Compiled by Jessica C. Lee & Kelly Ryan
University of California, Irvine, received a $1.8 million donation from the estate of San Clemente resident Sylvia H. Robb. The donation will be divided equally between the School of Medicine and the UC Irvine libraries. The School of Medicine Dean’s Discretionary Fund will receive $928,000. The gift will support activities and programs that enhance the medical school’s mission. The $928,000 portion of the gift to the libraries establishes the Sylvia Holden Robb Library Endowed Fund, which will provide permanent support to maintain the libraries’ collections, services and facilities.
Steeve Kay, cofounder of QTC Manage-ment Inc. in Diamond Bar, donated $1 million to Concordia University in Irvine. The gift will support the construction of the Robert Alan Grimm Hall’s new classroom facility. Kay’s gift brings the amount raised for the building to $18.6 million.
The Orange County Register and the Orange County Community Foundation raised $819,000 for its 2006 Season of Caring fund. Funds were distributed to 23 Orange County nonprofits serving children, elderly, homeless and the hungry. Since its inception in 1999, Season of Caring raised more than $5 million for local nonprofits.
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation pledged $450,000 to groups, five local heroes and five student leaders in Orange County for 2007.
UniHealth Foundation awarded $250,000 to Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian to support a three-year dementia education project at the hospital. The project is an effort of Hoag Hospital and Adult Day Services of Orange County.
The Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce donated more than $200,000 to 45 students from the Santa Ana Unified School District, Orange County High School of the Arts and Mater Dei High School. Since 1990, the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce’s scholarship awards program has funded more than 500 graduating students.
Orange County United Way’s Hispanic Influentials recognition dinner raised more than $150,000 for its Somos Familia program. Somos Familia is aimed toward empowering Orange County Latinos to become ambassadors within their own neighborhoods and to provide families the resources and services to help them reach financial independence.
An anonymous donation of $50,000 was given to the Irvine Valley College Foundation for the IVC Wind Symphony. This donation marks the fourth year that the college has received an anonymous donation.
Downey Sav-ings and Loan Association in Newport Beach donated $17,500 to elementary schools in the Fullerton Unified School District through its Downey Savings Banking Basics program. Laguna Road Elementary School received $7,500, Sunset Lane Elementary School was awarded $5,000 and Pacific Drive Elementary School received $5,000. In addition to the donations, Downey Savings awarded three students with five-year certificates of deposits for winning essay and artwork entries. Clayton Mohler of Laguna Road Elementary School won $2,500, Rachel Chae from Sunset Lane Elementary won $1,500 and Keith Payumo from Pacific Drive Elementary won $1,000. The company also awarded 10 students with $100 passbook saving accounts.
Goodwill of Orange County received a $15,000 grant from CVS/pharmacy Charitable Trust, the private foundation managed by CVS Corp. The money will be used for Goodwill’s Assistive Technology Exchange Center, which provides training and support for children with disabilities in Orange County.
Zak Lafeta of Zak’s Performance in Costa Mesa donated $10,000 in parts and labor to produce a 1989 Ford Mustang Cobra for the New Directions for Women’s Chrysalis Ball.
Cleveland Golf in Huntington Beach donated $9,000 to the Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center to advance breast cancer research and education efforts at its MemorialCare Breast Center. Cleveland Golf selected Orange Coast Memorial Foundation as the beneficiary of its breast cancer awareness promotion. The company has pledged to give a portion of the proceeds from the sale of CG11 W-Series wedges to breast cancer treatment and research. Since July, the company has donated more than $30,000 to the nonprofit hospital.
