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From the Page to Impact Investing: A Plan to End the Foster Care to Homelessness Pipeline From the Page to Impact Investing: A Plan to End the Foster Care to Homelessness Pipeline

I am driving through Silverlake to drop my son Teddy off on his first day of first grade. Along Sunset Boulevard […more…]

DWC’s Annual Gala a Major Success! Downtown Women’s Center

The Downtown Women’s Center hosted their annual gala on Sunday, October 6 honoring Los Angeles philanthropist and founding DWC board […more…]

Honoring Advocate and Philanthropist Downtown Women’s Center

On Sunday, October 6th, the Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) will honor advocate and philanthropist, Andrea Van de Kamp. Andrea’s lifelong […more…]

DWC Celebrates Job Training Graduates Downtown Women’s Center

On August 8th, the Downtown Women’s Center had the pleasure of celebrating 20 graduates of LA: RISE – a regional […more…]

Downtown Women’s Center Opens a New Permanent Supportive Housing Site for Survivors of Domestic Violence Downtown Women’s Center

On May 9, the Downtown Women’s Center celebrated the grand opening of NoHo 5050, a new permanent supportive housing site that […more…]

No One-Size-Fits-All Solution to L.A.’s Homeless Crisis

There’s not just one reason people become unhoused, and there’s not just one way to solve the homelessness issue. What we do know is that it’s a problem that is growing, in Los Angeles and other major cities, especially among certain members of the population. It’s a complex issue that no one seems to have an answer for, and new programs are not making a dent in solving the problem.  According to data from the 2022 Department of Housing and Urban Development, Los Angeles had the largest homeless population in the country with 65,111 people experiencing homelessness. Thirty percent of [...more...]

The Path to Help All Unhoused Women in L.A. County Downtown Women’s Center

From 2013 to 2020, the number of women experiencing homelessness increased by nearly 70%, according to the Greater Los Angeles […more…]

Downtown Women’s Center Recognized for Leadership in Ending Homelessness Downtown Women’s Center

Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) was honored for its outstanding leadership in addressing women’s homelessness. DWC, along with esteemed partners Angel […more…]

Support Women Experiencing Homelessness Downtown Women’s Center

The Downtown Women’s Center (DWC) is the only organization in Los Angeles exclusively focused on serving and empowering women experiencing […more…]

Systems-Change Provocateur Systems-Change Provocateur

The 2013 murder of an 8-year-old named Gabriel Fernandez at the hands of his mother and her partner, dominated the […more…]

Creating Partnerships to Advocate for Change Creating Partnerships to Advocate for Change

Growing up in the Inland Empire, east of Los Angeles, Bobby Grace’s parents fervently hoped he would become a doctor. […more…]

Urban Alchemy Practitioners Calm the Streets of Los Angeles Urban Alchemy

For years, Los Angeles police have been challenged by how to respond to calls about unhoused Angelenos. Then came CIRCLE, […more…]

Nonprofit Pioneer Step Up Leads the Way in Ending Homelessness in Los Angeles Step Up

At Step Up, which offers permanent supportive housing to the unhoused in Los Angeles, eviction is not an option. Instead […more…]

Women Helping Women Downtown Women’s Center

Of the more than 66,000 unhoused people living on Los Angeles County’s streets, over 20,000 are women.  One of them […more…]

Can Impact Invest its Way out of Rampant Homelessness? Can Impact Invest its Way out of Rampant Homelessness?

(Editor’s note: This story is being co-published with Impact Alpha.) As a parting challenge to his successor, outgoing Los Angeles Mayor Eric […more…]

Moving the Market: The Ford Foundation Moving the Market: The Ford Foundation

The American tax code favors the generous by offering significant financial benefit to those that give to charity. On the […more…]

Opening the Door to a New Kind of Philanthropy Opening the Door to a New Kind of Philanthropy

As told to Daniel Heimpel Since 2004, Antonia Hernández has led the California Community Foundation (CCF). Over those nearly two […more…]

Can Homelessness be Solved by Making it Profitable? Can Homelessness be Solved by Making it Profitable?

Redeploying charitable foundation investments could be the needed difference in stemming a homegrown humanitarian crisis. Ricardo Barron just started his […more…]

A Place to Call a Permanent Home Step Up

Susan Dempsey’s son Mark was in college when he was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The illness changed his life, causing him […more…]

Permanent Homes and Ongoing Support for Angelenos Experiencing Homelessness LA Family Housing

The mission of LA Family Housing can be summed up in one sentence, according to President and CEO Stephanie Klasky-Gamer: […more…]

Creating Homes & Hope for Homeless Youth & Students Jovenes

From its roots as a shelter for adolescent Latinos in 1989, Jovenes has become a leading provider of support services […more…]

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