Jeff Kreisler: Head of Behavioral Science, J.P. Morgan Private BankJamie Hackleman: Family Governance and Senior Philanthropy Advisor, J.P. Morgan Private Bank With 16 people on four continents, the J.P. Morgan Philanthropy Centre team has deep and diverse expertise from the nonprofit world, business, government, and even the field of behavioral science. “My purpose is to [...more...]
The Children’s Law Center of California is the nation’s largest nonprofit law firm exclusively representing children – including those who are part of Los Angeles County’s complex and intimidating dependency courts, where judges make life-altering [...more...]
Giving List Matching Challenges
Youth Development
Former Los Angeles Lakers champion, Metta World Peace, joined Youth Champions at their Springboard Summit 2025 to inspire L.A. teens. […more…]
What if a flat tire meant you couldn’t pay your rent that month? What if an unexpectedly high water bill […more…]
On a late afternoon in South Los Angeles, Historic Fire Station 54 hums with a drum circle. A dozen teenagers […more…]
Human Rights
Peggy Callahan thought Abraham Lincoln had taken care of slavery. Then Callahan, a former television journalist and filmmaker, learned that […more…]
Kanthi Salgadu doesn’t want you to think of her as a victim. She is a survivor of human trafficking, certainly. […more…]
Housing & Homelessness
In Los Angeles, nearly two out of every three people experiencing homelessness are living unsheltered on the street. DignityMoves offers […more…]
Adoris, U.S. Army Veteran and former Lockheed Martin welder, struggled with the lasting effects of post-traumatic stress disorder and turned […more…]
For most incoming freshmen, moving into their first dorm means parents, a packed car, and hours spent on Target runs […more…]
Homelessness
For 15 years, James built a life of service – first as an Army combat veteran, then as a special […more…]
Health & Wellness
When Pamela Hirsch’s daughter discovered she couldn’t carry a child after years of failed procedures, each ending in miscarriage, the […more…]
In 2012, Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen launched a fundraiser that they called Hilarity for Charity (HFC). The memorable […more…]
Every child who walks into Rifkin Raanan Cosmetic Dentistry on a clinic day gets what the Beverly Hills clientele gets […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
When the 2018 Woolsey Fire ripped through the Santa Monica Mountains, then-state Senate staffer Matt Weiner watched flames burn with […more…]
ClientEarth USA attorney Benjamin Segal led the research and writing of a new report exposing the true scale ofIllinois’s “zombie […more…]
For the Children
Every morning before breakfast at Brave Trails, the whole camp gathers at the flagpole. A different identity flag rises each […more…]
When young Perla Lara required ongoing care at UCLA Children’s Hospital, her family spent weeks in hotels and Airbnbs just […more…]
Sergio Carrillo was 10 years old the first time he was arrested; his brother bailed him out of jail because […more…]
For the Arts
Step into the Time Travel Marts in Echo Park or Mar Vista, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by quirky items […more…]
In the face of natural disasters in Los Angeles and lingering social anxiety, poetry has become a refuge for students. […more…]
The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC) has been a cornerstone of culture in Los Angeles since 1913. […more…]
For the Animals
Wilma Melville founded the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation in 1996, a year after witnessing the dearth of rescue dogs […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
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…]
Connor was only eight months old when he had his first debilitating seizure. His mother rushed him to the emergency […more…]
Earth First
When the Eaton Fire tore through the Altadena foothills in January 2025, it melted two of the three wildlife cameras […more…]
Critical Response & International Impact
Kerri Murray keeps a photograph that has stayed with her. It’s the face of Esther, a young Nigerian woman whose […more…]
Direct Relief began during a time of war, geopolitical tension, political division, and global economic instability. More than 80 years […more…]
Creative Endeavors
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights in downtown Los Angeles, there is a free live concert in the lobby of […more…]
The American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) is the largest ceramics museum in the country, but its reach extends well […more…]
Community Resilience
For nearly 80 years, Direct Relief has stood ready to meet the cascading challenges of global disasters, delivering life-saving medicines, […more…]
Four-Star Rating for 15th Consecutive Year Highlights Operational Excellence and Humanitarian Impact Charity Navigator, America’s top independent nonprofit evaluator, has […more…]
Hunger Action LA invites you to volunteer or be a shopper for the next Blind Low Vision shopping day! The […more…]
Bright Futures
Every community has a place people instinctively turn to when the ground shifts beneath them. In Boyle Heights, that place […more…]
When Thierno’s eyeglasses broke in college, he faced the sort of decision that never appears in a course catalog. Replace […more…]
For 80 years, Pacific Oaks College has expanded access to high-quality education while preparing graduates for meaningful careers that strengthen […more…]
Advocacy
Every day for over five years, Latora Green has taken her position at the northwest corner of Sepulveda and Ventura […more…]
Gun violence. The phrase has become almost blandly ubiquitous in American culture. But to those who have experienced the piercing […more…]
In a conference room at the Children’s Law Center of California (CLC), Diva arrives early, notebook in hand. Just months […more…]