History
1915 – CCF is established by Joseph Sartori and managed by Security Trust and Savings Bank in Los Angeles. For the next 65 years, the community foundation stays relatively small and is affectionately known as the “typewriter foundation” for making small grants mostly for equipment and capital.
1946 – Mary Bierce becomes first full-time employee of the foundation. Joseph Sartori passes and leaves the foundation $1 million in his estate.
1955 – The foundation achieves $10 million in assets and awards $300,000 in grants.
1963 – The first donor advised funds are established at the foundation by Eugene and Harold Stern.
1976 – David Hess is named Executive Secretary of the foundation which, at this time, still functions in very close association with the trust department of Security Pacific National Bank as a "trust-form" community foundation.
1980 – David Hess resigns as Executive Secretary and the board of trustees recruits and hires Jack Shakely as the foundation's first Executive Director.
1986 – When the AIDS epidemic begins ravaging Los Angeles, CCF and donors take the lead in addressing prevention, treatment and social services, funding vital programs that are deemed “too controversial” by government agencies.
1986 – As a result of a fire that nearly destroys the historic Los Angeles Public Library, CCF launches the Save the Books campaign and 10,000 donors respond.
1988 – With an initial gift from the J. Paul Getty Trust, CCF establishes an annual fellowship program for emerging and mid-career visual artists who live and work in L.A.
1997 – Peter Drucker, the father of modern management and a mentor of CCF executive vice president Joe Lumarda, names CCF one of the 10 best-managed nonprofits in the U.S.
1999 – The sale of Centinela Hospital Medical Center results in the creation of the Centinela Medical Community Fund and Centinela Medical Care Fund at CCF to ensure that residents of Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lennox, Los Angeles, El Segundo, Watts, Compton and Lawndale continue to have access to affordable health care services.
2000 – With gifts from two anonymous donors, CCF establishes a fund to provide fast, one-time assistance to individuals in dire financial situations, asking only that beneficiaries “pass it along” with two acts of kindness to others.
2002 – CCF establishes the Community Foundation Land Trust in order to create development opportunities for affordable homes, achieve equity appreciation for entry-level homeowners and ensure homes remain permanently affordable for generations. Over the next seven years, CCF will invest more than $20 million in properties within Los Angeles County.
2004 – Jack Shakely retires after 24 years spent growing the assets of the foundation, distinguishing CCF in national philanthropic circles, and laying the groundwork for future expansion of the foundation's assets and influence in the region. Antonia Hernández, a former member of the foundation's board of directors, becomes the California Community Foundation's President and CEO.
2006 – In October, the foundation announces a $200 million bequest from the late philanthropist Joan Palevsky. Her unrestricted gift is CCF’s largest to date, boosting its assets to more than $1 billion and doubling its community grantmaking to about $20 million annually.
2006 – CCF launches the El Monte Community Building Initiative (CBI), a landmark 10-year initiative to engage residents of the City of El Monte in developing solutions that will ensure children and youth grow up healthier and better prepared for college and careers.
2006 – CCF opens the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund (IADIF) with one donor for the purpose of funding nonprofit organizations that support U.S. military personnel and families who are being impacted by deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
2007 – CCF launches the Los Angeles Preschool Advocacy Initiative (LAPAI) to educate parents on the importance of early learning and involvement in their children's education, engage local and regional policymakers, and award grants to nonprofit organizations.
2008 – The foundation achieves $1 billion in assets, managing 1,500 unique charitable funds.
2009 – CCF makes emergency grants to support the fight of massive wildfires in the Angeles National Forest, as it did in response to similar California fires in 2003 and in 2007.
2010 – CCF receives the Council on Foundations' 2010 Critical Impact Award for community foundations for the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund. Since 2006, IADIF has distributed $243 million to 53 nonprofits nationwide for the support of more than two million troops and family members.
2010 – The 2010 Census Initiative of CCF achieves its goal of a 70 percent participation rate by L.A. County residents in the population census through a combination of cross-sector partnerships, strategic grantmaking, and innovative technology and data.
2011 – CCF and The Eisner Foundation honor six outstanding nonprofits and three extraordinary individuals with the Unsung Heroes of Los Angeles Awards.
2011 – An anonymous bequest allows CCF to launch "Preparing Achievers for Tomorrow" (PAT), a $12 million investment in community-based nonprofits providing music, sports and recreation programs to 14-18 year olds in South L.A.
2012 – CCF launches a five-year, $5 million initiative, called Building a Lifetime of Opportunities and Options for Men (BLOOM), concentrated in South L.A.
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