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- EIN 95-3297459
- (562) 938-4134
- 4901 E Carson St B12 Long Beach CA 90808-1706 USA
- www.lbcc.edu/foundation
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Undergraduate Colleges
Mission: The foundation's specific and primary purposes are to promote the general welfare of long beach city college by assisting and supporting the attainment of educational, athletic, and cultural goals; by assisting it in fulfilling its role of service to its community, by soliciting, raising, and distributing funds for its program, building, equipment, and any other outlay including but not limited to needs for scholarships, loans, and grants to qualified students.
Programs: The foundation is fortunate to have received funding from the goldman sachs foundation to continue the 10,000 small business project through an educational program. The curriculum includes modules which promote a relevant learning experience. The program has graduated 792 small business owners. The foundation is in its eighth year of a very successul program which has become a model for other such grantees throughout the united states.
promote general welfare of long beach city college by assisting and supporting the attainment of athletic, educational and cultural goals through grants and other assistance to associate groups, departments, faculty, and staff.
education is the most important factor that determines what opportunities a person will have in life. Long beach city college (lbcc) provides the education and training. The foundation provides the financial support that allows people to take advantage of that education and training. The foundation provides a vehicle for financial support from the community. It is estimated that one in three long beach area residents have attended lbcc. Many of these students have required financial assistance. The foundation has raised over $25 million to provide scholarships, departmental grants, campus beautification, and facilities upgrades. Literally thousands of students have received funds to pay enrollment fees and buy books and the need to provide financial assistance continues today. The foundation has the largest scholarship program of any southern california community college. It gives to more students than any other two year institution and offers scholarships to faculty and staff so they may increase their knowledge in their chosen profession or embark on a new career. During the year, the foundation provided 879 qualified students scholarships and awards.
support the college to career (c2c) program at long beach city college. C2c is an innovative post-secondary program for adults with developmental disabilities served by harbor regional center. The c2c program offers an exciting opportunity to experience community college, student housing, and college life.