Organization: VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
Mission: TO PROMOTE AND ENABLE PHILANTHROPY TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY FOR GOOD AND FOR EVER.
Activities: CONNECTING DONORS TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THEY CARE ABOUT, THE VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GRANTED $11,873,550 TO 270 UNIQUE PUBLIC CHARITIES, $1,024,274 TO MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY LOCAL STUDENTS VIA OUR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, $2,214,550 TO SUPPORT THE 2020 CENSUS COMPLETE COUNT EFFORTS AND $3,885,000 TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS PROGRAM. 89 PERCENT OF TOTAL GRANTS WERE TO PUBLIC CHARITIES IN THE VENTURA COUNTY REGION. RECIPIENT SECTORS INCLUDED ANIMAL WELFARE, ARTS AND CULTURE, EDUCATION, HEALTH MEDICINES AND SCIENCE, HUMAN SERVICES, RELIGION-RELATED , YOUTH SERVICES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND OTHER SERVICES.
INCREASING CHARITABLE GIVING IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, $18 MILLION WAS ADDED TO DONOR FUNDS BRINGING THE TOTAL CHARITABLE ASSETS UNDER THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO $164 MILLION.
THE VENTURA COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO OFFER BELOW-MARKET RENT FOR TWELVE NONPROFITS IN VENTURA COUNTY. NONPROFIT TENANTS INCLUDE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE OF VENTURA COUNTY, GOLD COAST VETERANS FOUNDATION, CASA OF VENTURA, MAKE-A-WISH TRI-COUNTIES, INTERFACE CHILDREN AND FAMILY, SERVICES/ 2-1-1 VENTURA COUNTY, BETHANY CHRISTIAN SERVICES, AREAS CHRISTIANS TAKING INITIATIVE ON NEED (ACTION), VISTA REAL PUBLIC CHARTER, SOTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SCAG) AND THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.
NTEE category: Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations
Secondary category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building