"Being part of this collective really just validated my feelings that us youth matter," said Adria Marin, a 17-year-old photographer and youth leader in the Hope, Healing and Health Collective (H3C). The Children's Partnership (TCP) convened the youth-led Hope, Healing and Health Collective with partners at the National Black Women's Justice Institute last year to [...more...]
Redeploying charitable foundation investments could be the needed difference in stemming a homegrown humanitarian crisis. Ricardo Barron just started his shift at the “tiny home village” on a traffic-choked Alvarado Street in Echo Park. He [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
Youth Champions, has distributed $151,800 to 383 Los Angeles students, marking marking the nonprofit’s largest investment to date. Every donation […more…]
In the bustling heart of Los Angeles, where dreams often collide with harsh realities, Step Up has been reshaping futures […more…]
Briana, 33 and a Latina mother of four in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, recently completed free adult […more…]
Homelessness
For 15 years, James built a life of service – first as an Army combat veteran, then as a special […more…]
Fostering Care
As the July heat settles in, we’re still feeling the warmth from last month’s Camp Ready. 31 new Scholars officially […more…]
Creative Solutions for Kids and Families has quietly built a reputation as one of the most innovative nonprofits serving the […more…]
For the Environment
24 to 26 March 2026 | Free global virtual summit Justice doesn’t just happen by accident. It’s fought for, defended, […more…]
When the 2018 Woolsey Fire ripped through the Santa Monica Mountains, then-state Senate staffer Matt Weiner watched flames burn with […more…]
For the Children
When young Perla Lara required ongoing care at UCLA Children’s Hospital, her family spent weeks in hotels and Airbnbs just […more…]
For the Arts
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) has been a cornerstone of culture in Los Angeles since 1913. […more…]
Eight-year-old Valentine walked out of his summer music class in tears. He’d missed the first day, and watching his classmates […more…]
Briana, 33 and a Latina mother of four in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, recently completed free adult […more…]
For the Animals
No one knows how Rudolph lost his eye—or how an 8-year-old Australian Shepherd with severe hearing loss, pneumonia, and canine […more…]
Wilma Melville founded the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation in 1996, a year after witnessing the dearth of rescue dogs […more…]
Family Well-Being
Ana, a mother of two from Mexico, answered a job posting to be a childcare provider in the United States. […more…]
South Los Angeles’s Service Planning Area 6 is a neighborhood of paradoxes. It is home to families with deep roots, […more…]
Education
Minds Matter Southern California is proud to announce that we have been selected as a recipient of the HALO Award, […more…]
In the bustling corridors of Foster Elementary in Compton, kids are experiencing an extraordinary transformation. Students who once struggled with […more…]
A teenager named Liam stands center stage in his school auditorium, feeling nervous in his Tin Man costume. For him, […more…]
Community Resilience
Four-Star Rating for 15th Consecutive Year Highlights Operational Excellence and Humanitarian Impact Charity Navigator, America’s top independent nonprofit evaluator, has […more…]
Hunger Action LA invites you to volunteer or be a shopper for the next Blind Low Vision shopping day! The […more…]
For nearly 80 years, Direct Relief has stood ready to meet the cascading challenges of global disasters, delivering life-saving medicines, […more…]
Advocacy
Gun violence. The phrase has become almost blandly ubiquitous in American culture. But to those who have experienced the piercing […more…]
Every day for over five years, Latora Green has taken her position at the northwest corner of Sepulveda and Ventura […more…]
In a conference room at the Children’s Law Center of California (CLC), Diva arrives early, notebook in hand. Just months […more…]