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# Liberty Hill Foundation announces $2.1 million in final 2005 grants
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/121405-story-20051214/
- Published: 2005-12-14T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:17:35.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica Airport, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Liberty Hill Foundations is embracing the season of giving. Santa Monica’s largest public foundation announced its final grants to Los Angeles County nonprofits, bringing the 2005 total to $2.1 million.

For nearly 30 years, Liberty Hill has partnered with grassroots organizations to combat poverty and injustice. Liberty Hill Foundation’s hallmark is identifying and “seed-funding” grassroots organizations. Liberty Hill has often provided the very first grant to a fledgling organization that eventually becomes a well-established and influential to the community, officials said.

Since 1976, Liberty Hill Foundation has given away nearly $27 million to grass-roots community organizations in Los Angeles County. Historic fly over scheduled at Santa Monica Airport

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 14, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121405.pdf?ref=smdp.com)