Imagine the rush of thrilling emotions that comes with preparing to adopt for the very first time. Making it through the selection process. Learning the name of your new child. Eagerly anticipating their arrival in your home, and your new life together as a family. Gina couldn’t wait to welcome baby Kennedy. But when Kennedy [...more...]
According to the World Health Organization, significant orthopaedic injuries account for more patient cases worldwide than cancer and HIV-AIDS combined. The impact of these injuries on young children’s lives, and the barriers to access high [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
Youth Champion’s Co-Founder Jack Kline wrote a piece for Entrepreneur on how mentorship taught him how mentorship shapes credibility, momentum […more…]
The Central City East neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles goes by another moniker – one familiar to the public and […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
Drive through Inglewood, past the largest urban oil field in the United States, and you’ll see them everywhere: skeletal metal […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
Neighborhood Music School is hosting their Annual Tea in the Garden on March 28th at 2pm. They will have a ribbon cutting […more…]
Step into the Time Travel Marts in Echo Park or Mar Vista, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by quirky items […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
How many times has a family stared in slack-jawed wonder as the adorable new family dog tears around and around […more…]
No one knows how Rudolph lost his eye—or how an 8-year-old Australian Shepherd with severe hearing loss, pneumonia, and canine […more…]
Family Well-Being
South Los Angeles’s Service Planning Area 6 is a neighborhood of paradoxes. It is home to families with deep roots, […more…]
Ana, a mother of two from Mexico, answered a job posting to be a childcare provider in the United States. […more…]
Education
Josue, a student who attended Mendez High School in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles, is confident that he’ll […more…]
A Full Circle Journey Expanding Minds Matter SoCal’s Impact Minds Matter Southern California is growing—and we’re thrilled to announce that […more…]
Dear J3 Family and Friends, We are thrilled to announce that Sarina Sande has joined the J3 Foundation team as […more…]
Community Resilience
Hunger Action LA invites you to volunteer or be a shopper for the next Blind Low Vision shopping day! The […more…]
Four-Star Rating for 15th Consecutive Year Highlights Operational Excellence and Humanitarian Impact Charity Navigator, America’s top independent nonprofit evaluator, has […more…]
For nearly 80 years, Direct Relief has stood ready to meet the cascading challenges of global disasters, delivering life-saving medicines, […more…]
Advocacy
In a season of difficult national news pertaining to guns in America, Brady: United Against Gun Violence celebrates a massive […more…]
Esmeralda Barajas entered the foster system at age 8 and exited just when she needed help the most. She had […more…]
Every day for over five years, Latora Green has taken her position at the northwest corner of Sepulveda and Ventura […more…]