Fund Catalog

Bella Communities' Affordable Housing & Economic Opportunity Fund

Bella Communities believes that all low-income families deserve a meaningful livelihood. At the foundation of building that livelihood is access to affordable housing. Bella Communities preserves and provides affordable housing. Complementing housing, they mobilize low-income residents to volunteer as a pathway to an earned economic opportunity and to aspire to have an enriched life. Bella Communities wants families to not just get by, but to get ahead.

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Children Today Endowment Fund

We provide early education and child care services to children of homeless families. We also serve children who are also being served by the child welfare system due to allegations of abuse and neglect. We offer trauma-informed care, to help minimize the impact of trauma on these children and to prepare them for kindergarten. We belong to the City of Long Beach’s Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Program.

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Ilse J. Oetiker Accelerated Learning & Living Fund

This fund began as a gift provided by an anonymous donor in memory of his wife and is designated as an endowment for one of Harbor Interfaith Services’ key programs: The Ilse J. Oetiker Accelerated Learning & Living Program (ALL). ALL is a transitional housing program for homeless families in which the head of household lives in an agency-owned apartment building while she/he completes a certificate program or a degree to commence a family-supporting career. The program includes 24 families from across the South Bay, providing up to 18 months of housing and case management as well as support for tuition, books, fees, and childcare. Harbor Interfaith Services (HIS) is a nonsectarian nonprofit agency that served 8,300+ in 2018; 1,245 were from Long Beach. HIS is the county’s official Lead Service Provider for homeless services for Service Planning Area 8. Its mission is to empower the homeless and working poor to achieve self-sufficiency by providing support services including shelter, transitional housing, food, job placement, advocacy, childcare, education, and life-skills training.

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Linc Housing Corporation Mission Fund

One of California’s most experienced nonprofit affordable housing developers, Linc Housing is recognized for our commitment to thoughtful design, high-quality management, and resident-focused services. We create affordable housing and provide life-enhancing services for low-income families, seniors and special needs populations, like people who were formerly unhoused and veterans. Our work has been recognized nationally, such as being named one of Affordable Housing Finance’s Top 50 developers of 2024 and 2025. Since our founding in 1984, we have developed 100+ affordable communities totaling more than 10,000 homes. In our hometown of Long Beach, we operate over 300 units, and plan to add nearly 250 more in coming years. Our services division, initiated in 2004, helps improve household stability and quality of life by addressing social, educational, financial, and healthcare needs through a mix of workshops, one-on-one support, and partnerships with community organizations, empowering residents to take meaningful steps toward stability and self-sufficiency. Through our Welcome Home program, we provide households exiting homelessness with all the essentials to make their new apartment a home and start their journey toward housing stability. We’re not just building housing with services; we’re changing the trajectory of people’s lives and the neighborhoods in which they live.

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Long Beach Rescue Mission Fund

Since 1972, Long Beach Rescue Mission has opened its doors to thousands of men, women, and children. The Mission provides food, clothing, shelter, and spiritual guidance to the homeless and less fortunate people of the community. Long Beach Rescue Mission stands dedicated to helping individuals overcome the homeless cycle, achieve long-term goals, and make a world of difference in today’s society. The Mission provides meals and worship services in the evenings and on Sundays to senior citizens and neighborhood families. It provides loving care and spiritual guidance to help people who are homeless find purpose, direction, and hope.

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Mayor's Fund for Homeless Action

Give to the Mayor’s Fund for Homeless Action (previously known as the Mayor’s Fund to End Homelessness) to help realize the City’s vision that the experience of homelessness in Long Beach will be rare and brief. Your tax-deductible donation supports homeless services in Long Beach. The City of Long Beach implements a data-informed, innovative, multi-faceted strategy toward ending homelessness in the city. Contributions support the City and its partners in their efforts to house individuals and families experiencing homelessness, and to provide access to transportation services, medical care, mental health services, substance treatment, and more. Donations to the Mayor’s Fund for Homeless Action also support prevention. Prevention is essential to keeping people from falling into homelessness and it is one of the least-funded efforts nationally. Prevention services provide increased support for families and people in crisis and can prevent vulnerable seniors, families, veterans, and youth from falling into homelessness. The Mayor’s Fund for Homeless Action is a key component of the City’s initiative, Everyone Home Long Beach, which identifies new and innovative solutions to reduce homelessness, including prevention, services, and connections to housing. It takes everyone in our community to make a difference. Join us today and help put an end to homelessness in Long Beach.

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Michael D. Cervantes Impossible Dream Fund

Michael D. Cervantes was born and raised in Southern California and had a serious passion for life and family. At the young age of 38, despite being in excellent condition and an avid triathlete, Michael suddenly passed away due to a rare heart condition, cutting short what was already shaping to be a transformational life. Professionally, Michael dedicated his skills to projects that would help to accomplish what he often described as his ‘impossible dream,’ alluding to the famous song from Don Quixote’s performance in Man of La Mancha. In the epic tale, Don Quixote is challenged to explain his passion for such lofty and dreamy quests. Quixote responds by singing “The Impossible Dream” by Joe Darion. To dream the impossible dream To fight the unbeatable foe To bear with unbearable sorrow To run where the brave dare not go To right the unrightable wrong… To reach the unreachable star. -Don Quixote Michael’s impossible dream was to save the world through sustainably designed architecture. He was committed to this quest and it is the purpose of the Michael D. Cervantes Impossible Dream Fund to continue his legacy by funding scholarships and other enterprises that encourage California’s youth to explore energy-efficient architecture, sustainable design and its unique intersection with affordable housing. Michael grew up in Diamond Bar, California graduated from UC Berkeley, and started his family in Long Beach, California in 2009. During his studies, Michael spent time volunteering for Habitat for Humanity International and attended Princeton University as a part of the prestigious Ford-Melon Summer Research Program. His wife Martha, son Mateo, parents George and Rose Cervantes, three brothers, and a host of other loving family and friends survive Michael. We thank you for your contribution and for helping to further Michael’s legacy.

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Precious Lamb Preschool Endowment Fund

All monies will go directly toward our Preschool program, benefiting homeless children living in local shelters. Students attend Precious Lamb for free five full days a week while their parent/guardian attends treatment and other programs that will improve their family’s quality of life. Children develop school readiness through an emphasis on academic, social, and emotional development with a uniquely low 1:4 teacher ratio. Studies show that children who receive quality preschool education are 3x more likely to graduate high school and earn 25% more in their careers. By creating systemic and social change in children and their parents, Precious Lamb can achieve its mission “To break the cycle of homelessness, one child at a time”. PRECIOUS LAMB “BUILDING OUR FUTURE” ENDOWMENT Since 2002, Precious Lamb Preschool has served hundreds of at-risk and homeless children ages 18 months to 5 years old in the greater Long Beach area. Through a uniquely low 1:4 ratio, each child receives the focused and nurturing attention of our experienced teachers. Honoring that low ratio has created a waiting list of children in need of our school, and two years ago we were able to open a second classroom. Since then the need has continued to grow, and find ourselves again needing to expand our Preschool program. The expansion process includes cleaning, preparing, and modifying an unused classroom within our facility, and sustaining the costs of the classroom, including teacher salaries and curriculum, up to $100,000 a year. With the addition of a third classroom, we can serve 40+ students at a time, and up to 100 children a year, preparing them for kindergarten and helping to break the cycle of homelessness in our community.

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Rebuilding Together Long Beach Fund

Rebuilding Together Long Beach (RTLB) is repairing homes, revitalizing communities, and rebuilding lives. Most RTLB homeowner recipients are elderly, many are disabled, and all are low-income: The median annual income of RTLB homeowners in 2017 was just over $15,000. RTLB’s community revitalization work focuses on assisting nonprofits and neighborhood associations, projects which can positively affect the lives of several hundred or even several thousand individuals. Whether RTLB is re-roofing or re-plumbing a home, building a wheelchair ramp, creating a playground for children, or installing security lighting, they offer services at no cost to recipients. RTLB’s vision statement reflects the ultimate goal: Safe homes and communities for everyone. To achieve this, RTLB relies on the support of those individuals and corporations that want to make a difference in the lives of those who need it most.

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