Mission Statement

The mission of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation is to provide support and opportunity for local businesses, workers and students.

The Foundation supports disaster relief efforts for small businesses. We provide grants to assist in reopening, rebuilding and restoring small businesses impacted by disaster in the greater Pasadena area.  

The Foundation supports work-based learning and financial literacy programs to benefit young people and others seeking employment or professional advancement in our community. This work is done with and through the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association.

The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation is a catalyst transforming high school students into employment and college ready individuals.

The foundation supports Pasadena Youth Works as a collaboration of multiple agencies, non-profits, community organizations and industry partners focused on providing support to youth education through connections to business.

The Foundation facilitates collaborations between business and education with classroom speakers, job shadowing, internship opportunities, college visits and more.

Disaster Relief

The Foundation has provided more than $101,000 to Altadena small businesses to assist with their reopening following the devastation of the Eaton Fire.To date, 48 grants have been made and 27 businesses have reopened. 

Underrepresented Small Business Support 

The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation has provided $150,000 in support for local small businesses to assist with business growth and expansion. 

About Youth Opportunities

Annually, the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Foundation provides grants to emancipated foster youth who are matriculating from a local community college to a four-year college or university. To date, more than 20 students have received grants enabling them to pay college expenses.

Currently, we are not providing internships directly. Visit any of our partners for information on opportunities for young people to gain work experience. If you fill out the registration form, we will do our best to forward your information to a provider who may be able to help you.

Pasadena Youth Works is a collaboration of business, education, civic, government and non-profit leaders dedicated to assisting young people in our community with career exploration and work opportunities. We do this by assisting with: Classroom speakers from the local business community discussing work experiences, job needs and employee requirements.

• Job shadow opportunities with local businesses that provide students with an understanding of the variety of the workplace, employee requirements and job duties.
• Internship opportunities with local businesses, arts organizations, non-profits and government agencies to give students first-hand experience in a real work environment.
• College visitations and in-class/in-school visits from representatives of higher education institutions.

Students interested in any of these opportunities are encouraged to fill out the interest form.

If you are interested in interning through Ideal Youth click here: www.idealyouth.org/apply.html