In the News 2008

Dec. 23, 2008: CCF's Scholarship Fund and Sr. VP John Kobara featured on KNBC. Read a story and watch a video about scholarship recipients of the Beating the Odds Fund. (HTML)

Nov. 27, 2008: Antonia Hernández provides her perspective on KCRW's To The Point, examining The Economic Crisis, Nonprofit Charities, and Barack Obama. (MP3)

Nov. 10, 2008: The Chronicle of Philanthropy presents advice for President-Elect Obama from nonprofit leaders, including Antonia Hernández (PDF)

Oct. 16, 2008: The Chronicle of Philanthropy examines the effect of the fiscal crisis on nonprofit organizations. Read the full story with analysis from Antonia Hernández. (PDF)

Sept. 3, 2008: A 2007 census study shows that immigrants are more assimilated. Read the full story discussing CCF's immigrant integration initiative in the Los Angeles Times. (PDF)

Aug. 6, 2008: Artweek announces CCF's annual Visual Arts Fellowship Awards (PDF)

July 23, 2008: Los Angeles Times reviews "In Their Boots," a documentary series funded by CCF's Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund (PDF)

July 23, 2008: Newsweek explores race and gender in the presidential election, with a perspective provided by Antonia Hernández (PDF)

May 30, 2008: Los Angeles Times announces CCF’s annual Visual Arts Fellowship Awards (PDF)

May 22, 2008: Los Angeles County has one of the worst poverty rates in the nation. The California Community Foundation recently co-sponsored a poverty simulation at a Salvation Army facility in downtown Los Angeles. The simulation helped our donors understand how hard it is to survive if you’re one of the 3.7 million people who do not have enough income to meet basic needs. Read the full story featuring our CCF staff in the Los Angeles Times.

April 19, 2008: Associated Press reports most Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans are suffering from depression and PTS, according to "Invisible Wounds of War," a CCF-funded RAND report (PDF)

April 18, 2008: Los Angeles Times reviews "Invisible Wounds of War," a CCF-funded RAND report that examines the mental health conditions of Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans (PDF)

April 16, 2008: San Gabriel Valley Tribune covers the CCF funded Community Building Initiative in El Monte (PDF)

March 20, 2008: The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports military charities' receiving great support to help Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans, CCF is a major funder (PDF)

March 2008: Hispanic Business cites CCF as a philanthropic leader and quotes President and CEO Antonia Hernández (PDF)

Jan. 15, 2008: San Jose Mercury News reports $4.6 million pledged by CCF and a partnership of mortgage lenders and nonprofits to provide statewide foreclosure prevention services (PDF)