Impact Areas

Health & Safety

We help foster a healthy, safe community by funding initiatives and programming focused on physical and mental health, preventative care, adults in recovery, public safety, and healthy lifestyles.

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Pasadena Child Health Foundation

A component fund of PCF, the Pasadena Child Health Foundation helps reduce disparities that adversely impact the health of children residing in the Pasadena Unified School District attendance area.

Pasadena Child Health Foundation Grants

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Our Impact

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$4.5 million

In the past five years, PCF has granted over $4.5 million in health and safety support, with the majority directed toward emergency response during the COVID-19 pandemic to help stabilize nonprofits, expand medical services, and protect vulnerable populations in a time of urgent need.

$2.2 million

Pasadena Child Health Foundation Endowment has awarded over $2.2 million to improve child health in the Greater Pasadena area, focusing on reducing disparities and expanding access to care for the community’s most vulnerable children.

$464,000

Total 2025 Pasadena Child Health Foundation Grants to 19 organizations

$205,000

2025 PCHF funding for scholarships at 10 nonprofit summer camps to support the mental health needs of children impacted by the Eaton Fire.

$100,000

2024 Capital Grant funding in the Health & Safety Impact Area.

Health & Safety Donors and Funds

Children’s Well-Being

Our 2025 PCHF grants centered on supporting children’s mental health post-Eaton Fire.

The Jim & Priscilla Gamb Endowment for Healthcare

Jim and Priscilla Gamb establish an endowment for their passion.

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Vaccine Initiative

We helped our community get back to school and work by funding a critical Covid-19 vaccine initiative.

Featured News and Stories

Explore all the ways this area of interest has supported the health and well-being of residents in the Greater Pasadena area.

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Apr

15

Children’s Mental Health the Focus of 2025 PCHF Grants

Pasadena Community Foundation’s is proud to announce this year’s Pasadena Child Health Foundation (PCHF) grants, which total $464,000 and will support 19 nonprofits serving children and youth in Altadena, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre. PCHF has been a fund of PCF since 2016. Unprecedented mental and physical health struggles The PCHF grant program awards funding annually, […]

Dec

11

A New Truck for Altadena Mountain Rescue Team

If you hike, bike, or re-create in the San Gabriel Mountains, you have undoubtedly seen Altadena Mountain Rescue Team (AMRT) at work. They are true superheroes in our local foothills. Established in 1951, AMRT is one of the oldest search and rescue teams in the United States. It is one of eight rescue teams in […]

Sep

30

Pasadena Community Foundation and Pasadena Child Health Foundation Announce New Relationship

The Pasadena Child Health Foundation (PCHF) was established in 1951 as a private foundation, two years before the founding of the Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF). For over 60 years, these two foundations have worked side by side in Pasadena to support local non-profits. In June, the PCHF Board voted to dissolve as a private foundation […]

Apr

15