Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation

Foundation News

Youth Philanthropy connect Mini-Grant Opportunity Announced

March 29th, 2013

Youth Philanthropy Connect's Annual Conference will include a Giving Circle, in which we will invite nonprofit organizations to submit applications that our youth attendees can evaluate and then grant funds to as a team. We are currently accepting grant applications of up to $1,000 to support nonprofit organizations' work in engaging alumni, interns and advisors ages 8-21 in formal youth engagement programs, such as youth boards.

Youth Philanthropy Connect Conference Early-bird Deadline April 15

March 25th, 2013

Youth Philanthropy Connect's 3rd Annual Conference "Unleashing the Potential of Youth Philanthropy" is shaping up to be the best yet! If you have a youth board for those ages 8-21 or are interested in learning more about one, this is the conference for you! Make sure you register by April 15 to take advantage of the early-bird rates.

Grantee News

FCF Grant Recipient, CCPY, featured by San Jose Mercury News

February 1st, 2013

"Rebellious teens in East San Jose apologize to parents, promise to seek respect and stay in school," at California Community Partners for Youth.

Grant Recipients translate their work into Spanish!

September 29th, 2012

A number of FCF Grant recipients are connecting with even larger audiences by producing their core programs in Spanish as well as in English.

Our foundation honors Frieda C. Fox, an accomplished teacher, artist, and musician who was the first in her family to attend college in the 1920's. Throughout her life, she inspired a love of learning, self-expression, and compassion within her family and community. Through this foundation, four generations of her family hope to do the same.

Since 2003, the foundation has provided grants to support educational programming in Santa Clara and Los Angeles counties with a strategic approach to philanthropy that goes 'beyond the check'.

The foundation has provided nearly $4 million in cash grant awards as well as thousands of hours of pro-bono consulting and project-based technical assistance to grant recipients.

In 2013, after a very exciting nine years of offering RFPs to the nonprofit sector, the foundation will temporarily suspend accepting unsolicited proposals for funding, in order to focus our very limited financial and staff resources on two major projects that focus on developing youth leadership and career paths in the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, and leveraging the educational resources available to public schools through innovative collaborations. More information on these projects may be found on the Innovative Programs section of this website.