News
May 26, 2010 - Seven Long Beach men are swimming 28.3 miles from Catalina Island to Long Beach on July 31 to raise money for charity. Dubbed The Dawn Patrol, this group hopes to raise $40,000 to benefit four local charities. Read more about this adventure at The Swim 2010. Long Beach Community Foundation is managing the donation process for them. To make a contribution to the LBYC Dawn Patrol Fund click here.
May 26, 2010 - The Press-Telegram Send-a-Kid-to-Camp campaign is in full swing. As of May 23, 322 donors have contributed $40,756.80 to fund scholarships for children to attend a week-long summer camp. The "Big Five" youth agencies in Long Beach - YMCA, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Boys & Girls Clubs, and Camp Fire USA - run these camps where children enjoy an experience that has often proved to be life-changing. Read the latest Press-Telegram story here.
March 29, 2010 - LBCF was awarded a $50,000 grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to provide Emergency Grants for Healthcare Services to local healthcare providers to help manage and meet the needs of rising patient caseloads during these challenging economic times. Eligible nonprofit healthcare providers can receive up to $10,000 for core operating support. Organizations must be located along the Atlantic Avenue Corridor - the area defined by the Connected Corridor project. Click here to view the full press release.
January 7, 2010 - The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today that it intends to invest $70 million over the next seven years in community foundations serving cities and towns where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. The new Community Foundation Initiative will deepen Knight Foundation's focus on fostering informed, engaged communities. Visit this link for the full story http://www.kflinks.com/informed-engaged or click here to view the press release. Long Beach is among Knight's 26 communities. More details will follow on how this new initiative will benefit our local community.
Long Beach choreographer, Sophiline Cheam Shapiro, was named one of two USA Knight Fellows on Monday, December 14. The result of a $1 million grant to United States Artists, these are the first of 18 USA Knight Fellowships to be awarded over the next 5 years. For more details, click here for the press release.
Press Releases
LBCF to Award B of A Emergency Grants for Healthcare Services along Atlantic Corridor - March 29, 2010
Knight Foundation Commits $70 Million to Community Foundations Nationwide - January 7, 2010
Long Beach's Sophiline Cheam Shapiro named 2009 USA Knight Fellow - December 14, 2009
Knight Foundation announces USA Knight Fellowships - December 7, 2009
LBCF 2009 stategic grant to Historical Society Cambodian archive project - August 10, 2009
Connected Corridor Phase 2 Grants - June 2009
Art Start - December 2008
Press Release - September 2008
Knight Funds - August 2008
Connected Corridor Phase 1 Grants - June 2008
