THE LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Mission
The Los Angeles Valley College Foundation (formerly the Patrons Association of Los Angeles Valley College) is committed to advancing the teaching and learning objectives of Valley College, and most of all, providing its students an environment that fosters a healthy exchange of ideas. The Foundationlooks to achieve its objectives by building relationships with Valley alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. It will also conduct fundraising campaigns and strengthen communications to unite friends and supporters as advocates of the Foundation
Ruling year
1974
Development Officer
Ronya Waters
Main address
5800 Fulton Ave
Valley Glen, CA 91401 USA
Formerly known as
Patrons Association of Los Angeles Valley College
EIN
23-7349231
NTEE code
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (B12)
Community/Junior College (B41)
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Awards (B82)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The LAVC Foundation strives to help address the needs of Los Angeles Valley College and its students. Those needs change every year, but the Foundation has been successful in keeping in stride to try and address those needs. In FY 2017, the following needs came to the attention of Valley College. 1. Addressing the the programmatic and financial needs of students who come from the foster care program aka Guardian Program. 2. Addressing the rising personal needs of students who are hungry and homeless. 3. Working with the college to address the rising cost of books. 4. Work with the college's Workforce Development Program to provide more internships to our students. 5. Work to sustain the programs of the college's Family Resource Center, which operates solely on grants and donations. 6. Address the continuing need of students for financial assistance to continue to attend college.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Scholarships, Awards, & Stipends
One of the Foundation's objective is provide scholarships, awards, and stipends to LAVC students. Funding is received from private foundations, corporations, and individuals.
Campus Programs & Projects
The Foundation has established restricted funds or donor advised funds that may benefit a department such as the English, Math, or Music Department. It may also support programs like Tutoring or Counseling.
Endowments
It is clearly one of the LAVC Foundation's objective to build its endowments. By doing so, it will be able to provide scholarships and support campus programs and projects in perpetuity.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Member 1994
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of students who receive scholarship funds and/or tuition assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Scholarships, Awards, & Stipends
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total dollar amount of scholarship awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Related Program
Scholarships, Awards, & Stipends
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn 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?
1. Apply for a private foundation grant to assist the Guardian Program.
2. Conduct a Giving Tuesday Campaign that will provide assistance to the college's Helping Hands Project to address hunger and homlessness.
3. Apply for a state grant to allow faculty to attend seminars on alternatives on books at the higher education level.
4. Secure a grant from the California Community College Foundation to provide more internships for students.
5. Secure private and public grants to sustain the Family Resource Center.
6. The Foundation had a goal of raising $190,000 in scholarships.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The following were accomplished in FY 2017:
1. Secured a $25,000 grant to support the college's Guardian Program.
2. Helped raise $6,000 for the college's Helping Hands Project (HHP) by way of Giving Tuesday. HHP garnered attention and was featured by the Christian Science Monitor and the BBC.
3. The LAVC Foundation with the college to secured a $50,000 state grant to address the cost of rising books.
4. Secured a $100,000 grant from the California Community College Foundation to support for the "Valley Internship Pilot Program" (VIPP).
5. Secured a $10,000 grant from LA County to support the Family Resource Center.
6. The LAVC Foundation awarded $210,000 in scholarships and stipends to 344 students.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
While the Foundation Development program is small in organizational standards, its staff and Board of Directors have a clear vision that is shared with Los Angeles Valley College. With a roadmap to success peppered with passion, our goals will be met.
Our approach for increasing scholarships awarded will be to approach current scholarship donors and ask them to increase their gift. We will also approach donors who give to other programs.
The workforce development office has the capacity to venture into the community and seek funding and our Foundation collaborates on relationship building as well as grant opportunities.
Capital outlay or funding will be important for conducting our campaigns. We will need seed monies to conduct our feasibility studies as well as possibly hiring a third party firm or individual to implement the campaign plan.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
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THE LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
Board of directorsas of 11/04/2022
Ms. Imelda Padilla
Sharon Udkoff
Certified Public Accountant
Thomas Soule
Certified Public Accountant
Patricia Ballew
School Teacher
Araz Parseghian
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Elizabeth Penuela
North Valley Occupational School
Imelda Padilla
Rachel De Lauro
Bank of the West
Richard Miller, Esq
Board Advisor
Araz Parseghian
Tony Quiroga
Elaine Baylor
Julie Dixon Silva
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? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
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? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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