Liz Vogel’s least favorite class while growing up in New Jersey was history. Memorizing facts and dates from the past always felt disconnected from her life in the present. Despite this, she majored in history at Pomona College in Claremont after a course got her thinking about her identity, her connection to others, and her [...more...]
Lightforce One is a shining example of the difference one human being can make when they concentrate a laser-like focus on doing that very thing. The name of the organization is perfectly fitting, because its [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
Co-founder of Youth Champions, Jack Cline met with CanvasRebel to discuss the lasting work being done by the Los Angeles […more…]
Briana, 33 and a Latina mother of four in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, recently completed free adult […more…]
On a late afternoon in South Los Angeles, Historic Fire Station 54 hums with a drum circle. A dozen teenagers […more…]
Homelessness
For 15 years, James built a life of service – first as an Army combat veteran, then as a special […more…]
Fostering Care
When Lily arrived at UCLA, she carried everything she owned in one hand. “Moving into my dorm with just a […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
In the first week of this year, from the fifth floor of our Santa Monica office, we witnessed the Pacific […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
Briana, 33 and a Latina mother of four in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, recently completed free adult […more…]
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) has been a cornerstone of culture in Los Angeles since 1913. […more…]
Step into the Time Travel Marts in Echo Park or Mar Vista, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by quirky items […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…]
The Search Dog Foundation believes that they can help every dog that enters theiur program be successful in whatever type […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
A teenager named Liam stands center stage in his school auditorium, feeling nervous in his Tin Man costume. For him, […more…]
Minds Matter Southern California is proud to announce that three of our senior students have been named QuestBridge Scholars, earning […more…]
Josue, a student who attended Mendez High School in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Los Angeles, is confident that he’ll […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 conference room at the Children’s Law Center of California (CLC), Diva arrives early, notebook in hand. Just months […more…]
There is only one thing Brady: United Against Gun Violence (Brady) Chief Development and Engagement Officer Liz Dunning wants you […more…]
Every day for over five years, Latora Green has taken her position at the northwest corner of Sepulveda and Ventura […more…]