It’s the season of charitable giving, and Pasadena Community Foundation has three ways you can maximize support for the causes you care about while also taking advantage of important tax benefits. Writing a check or giving via credit card is quick and easy, but there are tremendous tax benefits when you make gifts in other…
Pasadena Community Foundation has awarded more than $2 million to over 100 Pasadena-area nonprofits this year, and Thursday, November 9 was a day to celebrate that uplifting impact. PCF’s 24th annual Local Heroes Celebration brought together dozens of nonprofit executive directors with civic officials, community partners, and PCF donors. The event, held at Altadena Town &…
Mount Wilson Observatory (MWO) has watched over the Pasadena area since its opening in 1917, peeking out among the trees, keeping company with the looming telecommunications towers nearby. The Observatory has been the site of impressive scientific discoveries — it featured the most important scientific telescopes and astronomical instruments of the first half of the…
Pasadena Community Foundation proudly announces that 24 Pasadena-area nonprofit organizations have received funding from the Capital Grants Program, the foundation’s largest annual grant investment. This year, the grant awards total more than one-half million dollars in support of facility improvements and equipment purchases at local organizations. Two $50K Capital Campaign Grants Will Yield Long-term Benefits…
This summer, Pasadena Community Foundation has one more reason to be proud of its PCF Scholars Program. Christian Dimayuga – who was selected for PCF Scholars last September and is now a rising sophomore at Pasadena City College (PCC) – was chosen to participate in a 10-week WAVE Fellows Program at Caltech this summer. PCF…