Pasadena Child Health Foundation (PCHF)

The Pasadena Child Health Foundation (PCHF) believes that all children should be healthy and able to develop to their full potential. In support of that, PCHF provides funding to reduce disparities that adversely impact the health of children residing in the Pasadena Unified School District attendance area. PCHF invests in prevention and early intervention strategies…

Marjory E. & Harold B. Reichert Endowment for Health

As children of the Depression era, Marjory & Harold Reichert used their talents to give back to the communities in which they resided. Living humbly in Pennsylvania, Margie and Harold were known as the neighborhood cook and handyman, respectively. Whenever a family needed a home-cooked meal, Margie was there. Harold, a WWII pilot, was a…

Vista Nova Renaissance Endowment

In 1960, 13 members of the Pasadena Braille Club, led by Hadley Stephenson, had a dream to deliver quality housing and services to blind adults in the Pasadena area. By 1966, they raised the funds needed to purchase and remodel a home to create 17 furnished studio apartments for blind residents, with an array of…

Team Strong Brad Fund

In 2007 the Dorgan-Diephuis family was touched by cancer when our son Bradford was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, while he was in college. Bradford underwent many rounds of chemotherapy and surgeries over the course of the next two years while battling this cancer. Thankfully, the treatments were successful; his cancer has been…

Bill and Betsy Rawn Endowment for Seniors in Need

Bill and Betsy Rawn were actively involved in Pasadena life and raised their family here. They especially supported the work of the Scripps Home in Altadena, which provided low-income seniors with life care during its operation over many decades. Bill Rawn served on the Board of Scripps for several years. Bill died in 2008, and…