Opening the doors to college opportunities since 1987. Yasmin Delahoussaye grew up in kinship care, which is as close to foster care as you can get. The relatives that took Delahoussaye in after her mother passed away when she was young had foster kids living in their home. She was low-income, a Pell Grant recipient and, by the time she was 18 years old, she was on her own. Delahoussaye knew first-hand what a hard [...more...]
White Buffalo Land Trust has a vital purpose: to restore the ecosystem through agriculture and in the process directly address the climate, biodiversity, public health, and food security challenges we face today. It’s not a [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
As a boy, Spencer Hawk loved school field trips to a playground where he could soar on the swings, slip […more…]
Los Angeles is poised to establish itself as the nation’s capital for green energy and clean technology. The city is […more…]
The long tail of the pandemic has students still struggling to catch up. Isolation and fitful reintegration have led to […more…]
The Arts
The Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), founded in 1996 in Long Beach, California, is the only accredited Museum in […more…]
On Saturday, December 17th, Everybody Dance LA! hosted family and friends for the annual Winter Raffle Performance. This event celebrated […more…]
Everybody Dance LA! is proud to share that their story was featured on MeTV’s California and Me show with host, Mike Kaufman! […more…]
Social Justice
Abused children can grow up believing that violence is a solution. Childhood trauma can lead to imprisonment. When a child […more…]
The Bail Project, a national nonprofit based in Los Angeles, provides free bail assistance and pretrial support to low-income people […more…]
Public Square
As news deserts expand across the country, the tight-knit historic immigrant community of Boyle Heights is home to a groundbreaking […more…]
The year was 2003, and the philanthropic sector was going through a period of significant evolution. Every day, new technologies […more…]
Homelessness and Housing
Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) was honored for its outstanding leadership in addressing women’s homelessness. DWC, along with esteemed partners Angel […more…]
The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles exclusively focused on serving and empowering women experiencing […more…]
At Step Up, which offers permanent supportive housing to the unhoused in Los Angeles, eviction is not an option. Instead […more…]
Health
Five-year-old Noah was almost legally blind, pressing his nose against the page to make sense of the words. Then a […more…]
What has the pandemic taught us? Never take good health or access to healthcare for granted. This is the backbone […more…]
According to the World Health Organization, significant orthopaedic injuries account for more patient cases worldwide than cancer and HIV-AIDS combined. […more…]
Global Reach
Determined to make the world a better place, Dave Bauer vowed to give 10% of his net income to people […more…]
Esperanza was 19 years old and living in Malawi when she faced a serious health crisis. While giving birth to […more…]
“Ne Tentes Aut Perfice.” This is the Latin motto that students and faculty at Dunn School, a private co-ed college […more…]
Fostering Care
In spite of the tragic outcomes that impact the majority of children raised in foster care, Serita Cox beat the […more…]
Ready To Succeed, which has set countless youth exiting the turbulence of foster care on their paths to career stability […more…]
Matt, a Los Angeles teenager living in foster care, was “mad, irritated,” and most of all “disappointed” when his social […more…]
For the Children
The Emily Shane Foundation’s SEA Program was featured on CBS KCAL 9 News on Thursday, March 9, with additional airings that […more…]
The first time Jolonne heard “I Am Every Good Thing” by Derrick Barnes in J3’s Cozy Reading Club, he was […more…]
The classroom lights are turned off. The blinds are drawn low. J3 Cozy Reading Club is about to start at […more…]
Family Well-Being
During the COVID-19 pandemic, education advocate Kristina Brittenham was searching for free college counseling services for LAUSD students. Her friend […more…]
Forty years ago, Liz Herrera was studying to become a social worker at UCLA. Herrera told her field advisor that […more…]
In 1979, the Los Angeles Times published an article about the children of Skid Row. They were hardened by their […more…]
Emergency Services
When two children got lost during a hike in rural New York with oncoming rain commingling with the darkening night, […more…]
Los Angeles County is usually synonymous with entertainment, but the Los Angeles County Fire Department Foundation is giving Silicon Valley […more…]
Education
Bayan Islamic Graduate School, operating since 2011 in partnership with a leading Christian theological seminary, is the United States’ first […more…]
In elementary school, Jennifer knew she was a smart kid. But, admittedly, she liked to talk back to teachers and […more…]
Leo* heard about free pizza after school. The middle schooler happily got a slice and listened to a pitch about […more…]
Community Resilience
For years, Los Angeles police have been challenged by how to respond to calls about unhoused Angelenos. Then came CIRCLE, […more…]
When a Metro light rail line running through Crenshaw Boulevard was announced years ago, it sparked fears of displacement and […more…]
Long before Allan Pineda Lindo, better known as Apl.de.Ap, would co-found the Black Eyed Peas with William James Adams, aka […more…]
Advocacy
When Felicia Cates first sought help through JVS SoCal’s career readiness and job placement centers in the Los Angeles area, […more…]
As a kid, Nilda Palacios was sexually abused at home and at school. She tried to escape into a relationship, […more…]
In contemplating the scope and destruction wrought by gun violence, it is understandable to despair. But inaction won’t save your […more…]