The Los Altos Community Foundation (LACF) serves the communities of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, and surrounding areas through community building activities. The LACF focuses on grant making, managed and sponsored programs, philanthropic fund management, and convening the community. It supports initiatives like LEAD, LAMP, Los Altos Prepare, and others. Over the past two decades, the LACF has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants and helped preserve historic assets and sponsor risky but important community programs.

1. LACF Mission
Los Altos Community Foundation serves Los
Altos, Los Altos Hills and the surrounding area by
promoting community building – those activities
and facilities that give our community its favorable
character and make it a desirable place to live and
work for all generations and cultures.
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2. LACF’s four areas of focus
Grant Making Managed and Sponsored Programs
Distributed Providing
$176,000 in resources for 10
grants to 35 local programs and
community social venture
organizations in sponsorship for
2011-2012 seven more
Philanthropic Funds Management Convening the Community
Investment vehicle Bringing
for groups and groups
families wanting together for
temporary or common
permanent funds. issues and
Over $10 million opportunities
given to
community.
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3. Current LACF programs
Managed Sponsored
• Leadership Education Advancement • Community Roundtable
(LEAD) • Living Classroom
• Los Altos Mediation Program (LAMP) • Los Altos Forward
• Los Altos Prepare • Mesa de la Comunidad
• MVLA Community Scholars • Silicon for Society
• Neutra House • Stanford Changemakers
• Primetime • Sustainovation
• Senior Matters • TACO (Terrible Adult Chamber
• Women-SV Orchestra)
• Youth in Philanthropy (E3)
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4. 2011-2012 grant summary
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5. Two decades of community building - that
may not have been done otherwise
Strong Program Sponsorship Historic Asset Preservation
• Bus Barn Stage Company • Neutra House renovation
• CHASE (sober teens) • Preservation of DeMartini orchard
• Day Worker Center
house
• Family Foundation Leadership
• Family Giving
• Greentown Los Altos
• Los Altos Alliance for Youth Risk Taking
• Los Altos Community Pool
• Los Altos Library Endowment • Provided umbrella to Day Worker Center
• Partners for a New Generation • GSA Parade
• Rotary Plaza • Bus Barn funding
• Save Our Staff (Elementary Schools) • Move and refurbishment of Neutra and
Community Houses
• MVLA Community Scholars
Grant Making • Los Altos Forward sponsorship
• WOMEN-SV
• Hundreds of grants given to local • Avenidas Village grant
non-profits, totaling over $1M
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6. Two decades of community building - that
may not have been done otherwise
Strong Program Sponsorship Historic Asset Preservation
• Bus Barn Stage Company • Neutra House renovation
• CHASE (sober teens) • Preservation of DeMartini orchard
• Day Worker Center
house
• Family Foundation Leadership
• Family Giving
• Greentown Los Altos
• Los Altos Alliance for Youth Risk Taking
• Los Altos Community Pool
• Los Altos Library Endowment • Provided umbrella to Day Worker Center
• Partners for a New Generation • GSA Parade
• Rotary Plaza • Bus Barn funding
• Save Our Staff (Elementary Schools) • Move and refurbishment of Neutra and
Community Houses
• MVLA Community Scholars
Grant Making • Los Altos Forward sponsorship
• WOMEN-SV
• Hundreds of grants given to local • Avenidas Village grant
non-profits, totaling over $1M
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