Mission Statement
The mission of the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation is to promote research, education, social justice, and the arts and to improve the human condition.
Vision Statement
To carry out our mission, the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation makes grants to non-profit organizations located primarily, but not exclusively, in California. We also operate and support our own research and education programs through our three Centers: Center on International Education, Center on Law and Aging, Center on Literary Arts.
Values Statement
The following are our funding priorities which reflect our basic beliefs as an organization:
- Borchard Foundation Centers
- Youth development
- Health and medicine
- Education
- The arts
- The environment
Our History
Incorporated in 1978, the Albert and Elaine Borchard Foundation is a private, independent foundation that provides grants for charitable, educational and scientific purposes and its own research and education programs. Albert Borchard was a Los Angeles businessman in trucking, warehousing, and real estate. He and his wife, Elaine, who both died tragically in a 1983 auto accident, were avid supporters of universities in Southern California. The Borchard Foundation has been a faithful and long term contributor to Southern California's university programs.
In addition, the Foundation supports organizations that promote social justice, and the arts and improve the human condition. The Foundation authorized and created its own education and research programs through the creation of the Borchard Foundation International Education Center in 1987, the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging in 1998, and the Borchard Center on Literary Arts in 2020.
Borchard Foundation Centers
Center on International Education
The mission of the Borchard Foundation Center on International Education is to create a unique bridge between France and the United States – a bridge created through the scholarship and creativity of distinguished individuals involved in cultural, academic, and public affairs.
Visit the Center on International Education website.
Center on Law and Aging
The mission of the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging is, through education, research and service, to help improve the quality of life for elderly people, including those who are poor or otherwise isolated by lack of education, language, culture, disability, or other barriers.
Visit the Center on Law an Aging website.
Center on Literary Arts
The Center on Literary Arts works to create a community of literary artists from across the Americas to foster meaningful connections between people, culture, and the natural world.
