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.