About Community Partners
Accelerating ideas into action to advance the public good. Community Partners supports equitable, just, and vibrant communities by providing fiscal sponsorship, intermediary services, and capacity-building to nonprofit projects and initiatives.
Focus Areas
Arts and CultureBIPOC-serving organizationsCapacity BuildingCivic EngagementCommunity DevelopmentEconomic DevelopmentEducationEnvironmental Justice & EquityFood SystemsGender EquityHealth EquityHouselessnessHuman RightsImmigration
About Community Partners
Community Partners stands out for channeling large grants into intermediary and capacity-building work across Los Angeles County. In 2024, it awarded $7,002,699 to North Hollywood High School Student Body for COVID-19 contact tracing, system navigation, community outreach, and engagement, a grant that reflects the foundation’s use of fiscal sponsorship and direct support for public-good initiatives. Another major award went to Public Health Advocates, with $3,691,376 in 2024 for an initiative to prevent and counter adverse childhood experiences, followed by a $3,154,153 grant in 2025 for childhood trauma intervention. The foundation also backs climate resilience, early childhood systems, food access, and community development, often through organizations working in Los Angeles. Its recent grants show repeated support for the same recipients across multiple years, including Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Pacoima Beautiful, and Grid Alternatives Greater Los Angeles Inc. Community Partners operates with a mixed community foundation classification and directs most of its giving to California recipients.
What Community Partners Funds
Community Partners supports several distinct cause areas through grants tied to specific projects. In climate resilience and infrastructure, it gave $988,854 in 2025 to Grid Alternatives Greater Los Angeles Inc for climate resilience and infrastructure, and $686,728 in 2025 to Los Angeles Conservation Corps for the same purpose. In early childhood education, grants included $700,000 to California Black Women's Health Project and $450,000 to The Children's Partnership, both in 2025, each for early childhood education intervention. Food systems are also part of the portfolio: in 2025, Inclusive Action for the City, Alma Backyard Farms, Special Service for Groups Inc, Occidental College, and Partnership for Growth each received food distribution grants. Community development appears in the $452,600 grant to Palos Verdes Estates Foundation for beautification, culture and arts, and civic engagement activities.
How Community Partners Gives
Typical grants cluster around a $15,000 p25, $30,000 median, and $80,000 p75. The recent list also shows a few very large awards alongside many mid-sized operating or project grants. Several recipients appear in multiple years, including Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Pacoima Beautiful, Grid Alternatives Greater Los Angeles Inc, and Los Angeles-based health and community organizations, indicating ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. Community Partners is classified as a mixed community foundation, and it uses fiscal sponsorship and intermediary services as part of its structure. The grant data provided does not show an application process, so the pattern is best understood through repeated project-based awards and ongoing support to named organizations.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$57.5M
Total Assets
$85.9M
Total Revenue
$150.8M
Total Expenses
$150.8M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $80K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$80K
Geographic Reach
Local22 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ALICIA LARA
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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