PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Creating hometown legacies for the greater Pasadena area
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Addressing current needs unmet and future needs unforeseen in the greater Pasadena area
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Senior Grants
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Capital Grants
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Vista Nova Grants
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Where we work
Accreditations
Affiliations & memberships
Council on Foundations - Member 2002
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsTotal dollar amount of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Social and economic status
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Includes PCF grants and donor advised grants
Number of donor-advised funds
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Donor advised funds include pass through funds, investments, and endowments.
Number of endowments
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Includes agency, donor advised, designated, field of interest, committee advised, scholarship committee advised, and PCF endowments.
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Provide grants and services to strengthen community-based organizations
Promote and participate in community partnerships
Enable donors to meet their philanthropic goals
Serve as a leader and catalyst to build charitable funds emphasizing permanent endowments to fund grants to local organizations
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Build charitable funds emphasizing permanent endowments to fund grants to local organizations
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Growing endowments through the foundation’s financial expertise and oversight
Promote giving to existing funds
Encouraging donors to:
1. Open a fund at PCF such as an endowment, donor advised fund, etc
2. Leave a bequest with PCF
3. Give a charitable gift annuity
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
PCF now holds $100+ million in assets in over 390 active funds. We are able to respond with local grants to immediate and long term community needs.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 06/22/2023
Priscilla Gamb
Scott Christopher
Managing Director, J.P. Morgan
Bill Bogaard
Former Mayor of Pasadena & Community Volunteer
Phyllis Crandon
Retired Senior Private Banker Wells Fargo & Community Volunteer
Sandra A. Ell
Chief Investment Officer, Emeritus, California Institute of Technology & Community Volunteer
Priscilla Gamb
Retired Director of Volunteer & Customer Services, Huntington Hospital & Community Volunteer
Gloria Pitzer
Trust & Estates Attorney
Nick Rodriguez
Assistant City Manager, City of Pasadena
Margaret Heflin Sabbag
Community Volunteer
Dr. Sonia Singla
Medical Director of Lotus Clinical Research
Leslie Stocker
Principal, Caddis Consultancy
Alex Wei
CEO, Title 24 Design Inc.
David Beringer
President & Founder, The Beringer Group
Koko Archibong
VP & Private Wealth Advisor, Capital Group Private Client Services
Frank Cardenas
Attorney, Private Consultant, & Educator
K. George Dulgeryan
Vice President & Banker, Pasadena Office of J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Tracy S. McCormick
CFO, Mill Creek Development Company
Greta Johnson Mandell, M.D.
Retired Psychiatrist and Cultural Code Reader & Community Volunteer
J. Scott Nesbitt
Retired CEO of Rockpoint Land & Community Volunteer
Uma Shrivastava
Retired Bank of America Senior Vice President, Entrepreneur and Community Leader
Armineh Tavitian, M.D.
Community Health Expert
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
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Gender identity
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Transgender Identity
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Disability
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