California’s community foundations, in partnership with donors, community leaders, non-profits and businesses, work to improve lives in every corner of the state.
Through the Community Foundation of Monterey County, The Ventura Wilderness Grant supports Youth in Wilderness outdoor education program.
Community Foundations work to respond to needs across California’s generations.
With local groups, Silicon Valley Community Foundation partners on The Big Lift to reduce absentee rates and summer learning loss for early learners.
California’s Community Foundations are committed to strengthening their communities for everyone who calls them home.
The Sacramento Region Community Foundation's Healthy Economy Fund addresses food insecurity.
In the face of overwhelming destruction and loss, we come together to support the thousands whose lives have been upended by the fires.
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WHAT WE DO
Give Locally
Through our member community foundations, dollars from generous supporters are invested back into California's communities—in local projects and programs.
Build Impact
Working with public and private partners , our member foundations create a multiplier effect, generating focused attention where it matters.
Advocate
With our reach across the state, our members work to elevate the voices and concerns of both rural and urban California.
Central Valley Community Foundation: The Big Tell
October 30, 2018
The Central Valley Community Foundation (CVCF)’s 2017 Arts and Culture grant cycle focused on storytelling through film, which led to the creation of The Big Tell: a film contest featuring undiscovered stories from California’s great Central Valley.