Press Releases
2023
2022
- Long Beach Community Foundation Almost Doubles Scholarships Granted in 2022 (7/2022)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Announces New Chairman, Continued Growth, and New Initiatives for the Future (2/2022)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Opens Scholarship and Grant Opportunities (02/2022)
2021
- Long Beach Community Foundation Awards Over $100,000 in Scholarships (07/20/2021)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Supports Students with Four Scholarships Offered in 2021 (02/05/2021)
2020
- Long Beach Mural Project Unites Four Organizations to Improve Central Long Beach Preschool and Employ People with Social, Physical and/or Mental Challenges (11/6/2020)
- $5,000 Scholarships for Safely Surrendered Infants – Now Adults Makes College a Reality in Fall 2020 (7/7/2020)
- Houghton Park “Sound Garden” Unveiled Interactive Art Installation Is Designed to Foster Creativity and Community Interactions (3/19/2020) **Event was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Scholarship Encourages Future Public School Teachers (01/06/2020)
2019
- 2019 Wills & Trusts Presentations (10/22/2019)
- Former LA County Supervisor Don Knabe Creates Scholarship Fund for Safely Surrendered Infants at LBCF (9/17/2019)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Distributes $100,000 in Grants to Local Nonprofits (9/10/2019)
- College-to-Career Partnership Initiated to Benefit Local College Graduates (4/24/2019)
Prior Years
- Long Beach Community Foundation’s Second Around the Table Event to Address Homelessness (11/27/2018)
- A Fresh New Look for the Mental Health America of Los Angeles Wellness Center (10/11/2018)
- Complimentary Long Beach Seminars on Wills and Trusts Sponsored by the Long Beach Community Foundation (9/17/2018)
- 3,000 Long Beach Resident Voices Heard; Around the Table Event Results Released Today (4/17/2018)
- Historical Partnership Kicks Off First News Series October 24th (10/23/2017)
- Long Beach Rescue Mission Residents Looking Forward to Quality of Life Improvements (10/10/2017)
- First Ever LBCF Funders Collaborative to Establish New Youth Program (8/9/2017)
- Largest One-Day, Citywide Community Conversation Slated for September (7/27/2017)
- Around the Table: Largest One-Day, Citywide Community Conversation Slated for September (7/27/2017)
- LBCF Names Jean Bixby Smith Chair Emeritus (6/13/2017)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Hits $30 Million In Assets (5/4/2017)
- Long Beach Area Students Receive STEM Scholarships (1/17/2017)
- Daycare for Homeless Children Gets Upgrades, LBCF National Philanthropy Day 2016 (9/1/2016)
- LBCF Celebrates 20 Years (6/9/2016)
- Local Trafficking Victims Win a Chance At New Life (3/23/2016)
- $2.5 Million Granted in 2015 (1/5/2016)
- Extend Your Charitable Giving in 2015 (12/28/2015)
- IRA Charitable Rollover Is Permanent Law (12/21/2015)
- The Long Beach Community Foundation Builds A Community Garden at the Boys and Girls Club (11/13/2015)
- Nonprofits Gather to Learn More About Managing Their Reserves and Receiving Planned Gifts (9/29/2015)
- $120,000 Pool of Long Beach Civic Innovation Grants (9/23/2015)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Exceeds $25 Million in Assets (12/26/2014)
- End of Year Charitable Options Available Now: U.S. Senate Votes Yes to Tax Break for IRA Charitable Rollovers (12/18/2014)
- Nonprofit Daycare Gets a New Entryway (12/2/2014)
- Long Beach Community Foundation Transitions Into a New Era With Netherton as Board Chair (5/29/2013)
- 4th Annual Digital Media Arts Summit & EXPO (9/17/2012)
- Public Access (PADNET) for Long Beach Moves Forward with Producers Forum (11/29/2011)
- LBCF to Award B of A Emergency Grants for Healthcare Services along Atlantic Corridor (3/29/2010)
- Knight Foundation Commits $70 Million to Community Foundations Nationwide (1/7/2010)
- Long Beach’s Sophiline Cheam Shapiro named 2009 USA Knight Fellow (12/15/2009)
- Knight Foundation announces USA Knight Fellowships (12/7/2009)
- LBCF 2009 strategic grant to Historical Society Cambodian archive project (8/10/2009)
- Connected Corridor Phase 2 Grants (6/10/2009)
- Art Start (12/2/2008)
- Knight Funds (8/6/2008)
- Connected Corridor Phase 1 Grants (6/6/2008)
- LBCF Begins Independence with $550,000 to Test Model of Civic Leadership (9/24/2007)