Agency Partner Funds

The Pasadena Community Foundation PCF is committed to assisting non-profit agencies in the greater Pasadena community both through our grant programs and through opportunities for agencies to partner with the Foundation through Agency Partner Funds.

Non-profit agencies can invest their endowments with the Pasadena Community Foundation and benefit from pooling their assets in a larger diversified professionally managed portfolio with cost effective investment management fees. PCF follows best practices with regard to endowment management.

We can manage the funds and let your organization’s board of directors concentrate on growing the endowment!

Call and ask for our:
Fee Schedule, Investment Guidelines, Portfolio Performance Summary

	Pasadena Art Alliance Establishes Endowment Fund
	As part of their 50 year anniversary celebration, members of the Pasadena Art Alliance (PAA) have taken an important step. To continue their legacy of support for contemporary visual art they have established the Pasadena Art Alliance Endowment Fund with the Pasadena Community Foundation. Like many organizations that grow and mature, the Art Alliance chose their 50th year to reflect on their past and give thoughtful consideration to their future. Through the endowment fund, Art Alliance members have made a commitment to their grant making programs in support of contemporary art in perpetuity.

	The Pasadena Altadena Community Endowment Fund (PACEF) celebrates ten years.
	The Pasadena-Altadena Chapter of the Links is one of 273 chapters located throughout the United States and internationally that is committed to improving lives through programs of service. In 2000, the Links established a charitable foundation to support educational and charitable activities for the benefit of the greater Pasadena community, the Pasadena Altadena Community Endowment Fund (PACEF). In 2007, PACEF made the bold decision to set a goal to raise $250,000 for a scholarship endowment fund. PACEF decided to partner with the Pasadena Community Foundation to manage the growing endowment. The Links manages the scholarship selection process. In February 2011, both groups gathered at the Women’s City Club to celebrate the ten year anniversary of PACEF.

	Saturday Conservatory of Music Endowment Fund
	For over 40 years the Saturday Conservatory of Music has worked to provide affordable music lessons to kids. Some of their former students now serve as teachers and Board members at the Conservatory. Originally operating on the Cal State Los Angeles campus, the group moved in 2000 to Lake Avenue Community Church in Pasadena. Every Saturday, they set up 30 classrooms and teach everything from violin, bass, oboe, clarinet, and the harp to voice and music theory. The Saturday Conservatory built their endowment by encouraging donations to honor those who believed in the Conservatory’s mission. According to Jeff Bruce, whose father founded the Conservatory, “Having the Foundation take care of the endowment, lets us focus on our passion and mission – teaching children.”

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