The Phillip and Lois Matthews Endowment supports Pasadena Community Foundation’s grantmaking in health. Created in honor of PCF’s 60th anniversary, the fund reflects the Matthews’ deep commitment to advancing healthcare in the Pasadena community.
OVERVIEW
Phillip and Lois Matthews created their field of interest endowment in 2012, in honor of Pasadena Community Foundation’s upcoming 60th anniversary. They chose to designate its support to PCF’s grantmaking in the area of health.
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Lois began her long involvement with the Huntington Hospital by organizing hospital/community events. Seeking ways to help finance the hospital’s Senior Care Network, Lois stepped forward to organize and direct what has become the financially successful resale and consignment shop, the Huntington Collection. In 1987, she joined the Huntington Hospital’s Board of Directors and in 1992, she became a lifetime Trustee for the five-member Collis P. and Howard Huntington Memorial Hospital Trust. She served as chairperson for the board from 2003 to 2008, during a time when the Hospital was undergoing a major renovation. She found time to attend every hospital committee meeting held during those years while also serving as president of the Pasadena Guild of Children’s Hospital (2001-2003).
Lois and her husband, Phillip Dean Matthews, have two grown children and several grandchildren.
Through this fund, PCF has been able to
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
