("CCEJ") California Conference for Equality and Justice Endowment Fund

For 60 years, the California Conference for Equality and Justice (CCEJ) has been building a world where people live free of oppression and thrive. Our mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to lead change for equity and justice in our communities. CCEJ believes that everyone has a role to play in transforming our schools, workplaces and communities to be more just and equitable. We provide experiential, interactive training and coaching on inclusion, equity and Restorative Justice for more than 3,000 adults annually. Each year, we support more than 1,000 youth to develop self-awareness and leadership skills through programs such as Building Bridges Camp (a descendant of NCCJ’s Brotherhood Sisterhood Camp), Conscious Classrooms, and Restorative Youth Diversion. Your donation will go directly to support CCEJ’s education and training programs.

Able ARTS Work Endowment Fund

Donate now to the Able ARTS Work Endowment. The primary vision of Able ARTS Work (formerly known as Arts & Services for Disabled, Inc.) is to provide lifelong learning, community service, and vocational opportunities through the creative arts for people with disabilities of all ages in an environment of warmth, encouragement, and inclusion.

Airport Noise Ordinance Neighborhood Impact Fund

The Airport Noise Ordinance Neighborhood Impact Fund was created with fines paid by airlines who have violated noise restrictions at the Long Beach Airport. These charitable dollars can be used to fund programs and projects that benefit residents located within the flight path area.

Algalita Endowment Fund

Algalita is internationally known as the organization that started the movement to end plastic pollution. Over the span of 25 years, this small grassroots organization has sparked local and statewide legislation by showing policymakers how plastics build up in our ocean ecosystems. Algalita revolutionized the plastic pollution conversation by building a web of connections between researchers, activists, educators, and young people across the globe. While the organization continues to monitor plastic accumulation in the ocean, its main focus is to fundamentally shift our way of thinking on land. Algalita has dedicated its work to usher in the next generation of critical thinkers capable of advancing the most responsible solutions to plastic pollution. They offer a suite of experience-based programs that reach thousands of teachers and students every year. This endowed fund supports Algalita’s general operations.

Angels Gate Reserve Fund

Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) is a place that unites art, community, and culture through creative discovery, exploration, and enlightenment. Our mission is to provide space for artists to work and to engage the community through arts education, exhibitions of contemporary art, and cultural events. We serve over 4000 elementary school students in Long Beach and LAUSD with arts residencies each year. The Center emerged from a group of San Pedro artists in the 1970s that created artist studios and exhibition space within the 1940’s era Army barracks of Angels Gate Park. The core of AGCC arts education programming is the Artists-in-Classroom (AIC) program, which places professional artists in classrooms to provide an enriched skill-based arts education. Angels Gate Cultural Center is home to four galleries, focused on showcasing new works by contemporary artists. AGCC pursues opportunities to hire outside curators and commission artists in its effort to support the vibrancy of Southern California’s art landscape.

Arts Council for Long Beach Fund

Donate now to the “Creative Communities Arts Fund” and support our microgrant program. Microgrants are awarded monthly and available year-round until funding is depleted for the fiscal year. Projects must be free, open to the public, and benefit Long Beach residents. Worthy projects will support community representation and cultural respect, encourage cultural diversity, and/or enhance underserved communities, neighborhoods, or populations of Long Beach. Artists who are looking for professional development to enhance an organization’s operations or their ability to serve the Long Beach residents may also apply for a microgrant. Since the Arts Council for Long Beach was founded 40 years ago – on September 22, 1976 – the nonprofit organization has funded hundreds of artists, organizations, and education programs. It has advocated for increased arts funding in addition to promoting the city’s arts and culture. Currently, we deliver arts education to thousands of schoolchildren, place college students in internships, connect artists to opportunities within and outside of Long Beach, convene discussions and celebrations about art, and much more. Since 2000, the Arts Council has granted more than $13 million to Long Beach artists, organizations, and community projects, and through arts education programs, reached more than 36,000 Long Beach Unified School District youth. Serving Long Beach’s flourishing arts and cultural scene is a tall – and fun – order, therefore, we are committed to growing community partnerships by increasing our microgrant funding.

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.

Centennial Scholarship Fund

Since 1959, the Long Beach Bar Association has proudly awarded scholarships to high achieving, college-bound high school students from across Long Beach in order to make the financial burden of education more manageable. Created as the charitable arm of the Association, the Long Beach Bar Foundation today manages the Scholarship Fund, which continues to offer our members and community partners a way to give back to our city and enrich future generations.

Child Lane Fund

Child Lane Fund opened one location in 1984, serving just a handful of children, and today serves close to 8,000 children a day through our Early Care and Education Program and Nutrition Program. CCD operates five child care centers, manages a network of 20 family child care homes, and monitors close to 700 family child care homes’ nutrition programs. The services we provide do more than temporarily address a need, but have contributed meaningfully to the lives of over $150,000 children and their families over the span of three decades.

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.

Children's Dental Health Clinic Fund

The Children’s Dental Health Clinic is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality basic and specialty dental treatment, as well as orthodontics, and preventive and oral health education services. Since 1932, the Clinic has been serving disadvantaged children and young adults, from birth through age 21, in the Greater Long Beach and South Bay areas. As the dental home and specialty care resource for more than 10,000 children in Greater Long Beach, the Clinic is witnessing an overwhelming increase in the need for specialized services, such as dental treatment for special needs children, the medically compromised, and for very young patients. They continue to see an influx in emergency dental visits, and children in need of treatment under IV Sedation. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today. Your donation will go directly to the Children’s Dental Health Clinic and help provide dental treatment for children waiting for care.

Coach John F. Gonsalves Charity Fund

The Coach John F. Gonsalves Charity Fund will benefit local schools and charities. Coach Gonsalves is mostly known for his career as the baseball coach at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). He attended St. Anthony’s High School in Long Beach, Long Beach City College, and CSULB. He earned his Masters degree in Physical Education and influenced many in that tract. He was friendly and always generous with his time and energy to help anyone who needed it. He will be missed by many.

Deanna Bennett Fund

Don Knabe Safe Surrender Scholarship Fund

The Safely Surrendered Baby Law was initiated by former L.A. County Supervisor Don Knabe and signed into state law in 2006. The law gives parents a chance to surrender a baby three days old or younger with an employee at any Los Angeles County hospital or fire station. The Don Knabe Safe Surrender Scholarship Fund was established in 2014 to provide scholarships for children safely surrendered in Los Angeles County. Youths adopted as a Safely Surrendered Baby in Los Angeles County are eligible for the scholarship at age 17. The scholarship may be used for any purpose toward higher education. Learn more about the Safe Surrender Program at LaCounty.gov and Ican4kids.org.

Douglas C. Stewart, Sr. Memorial Academic Fund for LBUSD Students

Douglas Christopher Stewart, Sr. was born and raised in San Francisco, CA. He matriculated to Long Beach on a football scholarship to California State University, Long Beach. Douglas graduated from Cal State Long Beach with a degree in Physical Education and later earned his Administrative Credential. While at Cal State Long Beach, he pledged Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Douglas worked as a Campus Security Officer, Football Coach, Teacher, and Administrator during his time in Long Beach Unified School District. The majority of his years were spent at Millikan High School. Douglas retired in 2012 after 36 years of service to the youth in LBUSD. Douglas was a life-long educator and champion for his students, especially those who were considered academically or behaviorally at-risk. He gave his all to ensure that his students had a pathway to success, including a college education. Douglas was a lover of music and was an old-school music DJ. He was also an amazing baker, with his delicious cream cheese pound cakes known and loved all throughout the city of Long Beach! Douglas leaves to uphold his legacy, his wife Elyssa; children Sean, Nichole, Andre’, Douglas, Jr., Dwight, Bryan, and Brittanie; many relatives and friends; and a multitude of students whose lives were positively impacted by “Big Stew.” This charitable fund at the Long Beach Community Foundation has been created to support students who graduated from a Long Beach Unified High School and enroll at least part-time at Long Beach City College. Eligible students will have earned a high school GPA between 2.0 and 3.0 and the award can be used to pay for college tuition, fees, or books. Annual distributions from this designated fund will be made directly to Long Beach City College with the goal to support a minimum of five, $500 Douglas C. Stewart Memorial Academic Scholarships for students each year.

Dr. Grant and Debbie Uba Fund

Dr. Grant & Debbie Uba believe that young people can do great things when given the opportunity, so with their help, the Boys & Girls Club of Long Beach established the Dr. Grant and Debbie Uba Fund to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach. Thanks to this fund, Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach are able to award some of their exceptional teens with scholarships to college. The teens tend to come for unfortunate situations and, with the help of the programs at the Clubs, have been able to become great students, active Club members, and exceptional leaders in their community. For 80 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach has been providing the most affordable and high-quality after-school programs to the most at-risk and vulnerable youth in Long Beach. With 11 Clubs throughout Long Beach, they give over 3,000 Club members a safe place to connect with role models and make friends, a quiet place to do homework, and a family-orientated place to enjoy a warm, nutritious meal (which for some, is the only food they will eat that evening). Programs are designed to help Club members become great leaders, aspire to attend college, find a great career, and live a healthy, confident, and active life. Your donation to the Dr. Grant & Debbie Uba Fund helps the Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach close the opportunity gap, fill the mentorship void, keep kids safe, and help kids achieve their dreams.

Early Childhood Educator Scholarship Fund

The ECE Workforce Taskforce, with the financial support and guidance of the Rudolph J. and Daphne A. Munzer Foundation, has established the Early Childhood Educator Scholarship Fund through the Long Beach Community Foundation. The scholarship will be awarded to current employees of Child Lane, Long Beach Day Nursery, Un Mundo de Amigos, and the Long Beach YMCA.

Endowment Fund for the Children's Clinic Serving Children & Their Families

Established in 1939, The Children’s Clinic, Serving Children & Their Families (TCC) is the greater Long Beach community’s safety net provider offering innovative, integrated, high-quality health and wellness services for children, youth, and families including those with special health care needs in our community. TCC’s diverse team of pediatricians, family physicians, nurses, health educators, clinical and non-clinical personnel are dedicated to our vision of a Long Beach that is healthy for all residents. We do this by responding to the community – identified physical, behavioral health, and social needs of children and families and partnering with them and our community partners to deliver critically needed services that will ultimately help decrease health disparities.