As we honor Indigenous People’s Day, we begin with an important acknowledgement: We acknowledge and honor the fact that Orange County is located on the traditional and unceded lands and waters of the Acjachemen and Tongva Tribal Nations. Land acknowledgments allow us to reconsider practices of power and privilege. They allow us to unveil histories that aren’t shared in contemporary educational systems while uplifting the experiences and visibility of Native peoples. We respectfully recognize our ...
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How to Help the Victims of Hurricane Ian: Relief and Recovery Resources Hurricane Ian is one of the strongest storms to make landfall on the west coast of Florida, leaving behind massive damage, displacement, and widespread power outages in its wake. Several organizations are on the ground to assist Floridians as they begin to recover. Here’s how you can support Hurricane Ian victims. All Hands and Hearts is in Florida responding to Hurricane Ian’s devastating impacts. The team is ...
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The devastation of Hurricane Fiona has caused an island-wide blackout, leaving millions of Puerto Rican residents without power, or running water. Local nonprofits and grassroots organizations are mobilizing as quickly as possible and calling for additional aid to help meet the urgent needs of the island. Here are some nonprofits you can support to help Puerto Ricans and others in the Caribbean recover and rebuild.  Community Foundation of Puerto Rico  The Puerto Rico Community Foundation ...
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Five Questions for Tammy Tumbling, COO of the Orange County Community Foundation INSIDE PHILANTHROPY | September 08, 2022 Raised in Compton, California, Tammy Tumbling overcame adversity to find a place in philanthropy. At the age of 17, she became a teen mom and then tragically lost her own mother. She took legal guardianship of her three younger siblings and finished her undergraduate business degree at California State University-Dominguez Hills. She later went on to get ...
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Creating Your Legacy What Mark Do You Want to Make? How Do You Want to be Remembered?  Since 1989, the Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF) has supported the charitable dreams of those who want to make a lasting difference during their lifetimes and beyond. We are honored to work with donors to steward legacies of giving that will last for generations. Today, OCCF stewards over 100 Legacy Funds for donors who have entrusted us to ...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Alex Torres [email protected] (323) 412-1160 ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND CAL STATE FULLERTON PARTNER FOR SUCCESSFUL BLACK STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP FUND CSUF Announces 16 recipients for the first year of the scholarship program. Orange County, Calif. (June 27, 2022) — The Orange County Community Foundation (OCCF) is proud to host the CSUF Black Student Scholarship Fund supporting self-identified Black or African American Students at Cal State University Fullerton. In its inaugural ...
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Many of our partners and donors have asked for ways to help and support the people of Ukraine. The following is a list of organizations that are capable and well-positioned to deliver aid directly to those who need it most. Center for Disaster Philanthropy has been helping individuals, foundations and corporations increase the effectiveness of their philanthropic response to disasters and humanitarian crises since 2010. Razom for Ukraine was created to provide critical medical supplies ...
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We recently interviewed Marty Burbank, past president of the Roosters Foundation Charitable Endowment Fund who opened their endowment fund at OCCF just over a year ago. Read our Q & A below! OCCF- Tell us more about the Roosters? Marty Burbank- "The Roosters Orange County Group is a social and charity organization that’s been around for 25+ years made up of professional men and women who like to give back to disadvantaged Orange County children ...
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Give on February 9th to Support Healthy Teen Relationships in Orange County! ...
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On Saturday, October 2nd, an estimated 144,000 gallons of oil entered the ocean when a pipeline broke approximately 4 miles off the Orange County coastline.  The resulting oil made its way into the habitat of OC’s most vulnerable wildlife, and is currently devastating OC’s wetlands. A combination of public and private entities set up a unified command to coordinate the many agencies that are responding. They have created a website to provide updates: Southern California Spill Response - socalspillresponse.com/ Many of ...
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