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Toast to 35 years with your neighbors at Oktoberfest
Thirty-five years! That’s three and a half decades of neighbors showing up for neighbors across Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View. Grab your neighbor, a cold draft beer from Laughing Monk(opens in new tab), a pretzel from Little Sky Bakery(opens in new tab), and your dancing shoes, because we’re toasting to that legacy at Oktoberfest…
Read MoreDon’t Wait for the Smoke: Top 3 Actions to Prepare for Wildfire Season
Right now, the Bay Area is enjoying an unusually cool stretch of weather. Forecasters expect temperatures to climb in the coming weeks, and with that heat comes the return of wildfire risk across our communities. The good news is that none of us have to face it alone. The best time to prepare for a…
Read MoreCity of Mountain View Partners with LAMVCF to Launch $1 Million Affordable Housing Investment Fund
Mountain View, Calif., Jan. 28, 2026 — The City of Mountain View has approved a $1 million investment to launch a new affordable housing fund in partnership with the Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation (LAMVCF), a locally rooted nonprofit dedicated to turning community compassion into action. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to ensuring…
Read MoreThe Local Challenge: A Human Displacement Crisis
Mountain View faces a critical loss of socioeconomic diversity driven by real estate speculation. Since 2012, developers have demolished nearly 1,000 rent-protected units, forcing working and immigrant families (many of them essential workers) to move to the outskirts. Social Impact: Displacement fractures families, triples commute times, and breaks access to schools and support networks. Extreme…
Read MoreA Community Keeps Its Promise
This year, neighbors put $800,000 behind local students. Some of them, for years to come. Every spring, something quietly happens in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and Mountain View. Organizations who have been showing up for this community for decades: Rotarians, Kiwanians, MV Chamber leaders, MVLA Scholars, all pull up chairs around the same table.…
Read MoreWhat Connects a Farm to a Food Pantry to Your Giving
Earlier this month, I stood in a field at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills watching a piglet nibbling on a sweet potato. It was an unremarkable moment except that two days earlier, I had seen that very sweet potato, or at least its kin, stacked in the produce section of Community Services Agency’s (CSA)…
Read MoreA $25,000 Bet on Community: LAMVCF Awards Live Where You Work Challenge Grant to The United Effort Organization
The Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation (LAMVCF) has selected The United Effort Organization as the winner of its Live Where You Work Challenge, awarding a $25,000 grant to connect unhoused essential workers and seniors with local homeowners who have available space. Launched in January 2026, the Challenge asked residents, nonprofits, and community organizations across…
Read MoreWhen Wall Street Overrides Your Giving, Your Local Community Foundation Will Not
Three of the largest corporate donor-advised fund (DAF) platforms in the country: Fidelity Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, and DAFgiving360 (the charitable arm of Charles Schwab), have blocked their account holders from directing grants to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Their justification: a federal indictment filed by the Department of Justice. The SPLC has spent more…
Read MoreMeet the Live Where You Work Challenge Finalists
Every year, the people who teach our kids, care for our neighbors, and keep our community running face a harder and harder question: can I still afford to live here? When the people who teach our kids, care for our neighbors, and keep our community running can no longer afford to live here, we all…
Read MoreCommunity Needs Report
Our Community. Our Challenges. What the numbers say about housing, health, and the people we serve. Silicon Valley is one of the wealthiest places on earth. But for many of our neighbors, that wealth feels invisible. This report uses data from the 2026 Silicon Valley Index to show what life really looks like for working…
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