About LACF’s 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund

LACF launched the 2020 Nonprofit Relief Fund in March 2020 to support local nonprofit organizations and services affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Thanks to your support, the Foundation raised nearly $400,000 that was distributed in four funding rounds. Intentionally, LACF provided general operating support for organizations funded through the Nonprofit Relief Fund.

Rounds One and Two

Organizations in Rounds One and Two received emergency funding to provide immediate services to community residents suffering from life-altering issues stemming from the pandemic. These organizations each had a funding relationship with LACF.

Round One Recipients

• Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)
• Community Services Agency (CSA)
• Day Worker Center of Mountain View
• El Camino Health Foundation
• Health Trust
• MayView Community Health Center
• Second Harvest Food Bank
• WomenSV

Round Two Recipients

• Community Health Awareness Council (CHAC)*
• Community Services Agency (CSA)*
• El Camino Health Foundation*
• Health Trust*
• Hope’s Corner
• Next Door Solutions

*Round One Nonprofit Relief Fund recipient.

Rounds Three and Four

Grants made in Rounds Three and Four provided funding to arts and culture, education, mental health, food insecurity, and equity-focused organizations responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Round Three Recipients

• Cantabile Youth Singers
• Healthier Kids Foundation
• Kitchen Table Advisors
• Los Altos Stage Company
• Mentor Tutor Connection
• Pivotal
• Science is Elementary
• SV Creates (Silicon Valley Creativity Corps)
• The Pear Theatre

Round Four Recipients

• Day Worker Center of Mountain View
• IsraAid
• City of Los Altos (Mature Adult Center)
• Palo Alto University
• Pink Ribbon Girls
• Working Scholars