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Earnings from Community Response Funds address the most important issues facing Ventura County. The flexibility of these funds offers the Community Foundation an effective way to meet donor interest while recognizing the changing needs of the community. Contributions received, but not earmarked for specific charitable purposes go into the Cornerstone Community Response Fund - a general endowment to respond to programs that make in investment in the community and improve the lives of Ventura County Residents.

Cornerstone Community Response Fund

  • A.A. & Jeanne W. Milligan Fund
  • Ben E. and Joan H. Nordman Fund
  • Bernice Daily Gastl Fund
  • Cornerstone Community Needs Response Fund
  • Dominick & Bridget McGrath Fund
  • Gladys Daily Coffman Fund
  • Haas Automation Charitable Fund
  • Nellie Daily Fund
  • Oliver White & Dorothy Margaret Redding White Charitable Fund
  • Smith-Hobson Foundation CNR Fund
  • VCCF Founders' Fund
  • Virginia Faria Baptiste/Faria Family Fund
  • Wood Family Charitable Community Grantmaking Fund
  • Mary Maxwell Nicoll Tash Fund
  • Maxine Carmean Mueller Fund
  • VCCF Memorial Fund
  • Wood Family Charitable Fund

Cornerstone Administrative Endowment Funds

The Community Foundation's 15 years of service to the community have opened doors for a stronger community spirit, fostering philanthropy and promoting partnering to make Ventura County an even better place to live. The administrative endowment is a basic underlying element that fortifies and expands the Foundation's current efforts and provides funding to launch new initiatives.

  • A.A. and Jeanne W. Milligan Fund
  • Bertha Kunz Fund
  • Bob and Emily Hall Charitable Administrative Fund
  • Cornerstone Admin Endowment Fund
  • Dave O. & Leila M. White Cornerstone Fund
  • Dennis Collins Administrative Endowment Fund
  • Dorcas Thille Fund
  • Dr. & Mrs. William Hart Fund
  • Esther Margaret Young Fund
  • George and Eleanor Tillquist Cornerstone Fund
  • Haas VCCF Administrative Endowment Fund
  • J.M. Sharp Company Fund
  • John V. and Ruth T. Newman Fund
  • L. John Bernatz Charitable Fund
  • Loebl Family Cornerstone Fund
  • Lydia T. & Joseph Brown Cornerstone Fund
  • Mahan Fund
  • Marshall and Gretchen Milligan Fund
  • Martin V. and Martha K. Smith Cornerstone Fund
  • Mary L. Schwabauer Leadership Fund
  • MaryAnn & William Bang Cornerstone Fund
  • McLean Fund
  • Mike A. DeLorenzo Fund
  • Mr. & Mrs. Norman Lueck Cornerstone Fund
  • Ojai-Tapo Citrus Association
  • Otis & Bettina Chandler Fund
  • Richard & Barbara Shipley Fund
  • Robert Calder Davis Cornerstone Fund
  • Ronald and Carolyn Hertel Fund
  • Smith-Hobson Foundation Cornerstone Fund
  • Sunkist Centennial Fund
  • Teague-McKevett Fund
  • VCCF Administrative Endowment Fund
  • William A. & Cynthia D Fairburn Jr.  Memorial Fund

Needs Assessment Endowment Funds

Needs Assessment Funds provide funding to gather, review and analyze input from the community on pressing and current community needs, providing the information necessary for the Community Foundation, nonprofit organizations and funders to develop programs and address community needs in a focused, strategic fashion that will have a measurable impact on the community.

  • William A. & Cynthia D. Fairburn, Jr. Memorial Fund

Center for Nonprofit Leadership Endowment Funds

Endowment Funds for the Resource Center for Nonprofit Management ensure the continued education and training programs of the Resource Center, and, in turn, ensure the success of the nonprofit organizations that rely on it.

  • Bob and Emily Hall Charitable Resource Center  Fund
  • Funding Information and Resource Center Fund I
  • Haas Seminars for Non Profit Excellence Fund
  • Helen Yunker Collection for Nonprofit R & D
  • Joan Merritt Fund to Strengthen Vta Co Nonprofits
  • Midge & Dave Stork Resource Center Fund
  • Resource Center Endowment Fund II
  • Sidney Lyons Memorial Fund