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June 11, 2010
The Foundation Honors Rabbi Brous

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Grantmaking in Action


LA Youth Transition Action Team
LA Youth Transition Action Team
A program of the L.A. Youth Transition Action Team, Foster Youth Summer Jobs Plus is a six-week paid summer jobs program for 100 foster youth with follow-up support after completion.


CAST
LA Anti-Trafficking Collaborative
Led by the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST), this program provides training and technical assistance to partner agencies that serve survivors of human trafficking in order to expand case management services for victims.


Youth Ambassadors of College Knowledge
Youth Ambassadors of College Knowledge
This is a program of The Southern California College Access Network, an alliance of 20 nonprofit organizations collaborating to increase college access and success rates for low-income, disadvantaged youth.

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Philanthropy In Focus

Savings Bond Magic: How to Make the Taxes Disappear

Your savings bonds, when left to heirs at your death, are subject to income tax on the accumulated interest. When left to us, however, we will receive the full value of the bonds.

Cashless Ways to Make a Difference

Would you like to make a charitable impact far into the future without giving up cash during your lifetime? These three easy ways can get you started.

From the Desk of Marvin I. Schotland, President & CEO

From the desk of MISOn a warm, late-spring evening from a hillside veranda with panoramic views stretching from Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean, The Foundation hosted a celebration of nonprofit leadership in our community. The symbolism of the setting-a seemingly endless vista of our city-was not lost on me. Symbolic, I say, because surrounding me on that terrace was a collection of visionaries-recent recipients of The Foundation's Cutting Edge Grants Initiative (CEGI), each of whom has his and her own distinct perspective for perpetuating a vibrant Jewish Los Angeles.

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