Asian Pacific Community Fund Of Southern California

Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday expanded the list of charities authorized to solicit millions of dollars in contributions from county employees to include Asian, Latino and women's groups, and most notably, an environmental organization. Supervisors added the Asian Pacific Community Fund, the United Latino Fund and the Los Angeles Women's Fund to voluntary employee payroll deduction program.

Thirteen service agencies that assist Asian Americans will split $20,000 in donations collected by the Asian Pacific Community Fund. The 3-year-old organization raises money for Asian American programs through employee contributions. Among the workplaces that contributed in 1993 were the county of Los Angeles, the city of Monterey Park, Lippo Bank, Southern California Gas Co. and Southern California Edison Co. Edison also provided a special grant of $10,000 to the fund.

Thirteen service agencies that assist Asian Americans will split $20,000 in donations collected by the Asian Pacific Community Fund. The 3-year-old organization raises money for Asian American programs through employee contributions. Among the workplaces that contributed in 1993 were the county of Los Angeles, the city of Monterey Park, Lippo Bank, Southern California Gas Co. and Southern California Edison Co. Edison also provided a special grant of $10,000 to the fund.

Thirteen service agencies dedicated to helping Asian-Americans will split $10,000 in donations from the Asian Pacific Community Fund. The grants are the first contribution from the 2-year-old Asian Fund, an organization that raises money for Asian service programs through employee contributions, much like the United Way. The 13 agencies receiving funds are the Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Asian Health Project/T.H.E.

Thirteen service agencies dedicated to helping Asian-Americans will split $10,000 in donations from the Asian Pacific Community Fund. The grants are the first contribution from the 2-year-old Asian Fund, an organization that raises money for Asian service programs through employee contributions, much like the United Way. The 13 agencies receiving funds are the Asian American Drug Abuse Program, Asian Health Project/T.H.E.

As they stroll into the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, the marble-edged fortress housing the nation's largest local government, the first thing that greets most visitors is -- purses. And perfumes. And jewelry, sports memorabilia and racks of paintings for sale. An element of Los Angeles County employees' charity fundraising, independent vendors jam the building's main lobby nearly every weekday, hawking discounted goods. But the bazaar soon could be a thing of the past.

After increasing for three consecutive years, charitable giving by Southern California companies fell slightly in 1988, mimicking a national trend that poses a major fund-raising challenge for charities already coping with government cuts in social spending and federal laws that reduce the tax advantages of some donations. Total giving by 108 of the area's largest corporations and private foundations dropped to $263.1 million from $266.

After increasing for three consecutive years, charitable giving by Southern California companies fell slightly in 1988, reflecting a national trend that poses a major fund-raising challenge for charities already coping with government cuts in social spending and federal laws that reduce the tax advantages of some donations. Total giving by 108 of the area's largest corporations and private foundations dropped to $263.1 million from $266.

Two ethnically oriented charities in Los Angeles are trying to step up competition in the workplace for donations by paycheck deduction--long the fund-raising domain of the philanthropic powerhouse United Way. The Brotherhood Crusade, a black-run foundation formed in the aftermath of the Watts riots, is trying to expand its rights to conduct office campaigns from the public sector to private companies. The crusade's overtures have been resisted so far by two large utilities, but officials take heart from the fact that Safeway in Northern California and Pacific Power & Light in Oregon, among others, have acceded to similar requests from so-called "alternative funds."

Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday expanded the list of charities authorized to solicit millions of dollars in contributions from county employees to include Asian, Latino and women's groups, and most notably, an environmental organization. Supervisors added the Asian Pacific Community Fund, the United Latino Fund and the Los Angeles Women's Fund to voluntary employee payroll deduction program.