Gender Disparities in the Pandemic: Childcare & Eldercare It’s hard to imagine that the pandemic has been with us for two years. Images that stood out in the early days, like evening claps of thanks for frontline workers, have receded into some vague time shift. What hasn’t, though, are the challenges of caring for...
At Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation, we are watching the images from the recent tornado destruction in Midwest. My mother and grandmother live in the small town of Dawson Springs, Kentucky, where 75% of the city has vanished due to this deadly storm. Thankfully, they both are unharmed, and their homes are untouched...
Season’s Greetings from LAMV-CF’s E3 Youth Philanthropy program There are two ways to make wishes come true this season for Kids in Custody and a vulnerable Mountain View family. We have a “BHAG” — A Big Hairy Audacious Goal — to spread the word and see every item purchased by Sunday, December 19th at...
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Thank you to all who could join us for our recent Community Conversation on the pandemic and its impact on women, mental health, and gender disparities. We had a fascinating discussion and the evening could easily have gone much longer. Our panelists – Dr . Nirmaljit Dhami, Dr. Sandra Escobar, and Riley Simonsen –...
I’ve been looking ahead to our upcoming Community Conversation with a personal sense of both anxiety and anticipation. Mental health and wellbeing are deeply personal subjects to me. In my lifetime, mental health challenges led to the suicides of one aunt and my grandmother (both on my dad’s side). My younger sister passed away...
October 9, 2021, is a special day for Donor Advised Fund holders like you. It is the last day to apply for an opportunity to give matching grants to the nonprofits you support. Join the #HalfMyDAF movement and supercharge your donations. Some LAMV-CF DAF owners have already participated, and we want to make sure...
For the second time in its history, the Foundation has decided to change its name. When the Foundation was established thirty years ago, we were known as Los Altos Tomorrow. The name changed in 1995 to Los Altos Community Foundation because the use of “tomorrow” was not considered sufficiently descriptive of the Foundation’s purpose....
Like everyone, we at Los Altos Community Foundation are watching the images from the California Wildfires, Hurricane Ida, and Afghanistan. We are tracking these humanitarian situations and will update this page as more information arrives. As you look to donate to local relief efforts in California and Louisiana, we encourage you to connect with...
As I reflect on the last 12 months, I see a year of many changes and challenges coupled with significant accomplishments and activities. No one would have imagined how the pandemic and economic recession would affect our local communities, the Foundation, or our work. I believe we matured as an engaged local funder and...
