 Fax: (831)375-4731
Website: http://www.cfmco.org/
Napa Valley
Community Foundation
Contact: Terence Mulligan, President
3299 Claremont Way, Suite 2
Napa, CA 94558
Phone: (707)254-9565 Fax: (707)254-7955
Website: http://napavalleycf.org/
North Valley Community Foundation
Contact: Alexa Leigh Valavanis , Executive Director
P.O. Box 6581
Chico, CA 95927-6581
Phone: (530)891-1150 Fax: (530)891-1502
Website: http://www.nvcf.org/
Community Foundation for Oak Park
P.O. Box 291
Agoura Hills, CA 91376
Phone: (310)813-6649
Ontario Community Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 1250
Ontario, CA 91762-3593
Orange County Community Foundation (CA)
Contact: Shelley Hoss, President
30 Corporate Park, Suite 410
Irvine, CA 92606-5131
Phone: (949)553-4202 Fax: (949)553-4211
Email: shoss@oc-cf.org
Website: http://www.oc-cf.org/
Paradise Community Foundation
Contact: Claudia C. Chapman, Executive Director
P.O. Box 2095
6249 Skyway
Paradise, CA 95969
Phone: (530)876-8033 Fax: (530)872-4093
Pasadena Community Foundation
Contact: Jennifer DeVoll, Executive Director
260 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 119
Pasadena, CA 91101-1910
Phone: (626)796-2097 Fax: (626)583-4738
Website: http://www.pasadenacf.org/
Placer Community Foundation
Contact: Veronica R. Blake, Chief Executive Officer
P.O. Box 9207
Auburn, CA 95604
Phone: (530)885-4920 Fax: (530)885-4989
Website: http://www.placercf.org/
Plumas Community Foundation
Contact: Michele Lynn Piller, Secretary/Member
PO Box 4157
Quincy, CA 95971-4157
Phone: (530)283-3611 Fax: (530)283-3647
Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Contact: Christina P. Wilson, Executive Director
P.O. Box 811
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-0811
Phone: (858)756-6557 Fax: (858)756-6561
Website:
http://www.rsffoundation.org/
Community Foundation of Richvale
1193 Richvale Highway
Richvale, CA 95974
Phone: (530)882-4861
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
Contact: Ruth Blank, Chief Executive Officer
740 University Avenue, Suite 110
Sacramento, CA 95825-6710
Phone: (916)921-7723 Fax: (916)921-7725
Website: http://www.sacregcf.org/
The San Diego Foundation
Contact: Robert A. Kelly, President and CEO
2508 Historic Decator Rd., Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone: (619)235-2300 Fax: (619)239-1710
Email: bob@sdfoundation.org
Website:
http://www.sdfoundation.org/
The San Francisco Foundation
Contact: Sandra R. Hernández MD, Chief Executive Officer
225 Bush Street, Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94104-4275
Phone: (415)733-8500 Fax: (415)477-2783
Website: http://www.sff.org/
San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation
Contact: Barry VanderKelen , Executive Director
P.O. Box 1580
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406-1580
Phone: (805)543-2323 Fax: (805)543-2346
Website: http://www.sloccf.org/
San Marcos Community Foundation
One Civic Center Drive
San Marcos, CA 92069
Phone: (760)744-1050
Santa Barbara Foundation
Contact: Charles O. Slosser, President & CEO
15 East Carrillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2780
Phone: (805)963-1873 Fax: (805)966-2345
Website:
http://www.sbfoundation.org/
The Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
Contact: Lance Linares, Executive Director
2425 Porter Street, Suite 17
Soquel, CA 95073-2454
Phone: (831)477-0800 Fax: (831)477-0991
Email: lance@cfscc.org
Website: http://www.cfscc.org/
Santa Ynez Valley Foundation
P.O. Box 389
Los Olivos, CA 93441
Shasta Regional Community Foundation
Contact: Kathy Ann Anderson, MA, Executive Director
1335 Arboretum Dr., Suite B
Redding, CA 96003-5349
Phone: (530)244-1219 Fax: (530)244-0905
Website: http://www.shastarcf.org/
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Contact: Emmett D. Carson Ph.D., President and CEO
1700 South El Camino Real, Suite 300
San Mateo, CA 94402-3049
Phone: (650)358-9369 Fax: (650)358-9817
Email:
edcarson@siliconvalleycf.org
Website:
http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/
Solano Community Foundation
Contact: Stephanie Wolf, President & CEO
1261 Travis Blvd, Suite 320
Fairfield, CA 94533
Phone: (707)399-3846 Fax: (707)399-3849
Website:
http://www.solanocf.org/index.aspx
Community Foundation Sonoma County
Contact: Kay M. Marquet, President and CEO
250 D Street, Suite 205
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-4773
Phone: (707)579-4073 Fax: (707)579-4801
Email: kmarquet@sonomacf.org
Website: http://www.sonomacf.org/
Sonora Area Foundation
Contact: Mick Grimes , Executive Director
Box 577
20100 Cedar Road No. Ste E
Sonora, CA 95370-0577
Phone: (209)533-2596 Fax: (209)533-2412
Website: http://www.sonora-area.org
Stanislaus Community Foundation
Contact: Patty Stone, CEO
1226 11th Street, Suite B
Modesto, CA 95354
Phone: (209)576-1908 Fax: (209)576-1609
Website:
http://www.stanislauscommunityfoundation.org/
Truckee Tahoe Community Foundation
Contact: Lisa Dobey , CEO
P.O. Box 366
Truckee, CA 96160-0366
phone: (530)587-1776 Fax: (530)550-7985
Email: lisa@ttcf.net
Website: http://www.ttcf.net/
Vacaville Community Foundation
P. O. Box 63954, MAC 0103-179
San Francisco, CA 94163
Valley Foundation (Santa Ynez)
Contact: Diane L. Howe
540 Alisal Road, Suite 10
Solvang, CA 93463
Phone: (805)688-2991 Fax: (805)688-1741
Website:
http://www.thevalleyfoundation.org/
Ventura County Community Foundation
Contact: Hugh J. Ralston, President & CEO
1317 Del Norte Road, Suite 150
Camarillo, CA 93010-8504
Phone: (805)988-0196 Fax: (805)485-5537
Website: http://www.vccf.org/
Wild Rivers Community Foundation
879 J Street
Crescent City, CA 95531
Phone: (707)464-1582
Yucca Valley Foundation
P.O. Box 1911
Yucca Valley, CA 92286
Phone: (760)365-7219 Fax: (760)365-8824
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