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Fred & Jean Felberg Endowment

The Fred & Jean Felberg Endowment supports PCF’s local grantmaking and reflects the couple’s deep ties to the Pasadena area, where they lived, raised a family, and gave back generously. Created through a charitable gift of their longtime Altadena home, the fund serves as a lasting legacy to their community spirit and philanthropy.

OVERVIEW

About the Fund

The Fred & Jean Felberg Endowment Fund was established to support the community where Fred grew up, attended college, enjoyed a successful career, and raised three children with his wife Jean.

Fred and Jean enjoyed their family life in Altadena and their home with its breathtaking view of Eaton Canyon and mountains. When the time came to sell the house they had owned for over 40 years, Fred realized they would enjoy enormous appreciation in the value of his home. He decided to share the wealth and shelter the gain by gifting the interest in his home to two organizations that had been important to him, Caltech and the Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF). Fred served on PCF’s Board from 1986 to 1996. Jean and Fred have passed on, but their endowment stands as a lasting legacy to their love of the Greater Pasadena area and will support PCF’s local grantmaking in perpetuity.

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Grantmaking Impact

Through this fund, PCF has been able to

  • Provide sustained and flexible funding
  • Offer consistent financial support for our local grantmaking programs throughout Greater Pasadena
  • Enhance community programs
  • Empower organizations to expand their services and reach more individuals in need
  • Direct resources when and where they are needed most, respond quickly to emerging needs, and fill funding gaps that restricted gifts can’t cover.

Contact Us

For more information about PCF giving opportunities, please contact
Pasadena Community Foundation
301 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 810
Pasadena, CA., 91101
626.796.2097
pcfstaff@pasadenacf.org