The Long Beach Community Foundation aims to connect philanthropists to strategic causes in order to foster community well-being. Through grants and funding opportunities like the Fennie Community Fund, it supports a wide range of charitable activities with a focus on impacting the local community positively.
The Fennie Community Fund Grant, offered by the Long Beach Community Foundation, emanates from an estate gift by Jack L. Fennie in 1988. Its primary objective is to support broad and general charitable causes, with a specific preference for organizations serving children within the Avalon and Long Beach communities. The grant's selection process favors projects and programs that are in line with the aims of the LBCF’s Community Impact Fund, as outlined by the LBCF Board, highlighting an emphasis on meaningful community impact and alignment with the foundation's strategic priorities.