With help from a recent PCF Arts & Culture Grant, local arts nonprofit Light Bringer Project (LBP) will debut a powerful literary arts program, Locavore Lit, at three Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) schools this fall. LBP was one of 18 organizations that received funding from PCF’s inaugural Arts & Culture Grant Program. LBP is…
Pasadena Community Foundation’s is proud to announce that its inaugural Arts & Culture Grant Program has just awarded $335,000 to 18 Pasadena-area arts and culture organizations to help them mitigate the unchartered, precarious landscape following the pandemic. Leaders of the grantee organizations joined PCF on June 15, 2023 for a celebratory reception at the home…
A new nonprofit organization recently joined PCF’s “family” of grantee organizations. This spring, SoCal Beep Baseball Associate (SCBBA) was awarded a PCF Vista Nova Grant, which supports organizations that offer programs and services to blind or visually impaired individuals living in the greater Pasadena area and eastern portion of L.A. County. SoCal Beep Baseball adapts…
Maria Lozano and José Lozano Rojas were selected as Petersen Scholars in the fall of 2022. They are siblings, and both are pursuing careers that leverage two important skills they honed as foster teens – advocacy and caregiving. José, age 21, recently graduated from Pasadena City College (PCC) with a major in criminal justice. “I’d…
In April, three Pasadena Community Foundation staff members visited four of the seven Petersen Scholars who attend Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. Sac). The students are transition age foster youth (TAY) who have navigated many obstacles to attend college. Over a delightful lunch, we learned that even with those challenges, these students are thriving in…