Mega-gifts to top L.A. institutions make headlines, but behind the scenes, smaller funders like the Michael Kelly Foundation for the Arts are backing work that questions "institutions and social structures."
Read MoreThe secret sauce of giving circles are members who are strongly invested on a personal level in the limited number of grantees chosen each year. A case in point is a SoCal outfit called Hand to Hand.
Read MoreIf you spend any time around the world of San Diego philanthropy, one name that will keep coming up over and over again is Scripps. But it’s a bit of a challenge to wrap your head around the family's giving.
Read MoreLos Angeles has become a hub for funders looking to improve outcomes for kids in foster care. The push has engaged both billionaire donors and a who's who of local foundations.
Read MoreAmong the nonprofit crowd in and around San Diego, the San Diego Foundation (TSDF) is a household name. It's been an integral part of the local giving scene since 1975. What's it up to these days?
Read MoreThis foundation was formed after the San Diego television reporter's death from cancer. Here's how its has been involved in the local community lately.
Read MoreLos Angeles County incarcerates more young people than anywhere else in the nation and most of them are kids of color. A group of local funders is pressing for reform.
Read MoreWhile the billionaire Eli Broad used to complain about LA being a "one-philanthropist city"—namely, him—the city is now flush with deep-pocketed and highly motivated art donors. Where's it all leading?
Read MoreAt just 36 years old, Scooter Braun owns two record labels, and with wife Yael Cohen Braun, has established a philanthropic foundation. We look at what they're up to.
Read MoreThe NORCAL Group Foundation was launched in September 2017 and just gave out its first round of grants. The funder is focused on patient care, patient safety, and physician wellness.
Read MoreThe Partnership for Los Angeles Schools has found a way to work within the school district to improve it. And it's done it with buy-in from some charter school mega-donors.
Read MoreThe Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is also one of the few funders we can think of that responded to all of the top disasters in 2017 at a substantial level.
Read MoreThe Westly Foundation, bankrolled by venture capital wealth, is looking to back "novel" ideas to community challenges that have "strong potential to scale." Who wins its awards and why?
Read MoreIn its third year of operation, the fund zeroed in on program development and expanded its grantmaking. We take a look.
Read MoreWhat continues to interest us about sports team funders is their hyper-local focus and their unique ways of developing partnerships in the community. A good example is the LA Galaxy Foundation.
Read MoreGrantmakers in Southern California have long worked to integrate immigrants into the social fabric. Now they're engaged in an urgent effort, along with public agencies, to keep communities from being torn apart.
Read MoreMuch of the giving we see for early childhood development is by local funders investing in local initiatives. The Atlas Family Foundation's grantmaking in Los Angeles is a good example of that.
Read MoreSocial Venture Partners Los Angeles has a new program that provides seed money and capacity training to local social change leaders. How does it work?
Read MoreThe first pay for success model has been launched in Los Angeles County, with the hope that permanent supportive housing can reduce the cycle of homeless people revolving through the criminal justice system.
Read MoreThe nation's top donor-advised fund, which made a staggering 849,000 grants in 2016, has crunched its data to analyze what giving looks like in different regions of the U.S. It's worth paying attention.
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