“We're chillin' now!! Thanks to a grant from the Pasadena Community Foundation, we now have a refrigerated truck - and an expanded ability to accept frozen food donations.” 

- Joan Whitenack, Executive Director, Foothill Unity Services
Pasadena Community Foundation

Major Grants

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The following grants were awarded in 2011 through the Major Grants program of the Pasadena Community Foundation.

2011 Major Grants

AAF Rose Bowl Aquatics Center
$50,000- 7 family changing rooms

AbilityFirst
$50,000- 1 truck to help expand its shredding & business services that employ disabled adults

Altadena Christian Children’s Center
$20,000- capital improvements to buildings kitchens, bathroom & roof

Altadena Library District
$23,500- ADA compliance for branch library

Casa de las Amigas
$50,000- remodel 1 existing Sober Living Facility into a detoxification facility

Door of Hope
$35,000- office expansion & other interior capital improvements

Gooden Center
$25,000- Hochman House: outdoor painting, Bishop Gooden House: porch repairs

Huntington Medical Foundation
$38,000- medical equipment: piccolo machine, visa basic infusion pump, Beckman coulter counter

2010 Major Grants
Grants of up to $50,000 for small larger capital projects or acquisition of equipment.

ECPAC/ Friends in Deed
$16,780- air conditioning & heating

Five Acres
$31,918- 1 eight passenger van

Foothill Vocational Opportunities
$28,172- 1 packaging machine to automate counting & packing

Harambee Christian Family Center
$27,395- Air conditioning & heating repair, roof repair, ceiling repair & carpet

Hillsides Home for Children
$50,000- replacement of artificial turf

Impact Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center
$30,000- 3 eight passenger vans

Move a Child Higher (MACH 1)
$37,610- 6 horse paddocks (on demand water access)

Pasadena Educational Foundation
$24,140- PUSD- 18 document cameras & LCD projectors

Pasadena Symphony Association
$18,010- Choice ticketing system (in-house ticketing system)

Sierra Madre Search & Rescue Team
$35,647- 4 wheel drive used suburban

The following grants were awarded in 2010 through the Major Grants program of the Pasadena Community Foundation.

2010 Major Grants
Grants of up to $50,000 for small larger capital projects or acquisition of equipment.

ECPAC/ Friends in Deed
$16,780- air conditioning & heating

Five Acres
$31,918- 1 eight passenger van

Foothill Vocational Opportunities
$28,172- 1 packaging machine to automate counting & packing

Harambee Christian Family Center

$27,395- Air conditioning & heating repair, roof repair, ceiling repair & carpet

Hillsides Home for Children
$50,000- replacement of artificial turf

Impact Drug & Alcohol Treatment Center
$30,000- 3 eight passenger vans

Move a Child Higher (MACH 1)
$37,610- 6 horse paddocks (on demand water access)

Pasadena Educational Foundation
$24,140- PUSD- 18 document cameras & LCD projectors

Pasadena Symphony Association
$18,010- Choice ticketing system (in-house ticketing system)

Sierra Madre Search & Rescue Team
$35,647- 4 wheel drive used suburban