The Foundation for California Community Colleges is a unique non-profit organization that benefits, supports, and enhances California’s Community Colleges—the largest higher education system in the nation.

As the official foundation for the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and System Office, the Foundation develops programs and services that save millions of dollars for colleges and students, promotes excellence in education, and provides valuable learning opportunities for students throughout the state. We also support the system through special initiatives, statewide awards, and direct donations to the colleges and the Network of California Community College Foundations.

Our services and areas of expertise include program and grant management, career training programs, systemwide purchasing contracts, information technology solutions, financial services, and resource development. Our programs reach all 109 California Community Colleges and 72 districts, and several of these programs are expanding nationwide.

Since its inception in 1998, our organization has grown to be one of the largest operating foundations in higher education, with over 100 full-time employees and annual revenues of over $30 million. Today, the Foundation has the capacity and expertise to respond quickly to the needs of our colleges and communities. We have secured over $150 million in grants, contracts, and gifts, and provided over $100 million in direct grants, support, and cost savings to colleges. As we enter our second decade as an organization, we remain committed to making California’s Community Colleges the best they can be. We are anticipating the new challenges they may face, imagining the aspirations of the next generation of students, and envisioning the solutions that will change our world for the better.

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Program and Grant Management
We provide program management services for California Community College and governmental initiatives and also submit proposals for and manage several systemwide grants. We provide senior management oversight, grant management and distribution, and accountability tracking.

Systemwide Purchasing Contracts
We bid and negotiate contracts to provide aggregated discounts.

Student Employment
We provide opportunities for student employment and career development with selected public agencies.

Technology Solutions
We develop, maintain, and utilize centralized technology solutions to serve the California Community Colleges and other partners. Our innovative, focused approach creates economies of scale, systemwide standardization, and shared technologies.

Resource Development and System Support
We give surplus funds from our programs to the California Community College system through donations, in-kind services, and systemwide awards.  Through our work with the Network of California Community College Foundations, we also support the fundraising efforts of the colleges.

Mission Statement
The mission of the Foundation for California Community Colleges is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the California Community College System.

To meet this mission, the Foundation pursues these primary goals:

1. To provide financial and in-kind support to the California Community Colleges system
2. To reduce the costs of system, district, and college operations, equipment, and facilities
3. To enhance the effectiveness of local college foundations by supporting the Network of California Community College Foundations
4. To develop, promote, and support programs that increase access to and improve the effectiveness of the colleges
5. To maintain the fiscal, administrative, and ethical integrity of the Foundation.

The Foundation is the official foundation to the California Community Colleges' Board of Governors, Chancellor, and System Office.

Adopted by the Foundation Board of Directors, March 6, 2006