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Long Beach Community Foundation

The LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION initiates positive change for long beach through charitable giving, stewardship and strategic grantmaking.

$7.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
83
Itemized grants FY2025
76
Organizations funded FY2024
41%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$6.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,571,947
Organizations funded a year
51 to 111
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$80M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Long Beach Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’24
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving82$5.9M17%
FY202476$4.9M41%
FY202274$3.8M36%
FY202177$3.6M27%
FY2020111$5.6M54%
FY201961$3.9M44%
FY201863$1.7M60%
FY201751$1.7Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$7.5MArts & Culture$5.7MHuman Services$2.5MHealth$2.3MEnvironment$1.9MYouth Development$1.3MReligion$1.1MCommunity Improvement$1.1MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 261 grantees
All grantees of Long Beach Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Long Beach State Foundation$3,182,09793%
Precious Lamb Preschool Inc$2,156,249873%
Smithsonian Institution$2,000,00040%
Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation$1,444,52391%
Long Beach Museum of Art Foundation$1,350,050828%
The Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families'$1,107,35043%
Meals on Wheels West$1,014,732430%
Home Ownership for Personal Empowerment Inc$918,650215%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$890,94633%
Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association$795,0004100%
United States Veterans Initiative$681,50070%
Temple Israel$555,5005n/a
New Directions Inc$525,00061%
Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Long Beach$469,54090%
City of Long Beach$431,5956n/a
Memorial Medical Center Foundation$408,34781%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach$379,49492%
Long Beach Day Nursery$354,58292%
Long Beach Public Library Foundation$350,75398%
Long Beach Symphony Association$341,16793%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California$333,32580%
Child Lane$325,48832%
Assistance League of Long Beach$285,90040%
Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation$283,20084%
International Trade Education Programs Inc Dba Exp$275,00029%
Riverpark Coalition$243,0002n/a
Community Hospital of Long Beach Foundation$241,00027%
Long Beach Opera$229,40285%
United States of Care Campaign$225,00022%
City Fabrick$214,000221%
Musical Theatre West$212,30391%
Rdc-S111 Inc$210,0001n/a
Camp Fire Angeles$186,05082%
Long Beach Area Council Boy Scouts of America$164,30082%
Long Beach Journalism Initiative Inc$161,750219%
United States Catholic Conference$160,7508n/a
Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles$158,80080%
Fisher House Southern California Inc$149,87875%
Tichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children$146,77654%
Scripps College$146,45070%
Long Beach Economic Partnership$135,000321%
The562 Network Inc$130,365427%
Local Media Foundation$125,00016%
Algalita Marine Research and Education$119,940414%
Christian Outreach Appeal dba Christian Outreach in Action$117,75044%
Centro Cha Inc$112,38033%
USO - Greater Los Angeles Area Inc Dba Bob Hope USO$110,00021%
South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc$105,00015%
Long Beach Education Foundation$101,61913%
Creative Class Collective$100,0001n/a
Kounkuey Design Initiative Inc$100,00021%
Linc Housing Corporation$90,95030%
Wilson High School Golf$86,000475%
Urban Community Outreach Incorporated$84,500315%
Meals on Wheels of Long Beach Inc$82,91993%
The Guidance Center$81,60060%
Camerata Singers of Long Beach$79,70076%
Long Beach BLAST Better Learning for All Students Today$77,50063%
National Charity League Inc$75,00013%
One in Long Beach Inc dba The LGBTQ Center Long Beach$75,00061%
Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research$73,750312%
Alamitos Bay Sailing Foundation$73,300389%
Csulb$72,1003n/a
Interval House$70,50030%
Colgate University$70,00020%
Real Life Christian Church$70,0003n/a
Food Finders Inc$64,11130%
Long Beach Community Table$64,07552%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$63,00030%
Long Beach Century Club Inc$57,936518%
Long Beach Rotary Scholarship Foundation$57,200111%
Bixby Knolls Community Foundation$57,000327%
Children's Dental Foundation$54,04650%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$54,00021%
Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion$53,50027%
Wood River Jewish Community Inc$53,2502n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$52,5001n/a
Rock Harbor Church$52,1211n/a
Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club$52,00036%
Hacker Fund$50,000124%
Pacific Gateway Workforce Partnership$50,0001n/a
Northern California Educational Tv Association Inc$50,00012%
Khmer Girls in Action$50,00014%
For the Troops$50,00024%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$50,00010%
Raisinghope Inc$50,00027%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$50,00011%
The Sun Club Inc$50,000136%
Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute$50,00011%
National Park Foundation$49,99920%
His Little Feet$49,45356%
Womenshelter of Long Beach$47,20042%
Dramatic Results$45,00021%
Casa Youth Shelter$45,00012%
Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary$45,00025%
Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership$43,55021%
Mountain Life Evangelical Free Church of Park City Utah$43,0005n/a
Partners of Parks$41,58244%
Community Partners$41,00020%
St Mary Medical Center Foundation$40,50020%
Salvation Army$40,2001n/a
Disabled Resources Center Inc$40,00033%
ACLU Foundation of Southern California$40,00030%
Los Angeles Clergy Developmen$40,0002n/a
Long Beach Community Television & Media$40,0001n/a
United Cambodian Community Inc$38,50022%
Harbor Interfaith Services Inc$38,47030%
Operation Jump Start$37,80042%
International City Racing Foundation$37,2031n/a
Willmore City Community Association$36,000229%
Grace Community Church of Cypress$35,6001n/a
The Salvation Army$35,0002n/a
Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy$35,00022%
Mental Health America of Los Angeles$35,00020%
Douglas Animal Welfare Group$35,00019%
Community Action Team-California Inc$34,4503n/a
Confluence Rising$32,79531%
Musica Angelica$32,50021%
Jazz Angel Inc$30,94735%
International City Theatre$30,31051%
San Pedro City Ballet$30,00034%
Century Villages at Cabrillo Inc$30,00020%
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles$30,00020%
Feeding Pets of the Homeless Aka Pets of the Homeless$30,00020%
Arts and Services for Disabled Inc Dba Able Arts Work$29,85540%
Sun Valley Summer Symphony Inc$29,00050%
Ground Education$28,98025%
Friends of the Long Beach Firefighters$27,8841n/a
Rancho Los Alamitos Foundation$26,56031%
Conservation Corps of Long Beach$26,00020%
Long Beach Rotary Charitable Found$25,80049%
Public Corp for the Arts of the City of Long Beach$25,60031%
Joseph Learning Lab$25,1001n/a
New Hope Academy of Change$25,1001n/a
Act Out Theatre Company$25,000114%
New Image Shelter Inc$25,0001n/a
Los Angeles County Community Development Foundation$25,000113%
Disability Belongs$25,00012%
Alight$25,00010%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Los Angeles Harbor$25,00010%
Regents of the University of California$25,0002n/a
Mission India$25,0001n/a
Public Broadcasting Service$25,00010%
St Anthony High School$24,0002n/a
Long Beach Rescue Mission$23,95020%
The Foundation for Economic Democracy$22,3401n/a
East Los Angeles College Foundation$22,00031%
Leadership Long Beach$20,75022%
BOSS Inc$20,50012%
The Beacon House Association of San Pedro$20,4501n/a
Su Casa - Ending Domestic Violence$20,20021%
Long Beach Unified School District$20,1584n/a
University of California Santa Barbara$20,0002n/a
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles$20,00010%
Valkyrie Ranch Inc$20,00024%
Southern California Streets Initiative$20,0001n/a
Help Me Help You$20,0001n/a
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$20,00010%
Lutheran Social Services Foundation of Southern California$20,00012%
Filipino Migrant Center$20,00014%
The Edwin & Dorothy Baker Foundation$20,000111%
Alliance for Housing and Healing$20,00010%
Star Jasmine Foundation$20,0001n/a
Grace Social and Medical Services Inc$20,00013%
Human Services Association$20,00010%
Grameen America Inc$20,00010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$19,50030%
Southern California Childrens Endowment$19,5003n/a
Downtown Lions Club Charities Inc$18,4321n/a
Foothill-Deanza Community Colleges Foundation$18,00010%
Museum of Latin American Art$17,80011%
Cityheart Incorporated$17,500217%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$17,00020%
California Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center Inc$17,00021%
Pathways to Independence$16,50021%
The Art Theatre of Long Beach$16,25013%
Chapman University$16,00030%
Beverly Hills Education Foundation$15,38712%
Sante Dor Foundation$15,25014%
Pathways Volunteer Hospice$15,20013%
New Image Emergency Shelter for the Homeless Inc$15,0001n/a
Animal Rescue Group of Northern Nevada Inc$15,000116%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$15,0001n/a
Carson City Cares Inc$15,0001n/a
The Book Truck Inc$15,0001n/a
Long Beach Junior Crew$14,79221%
Meharry Medical College$14,00020%
Steel Magnolias$13,50015%
Elite Skills Development$13,500110%
Cambodian Association of America$13,50010%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America$13,0002n/a
John Tracy Clinic$12,86130%
Forest Home Foundation$12,5001n/a
Utah Youth Village$12,50010%
Grades of Green Inc$12,50012%
Sun Valley Opera Company$12,15023%
Long Beach Police Foundation$12,0361n/a
Children Today Inc$11,75021%
Long Beach Local$11,500110%
Sun Valley Center for the Arts Inc$11,20030%
Family Promise of Los Angeles$11,20011%
Junior Achievement of Southern California Inc$10,50010%
Santa Catalina Island Conservancy$10,20010%
Scan Group$10,1251n/a
Elevate Your G a M E$10,10015%
All Saints Anglican Church$10,0001n/a
The Center of Wholebeing$10,00015%
South Bay Center for Counseling$10,00010%
Vanderbilt University$10,00010%
Affordable Community Living Corporation Fka California Mobilehome Park Corp$10,00010%
Humansave$10,000112%
Thea Foundation$10,00011%
Bridge to Hope Inc$10,0001n/a
Scaredy Cats Tnr$10,0001n/a
Abode Communities$10,00010%
Omg Youth Sports$10,0001n/a
Catalina Island Museum$10,00010%
Tarzana Treatment Centers Inc$10,00010%
Adventures to Dreams Enrichment$10,0001n/a
Western Oregon University Development Foundation$10,00010%
American Digital Diversity$10,0001n/a
Project Street Vet$10,00012%
New Generations Ng$10,0001n/a
Nami Long Beach Area$10,0001n/a
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$10,0001n/a
Marble Rock Community Improve$10,0001n/a
Our Own Non Profit Inc$10,00013%
Bob Woodruff Family Foundation Inc$10,00010%
World Help$10,00010%
Todec Legal Center Perris$10,00010%
Drexel University$10,00010%
Long Beach Gray Panthers$10,0001n/a
Together We Rise$10,00010%
Mountain Rides Transportation$10,0001n/a
Macedonia Community Development Corporation$10,00017%
Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay Inc$10,00016%
The First Congregational Church of Lb$9,81711%
Avalon Rotary Club Foundation$9,00018%
Bella Communities Inc$8,500135%
Long Beach Bar Foundation$7,9002n/a
Historical Society of Long Beach$7,60013%
Marguerite Kiefer Education Center Inc$7,50012%
Sierra Club Foundation$7,50010%
City of Hope$7,50010%
Stetson Kindred of America Inc$7,5001n/a
Saving Innocence Inc$7,50010%
Care Closet Lbc$7,50012%
American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities Inc$7,00010%
Orange County Youth Sports Foundation$7,00012%
Maine Maritime Academy$7,0001n/a
The Army Historical Foundation Inc$6,60010%
Pacific Oaks Education Corporation$6,50020%
Bear Valley Community Healthcare District Foundation$6,50012%
National University$6,50020%
Angels Gate Cultural Center Inc$6,35011%
Avalon Medical Development Corporation$6,0001n/a
Grand Canyon University Foundation$6,0002n/a
Preschool Learning for Avalon Youth$6,00018%
Friends of the Avalon Library$6,0001n/a
Keep Lbc Fit Inc$5,5051n/a
Childnet Youth & Family Services$5,20010%

Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($345k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Long Beach Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 198 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLong Beach State Foundation: $3,182,097 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetPrecious Lamb Preschool Inc: $2,156,249 over 8y, 73% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $2,000,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAquarium of the Pacific Corporation: $1,444,523 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetLong Beach Museum of Art Foundation: $1,350,050 over 8y, 28% of budgetThe Children's Clinic 'Serving Children and Their Families': $1,107,350 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetMeals on Wheels West: $1,014,732 over 4y, 30% of budgetHome Ownership for Personal Empowerment Inc: $918,650 over 2y, 15% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $890,946 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetLong Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association: $795,000 over 4y, 100% of budgetUnited States Veterans Initiative: $681,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNew Directions Inc: $525,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of Greater Long Beach: $469,540 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetMemorial Medical Center Foundation: $408,347 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach: $379,494 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetLong Beach Day Nursery: $354,582 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetLong Beach Public Library Foundation: $350,753 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetLong Beach Symphony Association: $341,167 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities of Southern California: $333,325 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetChild Lane: $325,488 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetAssistance League of Long Beach: $285,900 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRancho Los Cerritos Foundation: $283,200 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetInternational Trade Education Programs Inc Dba Exp: $275,000 over 2y, 8.6% of budgetCommunity Hospital of Long Beach Foundation: $241,000 over 2y, 7.3% of budgetLong Beach Opera: $229,402 over 8y, 5.2% of budgetUnited States of Care Campaign: $225,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCity Fabrick: $214,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetMusical Theatre West: $212,303 over 9y, 1.3% of budgetCamp Fire Angeles: $186,050 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetLong Beach Area Council Boy Scouts of America: $164,300 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetLong Beach Journalism Initiative Inc: $161,750 over 2y, 19% of budgetGirl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles: $158,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFisher House Southern California Inc: $149,878 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetTichenor Orthopedic Clinic for Children: $146,776 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetScripps College: $146,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLong Beach Economic Partnership: $135,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetThe562 Network Inc: $130,365 over 4y, 27% of budgetLocal Media Foundation: $125,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetAlgalita Marine Research and Education: $119,940 over 4y, 14% of budgetChristian Outreach Appeal dba Christian Outreach in Action: $117,750 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetCentro Cha Inc: $112,380 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetUSO - Greater Los Angeles Area Inc Dba Bob Hope USO: $110,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSouth Coast Botanic Garden Foundation Inc: $105,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetLong Beach Education Foundation: $101,619 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetKounkuey Design Initiative Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetLinc Housing Corporation: $90,950 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWilson High School Golf: $86,000 over 4y, 75% of budgetUrban Community Outreach Incorporated: $84,500 over 3y, 15% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 198.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Earl B & Loraine H Miller FoundationCA114.2× affinity54 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation · Bess J Hodges Foundation · The Rudolph J & Daphne a Munzer Foundation · The Josephine S Gumbiner Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Crail-Johnson Foundation · Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership Inc DBA The Nonprofit Partnership · Keesal Young & Logan Charitable Foundation · Weingart Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Long Beach Community Foundation

How much does Long Beach Community Foundation give?
Long Beach Community Foundation reported 83 itemized grants totaling $5,973,282, out of $7,198,018 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 111 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Long Beach Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (9%).
Who are Long Beach Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Long Beach State Foundation ($3.2M), Precious Lamb Preschool Inc ($2.2M), Smithsonian Institution ($2.0M).
Does Long Beach Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Long Beach Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Earl B & Loraine H Miller Foundation, Bess J Hodges Foundation, The Rudolph J & Daphne a Munzer Foundation.
Where is Long Beach Community Foundation based?
Long Beach Community Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 277 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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