Eyeglasses are such a commonality that most people go through the day assuming that everyone who needs a pair of glasses already has them. Most people, perhaps, but certainly not the team behind Vision To Learn, who knows first-hand how children everywhere are having trouble learning at school solely because they can’t properly see. It’s [...more...]
Holocaust Museum LA broke ground on November 15, 2023 on the Jona Goldrich Campus, designed by award-winning architect Hagy Belzberg. This expansion will feature new indoor and outdoor spaces that will double our footprint in [...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…]
Every year, Para Los Niños’ Annual Benefit celebrates the milestones youth, children, and families have achieved — educationally, emotionally, and economically — […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
Creative Solutions for Kids and Families has quietly built a reputation as one of the most innovative nonprofits serving the […more…]
As the July heat settles in, we’re still feeling the warmth from last month’s Camp Ready. 31 new Scholars officially […more…]
For the Environment
Drive through Inglewood, past the largest urban oil field in the United States, and you’ll see them everywhere: skeletal metal […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…]
Step into the Time Travel Marts in Echo Park or Mar Vista, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by quirky items […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…]
Twenty-six years ago, Nikki Ferraro found herself in a parking lot outside a Santa Monica surf shop, holding handmade posters, […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
In the bustling corridors of Foster Elementary in Compton, kids are experiencing an extraordinary transformation. Students who once struggled with […more…]
Minds Matter Southern California is proud to announce that three of our senior students have been named QuestBridge Scholars, earning […more…]
A teenager named Liam stands center stage in his school auditorium, feeling nervous in his Tin Man costume. For him, […more…]
Community Resilience
Hunger Action LA invites you to volunteer or be a shopper for the next Blind Low Vision shopping day! The […more…]
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…]
Advocacy
In response to the tragic unintentional shooting death of 15-year-old Ethan Song in Connecticut, Ethan’s Law was introduced in Congress […more…]
Esmeralda Barajas entered the foster system at age 8 and exited just when she needed help the most. She had […more…]
Every day for over five years, Latora Green has taken her position at the northwest corner of Sepulveda and Ventura […more…]