Together, we make an impact

Avalon Carver works to care for the physical, mental and spiritual needs of individuals and families through education, community outreach and empowerment.

Venice Family Clinic works to improve the health of people and communities through accessible, quality care. The Clinic continues to expand to best meet their community�s needs with an innovative, integrated approach that addresses the unique combination of clinical and social factors that impact our patients� health. They offer primary and specialty care, behavioral health services, dental care, vision care and more�often all in one visit.

The Children's Center of the Antelope Valley's Mission is to promote healing and provide protection from abuse through education and expert care for children and families in the Antelope Valley. The Center offers innovative, comprehensive prevention, intervention and treatment services and is the coordinating agency of multiple community partnerships involving both public and private agencies.�

Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated men and women allowing them to redirect their lives and become contributing members of our community. Each year over 10,000 former gang members from across Los Angeles come through Homeboy Industries� doors in an effort to make a positive change. They are welcomed into a community of mutual kinship, love, and a wide variety of services ranging from tattoo removal to anger management and parenting classes.

Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) provides interest-free loans on a non-sectarian basis to families and individuals whose needs are urgent and who may not qualify through normal financial channels. Interest-free loans, instead of charity, fill an important gap in our social system by promoting self-sufficiency with dignity.

Proyecto Pastoral is a Boyle Heights-based community building organization working in the east side of Los Angeles and helps 5,000 children and families each year. They believe that effective solutions to community challenges must be designed and implemented in close partnership with our community residents.

CDTech's mission is to build livable and economically viable communities in the low-income areas of Greater Los Angeles. This is accomplished by strengthening the skills and self-sufficiency of residents, businesses and community serving institutions through a variety of capacity building and direct service programs.

PVJOBS is a nonprofit 501(c)3 public benefit corporation whose mission is to provide career-track employment opportunities for at-risk youth, adults and veterans in construction and related industries.

Angels Nest Transitional Living Program�s mission is to support current and former foster youth exiting the foster care system who are at risk of homelessness. They serve these young adults as they pursue a college degree to become independent, self-supporting, community leaders. They also provide services including housing, career development, and life-skills training to overcome past trauma and break the cycle in their own families and communities to reach their fullest potential.

For more than four decades, Covenant House has helped transform and save the lives of more than a million homeless, runaway and trafficked young people. They offer housing and support services to young people in need � currently reaching 74,000 youth every year.

Extraordinary Families mission is to help children and youth in foster care to have the childhoods and futures they rightfully deserve. They have a vision that every child, youth, and family in child welfare will have the ability to achieve their hopes, fulfill their dreams, and thrive.

The Mission of Youth Mentoring Connection is to transform the lives of at-risk youth by caring for their wounds and shining a light on their gifts through an ongoing mentoring community, creative expression, and life-changing experiences; thus inspiring them to become thriving adults.

El Nido Family Centers is a social service non-profit agency that provides counseling and family support services to disadvantaged communities throughout Los Angeles County. Their core programs include Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Parent Education and Family Development, Teen Parent Family Services and Youth Development.

Each year NLSLA provides free assistance to more than 150,000 individuals and families through innovative projects that expand access to justice and address the most critical needs of people living in poverty throughout Los Angeles. At NLSLA, they see the law as a powerful tool to fight for individual rights and social change. Their work aims to unravel entrenched disparities that have resulted from longstanding injustice, systemic racism and institutionalized inequality.