CCF grantees like the Little Tokyo Service Center and Chinatown Service Center are working to change mental health stigma in AAPI communities — one meal, one workshop, one conversation at a time. Read more: https://bit.ly/4uvSG1m

A proud moment for Los Angeles: TIME has named our President and CEO, Miguel A. Santana, in its 2026 TIME100 Philanthropy list, honoring the most influential leaders shaping the future of giving. Congratulations to each of the inspiring leaders featured: https://bit.ly/4dkGfPP

Next week, our President and CEO Miguel A. Santana will be discussing housing and wildfire recovery with LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and POLITICO’s Liam Dillon at The California Agenda: Los Angeles. Request an invitation here: https://californiaagendalosangelesrequest.splashthat.com/

Our President & CEO Miguel A. Santana joined host Kate Cagle on the LA Times Studio podcast "Rebuilding L.A." to speak plainly about what's at stake for survivors nearly 500 days after the January 7 fires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiWusfaGSzg #PalisadesFire #DenaStrong #EatonFire

We’re grateful to our partners: Pasadena Community Foundation, UniHealth Foundation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, New Balance Foundation, The Starbucks Foundation, & Jewish Federation Los Angeles, in collaboration with Health Net. Full list of grantees: https://bit.ly/4dmWavu

Measure ULA raised over $1 billion for affordable housing. So why are 36,000 approved units still unbuilt — and rents still rising? Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4tp6lWB

Our President and CEO Miguel A. Santana was honored to keynote the 53rd Annual Pasadena Mayor's Interfaith Prayer Breakfast last week at the invitation of Mayor Victor M. Gordo, hosted by Friends in Deed. #DenaStrong #WildfireRecovery

Architecture shapes every city. But who gets to shape architecture? At today's AIA|LA Immigration Summit, CCF's Miguel A. Santana made the case: LA's diversity is its greatest competitive advantage. Build the pathways. The city we're designing for LA28 depends on it. 📐🦺

Carmen always loved art. She never imagined it would make her a leader. After co-creating a public mural in MacArthur Park and finding her voice through LA Commons' CCF-supported youth leadership council, she's now the first in her family to go to college. Read more: https://bit.ly/4evI6SN

We're excited to share that the Catalyst Projects webpage for California Jobs First in Los Angeles County has been updated! Head to the link below to explore the work our grantees are doing to invest in the economic future of LA. 🔗 lacerf.org/catalystprojects

A giant fire map helping survivors navigate recovery in Malibu. 🗺️ Ceramics classes helping families heal. 🏺 Direct cash support for older adults rebuilding after the Eaton Fire. 💵 💙 Read these stories and more in this month’s newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/4c9ba1bf56a7/april-2026-ccf-newsletter

Pomona residents joined @CalFund to voice urgent concerns on housing, safety, and health access, plus the impact of federal immigration raids.

Happy Arbor Day! 🌳 Building a good life for all in Los Angeles means investing in greener, healthier neighborhoods across every zip code. Sources: StreetsLA Urban Forestry Division; TreePeople + Loyola Marymount Center for Urban Resilience (2019 LA Tree Canopy Assessment)

LA County’s Quality of Life score just hit its lowest point on record. This is just one snapshot of what Angelenos are navigating. Dive into CCF’s April newsletter for community-led solutions & the people working to move LA forward: https://mailchi.mp/4c9ba1bf56a7/april-2026-ccf-newsletter

Today, Hope Crisis Response Network is breaking ground on its first home rebuild. This is for the Campbell family, who lost their home of more than 50 years in the Eaton Fire. The California Community Foundation is proud to support HCRN’s work.

Last year, Altadena residents made sure Earth Day still happened just months after the Eaton Fire. This year, supported in part by the California Community Foundation & hosted by Soul Force Project, the celebration grew. 🌿 Happy Earth Day to everyone working to protect the places they call home. 💚

Out in Pasadena this weekend for Pasadena Humane’s Wiggle Waggle Walk & Run 🐾💙 We’re proud to support Pasadena Humane, including their recent work caring for 1,500 animals affected by the Eaton Fire. #DogsOfLA #AnimalCare #PetRescue #LosAngeles

Sustaining a strong immigrant justice movement requires philanthropy to invest deeply in the people who make the work possible. Join us in reimagining how we invest in the people behind the movement: https://weingartfnd.org/immigrants-are-essential-learning-brief/

What does quality of life actually look like across Los Angeles County right now? Through our partnership with the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, the annual Quality of Life Index helps answer that question. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4mvt5Ct

What do you rebuild after losing everything? For Akiko, it started with clay. The California Community Foundation is proud to support the Armory Center for the Arts, where wildfire survivors are rebuilding in unexpected ways. #WildfireRecovery #EatonFire #CommunityHealing #Art

Honored that our President and CEO Miguel A. Santana will be speaking at Pasadena’s 53rd Annual Mayor’s Interfaith Prayer Breakfast, a long-standing community tradition bringing people together across faiths and backgrounds. Read more: https://bit.ly/4moyvz1

An article published today by LAist highlights how the “Mend It, Don’t End It” coalition—bringing together business leaders, academics, and housing developers—is working to advance targeted adjustments that strengthen the policy & maintain core goals: https://bit.ly/47T1nJL

Pasadena Now highlights that 61 older adults still displaced by the Eaton Fire have received direct cash grants from Pasadena Village, funded by the California Community Foundation. CCF is proud to help older survivors regain stability. Read more: https://bit.ly/4cxtTSP

A room full of organizations working every day to support Eaton Fire–impacted communities. Thank you all for your work and advocacy for the community!

Proposed federal budget cuts under H.R. 1 threaten to strip more than one million Angelenos of access to food assistance, health care, and housing. Read more: https://bit.ly/4lTIv37 To support our work: https://bit.ly/487qSqz

Pasadena Now highlights Coffee With A Cause’s expansion to Highland Park, driven by data identifying the area as a hub for foster youth. Proud to support this investment in opportunity. Read more: https://bit.ly/4uXMKP7

At CCF, we invest in the people, industries, and ideas that drive economic opportunity across Los Angeles. We are thrilled to support the release of the Spring 2026 Otis College Report on the Creative Economy. RSVP today to attend in person or online: https://bit.ly/3PKWVq5

After the Eaton Fire, EmpowHer Institute launched a boxing-based wellness program with Brick City Boxing to help girls safely channel stress and build confidence. This work was made possible through funding from CCF’s Wildfire Recovery Fund. 🎥 Watch: https://bit.ly/4rJAsXH

Happy First Day of Spring, Los Angeles! Did you know oyster mushrooms can heal fire-damaged soil? 🍄 At Altadena Community Garden, with support from CCF, sunflowers are blooming and gardeners hope to soon find their way back to the plots they love: https://bit.ly/4s674ff #WildfireRecovery

Immigrant workers have been among the hardest hit by the LA wildfires, losing jobs and livelihoods as the community around them changed. Grateful to support Big Heart Ranch and Boys and Girls Club of Malibu in making sure recovery reaches everyone. #WildfireRecovery #Immigration

"Wonderfully ordinary in the best possible way," Maggie said of the day she spent at Big Heart Ranch, supported by CCF, with her husband and young son Cooper, who explored goats, pigs and donkeys with dirt on his hands and frosting on his face. #WildfireRecovery #AnimalRescue

Today, CCF convened three powerhouse community leaders to brief our board on the real, on-the-ground stakes of looming federal funding cuts for Los Angeles: Jim Mangia of St. John's Community Health, LaShonda Diggs of the LA County DPSS, and Lourdes Castro Ramirez of HACLA.

Healing looks different for everyone. Thank you to the Los Angeles Daily News for capturing what it looked like at Big Heart Ranch last weekend—where CCF-funded programming brought together wildfire volunteers and survivors for a day of connection and renewal: https://bit.ly/4rxWD3b #AnimalRescue

The California Community Foundation is proud to have supported a daylong healing event at Big Heart Ranch—a wellness center and animal sanctuary just off Pacific Coast Highway—hosted together with the Boys and Girls Club of Malibu. #WildfireRecovery

65% of CCF's staff identify as women, and we've been a majority-female organization since our earliest days. Today we celebrate the women who bring their brilliance, care and passion to this work every single day. Happy International Women's Day to all the incredible women in our community. 💛

Proud to support Coffee with a Cause—with funding from CCF, LAEDC, and California Jobs First, their Rosebud Coffee just opened a second location, offering great coffee and paid career training for young adults in LA County. ☕ Pasadena: 7 am–3:30 pm ☕ Highland Park: 8 am–3 pm #EconomicOpportunity

In celebration of Black History Month, CCF is proud to honor partners who are preserving Black legacy while shaping a more just future. In the wake of the wildfires, Altadena Rising is doing more than rebuilding — they are fighting for justice: https://www.altadenarisingnow.org/ ✊🏾 #BHM

We’re proud to announce the newly elected Investment & Sustainability Advisory Committee for the California Jobs First LA County Collaborative — led by newly elected co-chairs. Learn more + meet the co-chairs: https://bit.ly/4r4DTbc Join a Working Group: https://bit.ly/3OHQjZ6

CCF will continue advancing work at the intersection of democracy, immigration, and community stability, because it's essential to a thriving Los Angeles. We are proud to stand alongside elected leaders working to make a good life accessible to all Angelenos. #StateoftheUnion

Am I Next?—a public art campaign with faces of Angelenos asking that urgent question & stories of those taken in immigration raids. Now at: Gloria Molina Grand Park (from sunset daily) through March 2026 The Music Center (9 am-10 pm) through October 2026 aminextla.org

Los Angeles visual artists: this is your reminder that applications for the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists close March 1 at 11:59 PM! To apply, visit: https://www.calfund.org/grants/fellowship-for-visual-artists/ #LosAngelesArt #LocalArtists #ArtInLA

Wishing everyone celebrating Lunar New Year a season of renewal and possibility as we enter the Year of the Horse. We’re grateful for the communities across Los Angeles County whose cultures, traditions, and leadership strengthen our region every day. #LunarNewYear #YearoftheHorse #LosAngeles

Presidents’ Day is officially Washington’s Birthday, but democracy has never belonged to one office or one person. It’s sustained by communities who participate, organize, and lead together. #PresidentsDay #Democracy #Immigration #Solidarity

Love builds LA. We see philanthropy as an act of love: choosing long-term commitment and trusting communities to lead their own solutions. That belief guides our work across Los Angeles County. Today and every day, we love LA. #HappyValentinesDay #LosAngeles

This Black History Month, we honor a legacy that has always understood something fundamental: communities take care of each other. This legacy lives on through action. Support the Black LA Relief and Recovery Fund and help invest in Black-led recovery: https://bit.ly/43aNYv7

We’re proud to support the inaugural LA Funders’ Collaborative Leadership Awards, recognizing community-based leaders working to advance green infrastructure and climate equity across Los Angeles County. View the full list of award recipients here: https://bit.ly/4alFT8L

We join 23 California foundations in calling on officials to declare public health emergencies in response to violent immigration enforcement. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4axLKca #HealthWithoutFear #PublicHealthEmergency #ImmigrantHealth #RacialEquity

The next governor of California will shape how the state responds to attacks on civil rights. At a CCF-backed forum, three candidates shared how they would approach immigration policy, public services, and state-level resistance to federal actions: https://bit.ly/3Z5M4sl

"June 6, 2025; 9:15 a.m. A moment that Angelenos had never before seen. For philanthropist Miguel A. Santana, activist Angelica Salas and journalist Memo Torres, the federal assaults demanded action—and they leaped into it." Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4bjNlmV

Why do cities like Los Angeles so often find themselves on the front lines of democratic struggle? This article explores why LA matters in moments like this, and how Angelenos have modeled collective resistance and solidarity across sectors. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3NKqkQe