The Los Angeles Trade Tech College Foundation (LATTCF) fundraises through corporate grants, sponsorships, annual scholarship grants, and general donations to support Foundation programs, with the overall purpose of helping students in need. 

STUDENTS: General questions or help with resources and the application process for scholarships? 
E-mail the Office of Student Life: [email protected]
LATTC Financial Aid info online: https://www.lattc.edu/financial-aid
LATTC Scholarship info online: https://www.lattc.edu/financial-aid/scholarships
LATTC General Scholarship Application: https://www.lattc.edu/financial-aid/scholarships/general-scholarship-application

The LATTC Foundation is not involved in recipient selection processes and does not issue or distribute checks directly to students. Everything goes through Financial Aid and Office of Student Life. 

Gap Funding for Scholarships

The LATTC Foundation provides indirect gap-funding for scholarships through LATTC Financial Aid, who receives and processes applications to match scholarship funds with recipients. Scholarship amounts are based on budget and qualifying factors determined using the LATTC Financial Aid funding formula. While the LATTC Foundation is only a small percentage of overall scholarship dollars, these funds help support students who would otherwise be eliminated from the pool of scholarship recipients due to limited institutional funding. 

The LATTC Foundation is not involved any recipient application or selection processes and does not issue or distribute checks directly to students. To be considered for any scholarships, a student must complete LATTC's general, centralized application through LATTC Financial Aid

The Foundation's goal is to help support a student’s needs and aspirations so they can persevere, overcome challenges, and succeed in achieving the skills and certifications needed to attain their professional goals. Below are a few examples of our generous donors. 

Corporate & Foundation Named Scholarship Examples

The Fred Gives mission is to support the next generation of fashion artists, makers, and designers through education and cultural enrichment. They strive to work with like-minded partners who create opportunities for underserved and historically excluded communities in the greater Los Angeles area. The Fred Gives Scholarship fund at LATTC provides funding to support undergraduates pursuing fashion and design each Spring semester.

Recipients are matched by LATTC Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships from their applicant pool.

Named Assistance Fund Scholarship Examples

Assistance fund scholarships bridge gaps and focus on helping student general scholarship applicants who have the greatest unmet needs and who may not qualify for other scholarship assistance. Recipients are matched by LATTC Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships from their applicant pool.

The Richard Arnold Assistance Fund provides scholarship assistance to Automotive students whose needs are unable to be met by other scholarship funds or financial aid, as determined by the College. Richard was an alumni of LATTC and found a successful and rewarding career in the specialty automotive industry. 

The Filip Perell Assistance Fund provides scholarship assistance to Culinary students whose needs are unable to be met by other scholarship funds or financial aid, as determined by the College. Filip was a prolific food expert and founded the "Dining Professionals of America." 

The Samantha T. Wagner Assistance Fund provides scholarship assistance to students whose needs are unable to be met by other scholarship funds or financial aid, as determined by the College. Funds are provided annually by a donor to honor the memory of their daughter. In life, Samantha delighted in savoring new cuisine and the culinary arts. Her family is sincerely grateful to the nursing community for providing care and comfort in times of need. 

The LATTC Foundation Board of Directors Assistance Fund is an emergency reserve funded by annual donations from Foundation Board members to help students who are experiencing hardship and have barriers to receiving traditional scholarship support, as determined by the College.

The Karen Amarawansa Emergency Fund provides small dollar emergency monies of up to $300 for students in need, determined by the College, which may be used by the student for basic needs including but not limited to shelter, tuition assistance, or technical or educational tools to support their job search.

The LATTC Foundation is not involved recipient application or selection processes and does not issue or distribute checks directly to students. To be considered, a student must complete LATTC's general, centralized application through LATTC Financial Aid

Foundation support for LATTC SkillsUSA© Student Competition Participation

SkillsUSA© is a partnership of students, teachers and industry collaborating to ensure America has a skilled workforce and is designed for student preparing for careers in trade, technical and skilled service occupations. LATTC students compete in regional, state and national level competitions. Student participation in this competitive program ensures they are receiving academic, leadership, citizenship and character-building instruction, while creating a space for our students to bond and work together as a team.  Students who volunteer to participate in this program have hands on experience with the value of achievement and become more detailed oriented and competitive. They are in more likely to finish their education and are also exposed to industry and union leaders for hiring opportunities. 

Student participation is voluntary and solely dependent on department, faculty, and advisor participation and mentorship. LATTC students have qualified for the National SkillsUSA© Competition and Leadership Conference every year by winning top placement in regional and statewide competitions. Whenever possible, the LATTC Foundation provides some budgetary relief for students to participate in SkillsUSA©.

Foundation support for LATTC Tools for the Trades Program

This unique to LATTC, legacy faculty led program provides graduating students an opportunity to be competitive in their respective industries upon graduation by providing them with necessary tools to perform in their career path. Relevant tools are awarded to faculty determined student recipients in a campus ceremony. Dependent on available resources, the Foundation has provided funding to the college for tools selected by department leadership to benefit between 50-70 student. Over 28 years, the LATTC Foundation has already given over $1.75 million dollars in support for the college's Tools for the Trades program.

The Foundation relies on the generosity of donors to provide resources to help these graduating students, and welcomes Corporate In-Kind Sponsors and Individual Donors who can donate either the minimum $500 gift cards from tool and equipment retailers, or funds to purchase new equipment and tools from the Tools for the Trades wish list, which is determined by the individual pathway departments.

General Funds

General or unrestricted funds received will support the programs and operations of the LATTC Foundation. Our purpose is to help low-income students with demonstrated need. 

The LATTC Foundation is bound by strict compliance and ethical guidelines, and does not participate in, support, or condone any activity related to bias, unfairness, collusion, discrimination, or favoritism. Donors and grantors do not receive tangible benefits, preferential treatment, favors, or exceptional access to resources, faculty, students, private information, or vendor contracts. It is inherently understood by a donor that gifts are non-negotiable, nonconditional, and donors may not personally select/name a recipient/recipients of funds, nor mandate or direct the end use of funds given to the Foundation towards vendors, departmental purchasing, or any other out of scope functions.