January 9, 2011
About the California Community Foundation
Year founded: 1915
Founder: Joseph Sartori, a banker who started the institution that eventually became Bank of America
Headquarters: Los Angeles
Why it was founded: Mr. Sartori wanted to give his bank’s customers an easy way to give to charitable organizations so he set up the community foundation in his bank’s trust department. It became an independent charity in
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