About Us

Mission Statement

The mission of the Glendale Community Foundation is to provide counsel to donors and financial support to diverse needs in the communities we serve.

About Us

The Glendale Community Foundation provides financial support to a broad range of charitable and educational endeavors within the geographic area served by the Foundation. It is the goal of the Foundation to provide leadership and act as a catalyst in identifying and addressing evolving community needs.

This financial support is accomplished by administering gifts and grants according to donor wishes and by using the income from unrestricted gifts and grants as a permanently endowed fund for charitable distribution in the areas of social enhancement, cultural enlightenment and education. Charitable financial support is also provided through student loans and scholarships.

As a public charity, the Glendale Community Foundation takes its obligation to operate in the public view and the public interest very seriously. Accordingly, we make our federal tax returns, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt Internal Revenue Service letters, and our financial statements available to the public. Just contact us via (818) 241-8040, fax (818) 241-8045 or email: info@glendalecommunityfoundation.org

GCF History
In August 1956, as part of the City of Glendale's own 50th anniversary celebration, a number of women from the Glendale Tuesday Afternoon Club decided to create a local organization that would allow any citizen to become a philanthropist according to his or her individual means.

Board Members
The members of the Glendale Community Foundation's Board of Trustees come from a wide variety of businesses and community interests.

Endowments
The commonly accepted meaning for an endowment is a fund kept in perpetuity to provide interest and dividend earnings for the benefit of a charitable cause.

About Community Foundations
A community foundation is a charitable, nonprofit vehicle for people of all means to make a lasting difference in their community. It is an endowment for the entire community which, generally, invests the contributions and uses the earnings year after year to make grants to the charities in our local area.

Staff
Doris Boyer, Interim Executive Director
Gina Dayao, Director of Grants & Scholarships