CFF
Non-profit OrganizationsCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
The California Foundation Fund (CAFF) is a nonprofit organization based in San Diego, California, operating as a 501(c)(3) corporation. It supports financial self-sufficiency initiatives by funding crowdfunding assistance, providing entrepreneurial education, building financial literacy capacity, and promoting asset development to help break cycles of poverty. Founded in 2010 by academics and financial professionals in response to the financial crisis, CAFF designs and implements a focused set of high-impact financial education programs for culturally similar communities. In the nonprofit sector, CAFF targets partners and participants interested in practical tools for financial empowerment, delivered through programs developed by a leadership team with backgrounds in educational management, behavioral science, research, and finance. The organization operates with a relatively small staff and is anchored in San Diego, focusing on scalable, replicable program models within culturally similar communities.