Poverty
Here's who's supporting
Poverty
in LA
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LA+Acumen works to create a world beyond poverty.
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The Ahmanson Foundation is a major supporter of the arts, humanities, education & more.
Category: FundingCause: Arts, Education, Health, Homelessness, Poverty -
b goodly creates opportunities for teams to come together through curated volunteer projects in Los Angeles.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Boys, Disability, Economic Development, Environment, Food, Girls, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTQ, Men, Poverty, Teens, Women -
The Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab uses business principles to alleviate some of the biggest challenges facing the world today.
Category: Higher EducationCause: Poverty -
Christine Margiotta is Executive Director of Social Venture Partners Los Angeles
Category: PeopleCause: Education, Homelessness, LGBTQ, Poverty, Social Justice -
Claremont Lincoln University offers an innovative, online M.A. in Social Impact with an emphasis on mindful & compassionate leadership.
Category: Higher EducationCause: Education, Health, Poverty, Social Justice -
The Committee for Greater LA is pursuing racial and economic equity through systems change.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Housing, Poverty, Social Justice -
The Hilton Humanitarian Prize calls attention to the need for humanitarian aid & support by recognizing & advancing the efforts of its awardees.
Category: PrizesCause: Arts, Boys, Disability, Economic Development, Education, Elderly, Environment, Food, Girls, Health, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTQ, Men, Poverty, Relief, Science, Social Justice, Technology, Transportation, Water, Women -
The Downtown Women’s Center provides housing & supportive services.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Health, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty, Women -
Enrou is a curated online marketplace where every purchase creates opportunity.
Category: BusinessesCause: Economic Development, Education, Health, Poverty, Social Justice -
Erbaviva is an organic skin care company that provides healthy skin care products while also serving multiple communities overseas.
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Flintridge Center breaks the cycle of poverty & violence through community planning, innovation & action.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Poverty, Social Justice -
Flyaway Homes is helping to end homelessness sustainably.
Category: BusinessesCause: Homelessness, Housing, Poverty -
Grameen America is building a nation without poverty through microloans.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Poverty, Women -
Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., Founder of Homeboy Industries, is among LA's most effective social entrepreneurs.
Category: PeopleCause: Economic Development, Poverty -
Homeboy Industries helps formerly gang-involved & recently incarcerated men & women.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Men, Poverty, Women -
Imagine LA empowers families in transition from homelessness to self-sufficiency by facilitating an innovative two-year volunteer mentorship program.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Homelessness, Poverty -
InVenture is a mobile technology startup that provides financial services to the economically in India.
Category: BusinessesCause: Economic Development, Poverty, Technology -
Kiva connects people through lending to alleviate poverty.
Category: FundingCause: Economic Development, Poverty -
LA Voice teaches people to speak, act & engage in the public arena.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Education, Health, Housing, Poverty -
The LA Conservation Corps transforms youth while enhancing communities.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Boys, Education, Environment, Girls, Poverty, Social Justice, Teens -
The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy addresses the challenges of working poverty, inadequate health care & polluted communities.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Environment, Health, Poverty -
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust is growing healthier communities through urban parks & gardens.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Environment, Poverty -
The LA Regional Food Bank mobilizes resources to fight hunger in LA County.
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Margaret Morrow is President & CEO of Public Counsel
Category: PeopleCause: Boys, Girls, Homelessness, Poverty, Social Justice -
Miguel Santana is President & C.E.O. of the Weingart Foundation.
Category: PeopleCause: Education, Poverty, Social Justice -
The NOMAD Foundation promotes combining ancient skills with new technologies to bring prosperity to the nomadic people of Niger.
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Operation USA provides relief, reconstruction & development aid.
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PATH is helping to end homeless for families & children.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Homelessness, Housing, Poverty -
Prime Five Homes is a LA-based, full-service real estate development company.
Category: BusinessesCause: Economic Development, Housing, Poverty -
Proximity Designs addresses extreme poverty in rural Myanmar.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Poverty, Technology -
Public Counsel is the largest pro bono public interest law firm in the country.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Boys, Girls, Homelessness, Poverty, Social Justice -
Where thought leading nonprofits build & manage their mobile apps.
Category: Businesses, ServicesCause: Education, Environment, Poverty, Technology -
REDF creates jobs for people facing the greatest barriers to work.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Homelessness, Poverty -
Relief International provides emergency relief to vulnerable communities.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Environment, Poverty, Relief -
The Roddenberry Prize celebrates bold solutions to benefit humanity.
Cause: Arts, Education, Environment, Food, Health, Poverty, Relief, Science, Technology -
School on Wheels provides tutoring to homeless children in Southern California
Category: OrganizationsCause: Boys, Education, Girls, Homelessness, Poverty -
The Skid Row Housing Trust works to permanently break the cycle of homelessness.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Health, Homelessness, Housing, Poverty -
The Social Innovation Fast Pitch is a mentoring program that culminates in a competition in which nonprofits vie for cash awards.
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The Dream Builders Project is an action-based charity that puts help directly in people's hands.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Homelessness, Poverty, Relief -
The People Concern empowers the most vulnerable among us to rebuild their lives.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Homelessness, Housing, Poverty, Teens -
Uncommon Good empowers underserved families through education, medicine, and the environment.
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The Westside Food Bank provides food to social service agencies on the Westside of Los Angeles County.
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Working Wardrobes helps those with challenges achieve success in the workplace.
Category: OrganizationsCause: Economic Development, Men, Poverty, Women