Category: LBCF Services
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Is an Agency Fund Right For Your Nonprofit? September 14, 2022 An agency fund can be established by 501c3 nonprofit organizations for the benefit of their own organization and is an effective and efficient way to create stability and financial diversification for the future of the organization. An agency fund isread more
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Is a Donor Advised Fund Right For You? June 2, 2022 A donor advised fund (DAF) is right for you if you are: Looking for a way to simplify and organize your annual charitable giving With a DAF you can give to qualified charitable organizations, churches, or schools throughout the year and throughoutread more
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Long Beach Community Foundation Awards Safely Surrendered Children College Scholarship August 20, 2020 If you’ve had the opportunity to talk to former Los Angeles County Supervisor, Don Knabe about the Safe Surrender Scholarship Fund you will quickly sense how heartfelt and passionate he is about this part of his legacy. In 2014 he broughtread more
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3 Reasons to Choose a Community Foundation for Your Donor Advised Fund March 6, 2020 Today’s charitable giving landscape is diverse with a variety of options to help maximize your giving while practicing tax-smart philanthropy. In 2018 contributions to donor advised funds, which have existed in the US since 1914, totaled $37.12 billion and areread more
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Ways to Talk About Charitable Giving with Family and Friends November 26, 2019 For many families, Thanksgiving is a time for traditions. Maybe it’s serving a traditional turkey meal or each person sharing what they are most thankful for. This season is also traditionally known for charity, so the Long Beach Community Foundationread more
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LBCF’s $100,000 Impact Celebration September 19, 2019 We celebrated LBCF’s $100,000 impact to local nonprofits, given mainly through LBCF’s Community Impact Fund. These nonprofits are moving the needle on housing and homeless issues, poverty, education, youth development, and mental health issues facing the greater Long Beach community.read more
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LBCF’s Community Impact Fund: Making a Difference When and Where it’s Needed Most September 9, 2019 During 2018, the LBCF Community Impact Fund made a grant to Urban Community Outreach, a local nonprofit, to help address the housing and homelessness crisis currently impacting our city. Thanks to LBCF’s funding, Urban Community Outreach was able to provideread more
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Private Family Foundations… Perfect or Passé? It Really Depends. July 24, 2019 In 2019, Paula Moore and her Trust Attorney Scott Magee turned to the Long Beach Community Foundation (LBCF) to convert a private family foundation to a donor advised fund. Why you might ask? Because it just simplifies her giving. Theread more
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Sometimes It’s About Wine May 24, 2019 It’s sometimes hard to anticipate a client’s needs. Richard Malley, CPA certainly didn’t think he would find himself helping an aging client donate the lifetime wine collection of her deceased husband, but he did. And the Long Beach Community Foundationread more