Ways to Give

Here for Good Annual Fund

We know you care about Greater Pasadena, and the Pasadena Community Foundation (PCF) helps you translate your compassion into impact. We work closely with the nonprofits doing important work across our region, and we see every day where more help is needed. For 73 years, donors have trusted us to connect their generosity with local opportunities to make a difference. Your gift to PCF’s Here for Good Annual Fund sustains local expertise and relationships. It helps us continue to connect across causes and sectors while welcoming more neighbors into the work of strengthening Greater Pasadena. You belong in this community of change makers! Join us by giving to the Here for Good Annual Fund today.

Overview

Support PCF’s Local Grantmaking

So far in 2026, PCF has invested more than $3 million in core community grants and over $500,000 in scholarships for 154 students. Our Eaton Fire Relief & Recovery Fund added more than $6.1 million. Your Here for Good Annual Fund gift powers the engine behind all of it: the grant reviews, donor stewardship, nonprofit partnerships, and the team who deliver community grants year-round and move fire relief dollars to neighbors most in need. 

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An Unprecedented Year

Make a Gift Today

With you by our side, we’ll continue to do what we’ve always done: rise to the challenge, lift up our neighbors, and build a future rooted in care and community. 

Your gift puts you alongside neighbors who know Greater Pasadena, care where it’s headed, and give together to help it thrive. Add your name to this generous and dynamic group of donors. 

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Three Ways to Give

Our Here for Good donors are passionate about local causes — children’s health, homelessness prevention, historic preservation, environmental conservation, and arts education among them. Your tax-deductible gift to the Here for Good Fund ensures that PCF can continue its mission to address and uplift nonprofits that address these important causes. Make your gift to the Here for Good fund using one of these three options:

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Donate Online

You can quickly make a gift online via our secure donor portal.

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IRA Qualified Distribution

If you are over age 70 1/2, you can make a gift from your IRA account to benefit your favorite nonprofit, including PCF.

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Donor Advised Funds

You can transfer a gift from your Donor Advised Fund.

“Pasadena has been home to our family for many years. PCF helps us give back where it counts most. Its team knows which nonprofits need support right now, so when we give to Here for Good, we know it reaches our whole community. We believe it’s one of the smartest ways to give.”

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John Horn and Linda Burrow, HERE FOR GOOD AMBASSADORS

 

“PCF knows this community block by block. When I give to Here for Good, I join neighbors who care about Greater Pasadena as much as I do. Our collective giving is more powerful than anything we could do on our own. I hope you’ll join us.”

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Eddie Newman, HERE FOR GOOD AMBASSADOR