Tag Archives: philanthropy
In response to the tragic unintentional shooting death of 15-year-old Ethan Song in Connecticut, Ethan’s Law was introduced in Congress […more…]
The Drug Awareness Foundation just returned from a crucial week on Capitol Hill, advocating for Tyler’s Law, a bill that […more…]
Unlike mainstream media, Mongabay is dedicated to consistent, in-depth reporting on deforestation, biodiversity, and environmental justice. Our investigative journalism has: […more…]
Housing Works has always been on the front lines of Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis, doing whatever it takes for as […more…]
PRESENT NOW, a Santa Monica based nonprofit, delivers happiness and hope to youth living in 152 domestic violence shelters in […more…]
Dear J3 Family and Friends, We are thrilled to announce that Sarina Sande has joined the J3 Foundation team as […more…]
School on Wheels provides educational assistance to children and youth experiencing homelessness. It offers one-on-one online and in-person tutoring to […more…]
With the anniversary of Roe v. Wade having just passed on January 22, ACCESS Reproductive Justice wants to remind their […more…]
Born in Cuba and adopted at three months old, Angel Martinez immigrated at the age of three to the United […more…]
Dr. Sharon Nazarian is a prominent philanthropist, educator, and advocate whose multifaceted career spans academia, foreign policy, and community leadership. […more…]
In 2000, Judy Koch learned something surprising about many of the workers in her sheet metal factory in Fremont, California: They didn’t read books with their kids. As a former junior high English teacher now on a second career as a manufacturing CEO, Koch wanted to instill a love of reading in her employees. Her idea? Give away high-quality storybooks for free. This simple act created a tidal wave of expanded family literacy among the mostly Latino men who worked on the factory floor. Sterling Speirn, who was looking for innovative ideas as executive director of the Peninsula Community Foundation [...more...]
Last year, the nonprofit ACCESS Reproductive Justice (ACCESS RJ) helped more than 1,865 people access abortion care and other reproductive […more…]
There is only one thing Brady: United Against Gun Violence (Brady) Chief Development and Engagement Officer Liz Dunning wants you […more…]
In the late 1990s, actress Fran Drescher began a frightening health odyssey, looking for a cause of her gynecologic symptoms […more…]
Jose Melo was a middle school student in the Boston area when he was introduced to a resource that would […more…]
“We always say, ‘not my child’ are the three most dangerous words a parent can say,” says Juli Shamash, founder […more…]
When Korey Capozza’s son was born in 2008, he was healthy in every way. But nine months later, he began […more…]
Griffith Observatory is an iconic feature of the local landscape and a beacon that reminds us we are all connected […more…]
Deborah Leigh Stevens, 68, was living on the streets of West Hollywood in 2014, within blocks of her former apartment. […more…]
“Literacy permeates everything,” says J3 Foundation’s co-founder Joe Blackstone. Imagine staring at these words and not being able to decipher […more…]
Since 1929, when Wilshire Boulevard Temple moved into its current and now historical home, in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los […more…]