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Capital Grant Program

Pasadena Community Foundation

Foundation Annual Grants for Capital Funding Grants for Nonprofits

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: Annual
Tracked since: April 2026

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Overview

Geographic Scope: Greater Pasadena area

Focus Areas: Infrastructure needs for nonprofit organizations including:

Equipment purchases
Construction projects
Renovation projects

Program Details: PCF's annual Capital Grant Program supports the infrastructure that nonprofit organizations need to carry out their mission. The program awards grants to multiple nonprofits each year.

Special Grant Category: Capital Campaign Grants - Larger grants ($50,000 each in 2021) designed to support large-scale, transformational projects that will impact capacity, quality, and effectiveness of mission delivery.

2021 Awards:

Total awarded: $659,000
Number of grantees: 29 local nonprofit organizations
Three special Capital Campaign Grants of $50,000 each went to: Door of Hope, Pasadena Heritage, and Villa Esperanza Services

2021 Grantee List:
AbilityFirst, Arlington Garden in Pasadena, Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, Beacon Senior Housing Corp, Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena, Cancer Support Community, Pasadena Club 21 Learning and Resource Center Inc., Community Health Alliance of Pasadena, Convalescent Aid Society, Door of Hope, Families Forward Learning Center, Five Acres, Flintridge Center, Foothill Family Service, Frostig Center for Educational Therapy, Marianne HOPE (Home Ownership for Personal Empowerment), Institute for the Redesign of Learning, One Arroyo Foundation, Parson's Nose Theater, Pasadena Beautiful Foundation, Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative, Pasadena Heritage, Pasadena Symphony Association, Ronald McDonald House Pasadena, San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity, Sycamores, Union Station Homeless Services, Villa Esperanza Services, Walter Hoving Home

Example Projects Funded:

Visitor kiosk at Arlington Garden
Schoolyard shade structure at the Frostig Center for Educational Therapy
New dental chairs at Fair Oaks Community Health Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP)
Equipment for Parson's Nose "Radio Theater Live"
Enhanced emergency response technology for vulnerable seniors at Rosewood Court
New equipment for enhanced shared use at Pasadena Bioscience Collaborative

Contact Information:

Pasadena Community Foundation
301 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 810
Pasadena, CA 91101
T. 626.796.2097
F. 626.583.4738

What Pasadena Community Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 275
Total given: $27.91M
Median grant: $20K
Range: $5,500–$5.01M

By dollars: California 73%, New York 9%, District of Columbia 3%. Top recipient cities: Pasadena, CA; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY.
0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Altadena Builds Back Foundation · Pasadena, CA

Project Support

$5.01M
Pacific Oaks College & Children's School · Pasadena, CA

PCF Discretionary

$1.35M
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA

PCF Discretionary

$1.04M
Door of Hope · Pasadena, CA

PCF Discretionary

$775K
Greenline Housing Foundation · Sierra Madre, CA

PCF Discretionary

$736K