Placer Community Foundation

06/03/2026

PCF Donor Advised Fund grant highlight: The Thomasmeyer Family Fund granted to The Pops Chorale & Orchestra, a local 80-voice choral group that features talented, multi-generational singers and professional, highly entertaining choral music. The Chorale’s repertoire represents a variety of styles, with a strong emphasis on the popular music of the last 75 years, including the best of Broadway, big band, holiday, Hollywood and more.

From students to retirees, the Pops Chorale is diverse in its membership but bonded by a score of vocal talent, a love of music and a desire to put on memorable and uplifting shows for their audiences. Check them out at https://thepopschorale.com/

06/03/2026

Congratulations to Placer County, Housing Trust Placer, community partners, the development team, and everyone who helped bring Parkside at Sabre City to life.

This innovative affordable housing development in Roseville is a powerful example of what is possible when we embrace new approaches like manufactured housing, build strong partnerships, and work together for the good of all our neighbors.
Learn more: https://www.placer.ca.gov/10867/Sabre-City-ribbon-cutting

The ribbon has been cut, and residents are moving in! On Wednesday we joined Housing Trust Placer and community partners to celebrate the success of Parkside at Sabre City, west Placer’s newest affordable housing development.

More:https://www.placer.ca.gov/10867/Sabre-City-ribbon-cutting

05/27/2026

We are living through the largest wealth transfer in American history. For families in Placer County, that moment carries a question worth sitting with: does your estate plan reflect what you actually believe? Veronica Blake shares why legacy giving may be the most powerful and most overlooked tool available to inheritors. Read more:

Most people think charitable giving is something you do during your lifetime, after immediate obligations are met. Legacy giving, through a bequest in a will, a beneficiary designation on a retirement account or a similar planned gift, changes that entirely.

05/27/2026

PCF Donor Advised Fund grant highlight: The Robert & Stephanie Snyder Fund granted to Placer County Law Enforcement Chaplaincy to support their field service ministry to members of law enforcement, their families, and the citizens of Placer County.

Approximately 300 times a year (314 in 2025) Placer County Chaplains get called out for assistance with an individual, a family, or a traumatic event. Chaplains respond 24/7/365 at any time day or night, in any kind of weather. Upon arrival on scene they become part of the first response team attending to emotional, logistical, or physical needs.

05/22/2026

We are grateful to see the Hope Way issue move toward resolution in a way that acknowledges both the critical need for affordable housing and the deeply held concerns of Penryn residents about preserving the rural character of their community.

From the beginning, many in the Penryn community expressed a willingness to do their fair share to help address affordability challenges, while also voicing concern that one neighborhood should not bear a disproportionate burden because our region has underproduced affordable housing for decades.

This outcome is a reminder that affordable housing solutions work best when developers, local government, and residents come together early to right-size projects in a collaborative way rather than ending up in costly and divisive litigation.

As Placer County continues to grow, we have an opportunity to ensure affordable housing is thoughtfully and seamlessly integrated throughout our communities — in rural areas, infill neighborhoods, and larger master-planned developments alike — so that every community contributes fairly to meeting the needs of working families, seniors, veterans, and vulnerable residents.

We remain hopeful that this agreement can serve as a step toward more collaborative, community-centered housing solutions moving forward.

Placer Citizens for Neighborhood Rights and USA Properties Fund reach a settlement regarding Hope Way Apartments in Penryn.

05/20/2026

We're grateful to Towerpoint Wealth for the warm welcome and the chance to present to their team this week.

We had a wonderful conversation about how Placer Community Foundation works alongside financial advisors and their charitably minded clients, from donor-advised funds and legacy gifts to scholarship funds and community impact grants. Our goal is always to make giving as seamless and strategic as possible.

We're proud to be a trusted resource for advisors across our region, and we look forward to growing this partnership. Interested in learning how we can support your clients' philanthropic goals? Let's connect.

05/16/2026

2026 Pride event! PCF is proud to sponsor this growing gathering of community and love.

05/14/2026

🙌Huge thanks to Sight Word Busters for including us in their appreciation celebrations this week. This organization has grown at an incredible rate since their founding, and we are so proud to be home to the Sight Word Busters Endowment Fund which permanently supports their mission to boost the reading and learning skills of local students. 📖✏️🦄

05/13/2026

Free Training for Placer County Nonprofits! Is your Form 990 as strong as it could be? Join us for an online practical session designed to help nonprofit staff and board members file with confidence.

✅Form 990: Tips, Tricks, and Red Flags
📅 Wednesday, June 10th at 9 am
👉Register today: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uYCqRFtHQziW00ooAE4qkA

In just one hour, you'll learn how to avoid the most common errors, navigate tricky sections like revenue classification and functional expenses, and review your filing with a regulator or donor focused mindset.

05/12/2026

New housing in Placer County should include homes that local working families, seniors, and residents with modest incomes can afford.

Ideally, 10–20% of all new housing would be built as affordable housing. When that is not possible, the fee paid in lieu of building those homes should be high enough for the County to actually create the affordable units that were not included in the project.

A fee-in-lieu should not be a discount. It should be a tool that helps ensure our community still gets the affordable housing it needs. PlacerHousingMatters.org