At A Place Called Home, we envision a world where your zip code does not determine your future; where all children have the opportunity to find happiness and success in life. For more than 30 years we have served our community — inspiring, encouraging, and supporting the young people in South Los Angeles to achieve social, emotional, and economic success.

After School All Stars is a comprehensive after-school program serving kids with the greatest needs and fewest resources. Our hope for our All-Stars is that they grow up safe and healthy, graduate high school and go on to college, find careers they love, and give back to their communities.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles creates and supports one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. We empower youth to reach their full potential through consistent support and meaningful connection.

The Brotherhood Crusade is a trauma-informed youth Development program that supports youth aged 10-24 through learning, thriving, connecting, working, and serving in their community, providing 894 hours of leadership development training.

BOSS is an education nonprofit whose mission is to inspire, equip and empower underserved youth here in Southern CA to be transformed through mastery of our foundational pillars and good to great principles, moving them from passenger to driver in their life's journey.

Communities in Schools of Los Angeles (CISLA) works with students in 15 schools to provide services and tools for them to graduate high school and establish a path to real world success - college, skills and workforce training.

HomeLight offers support to the most vulnerable families in our community, giving victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and those dealing with issues of sobriety and other unthinkable circumstances the space, time, support, and accountability to build a new life together. Families who are accepted into HomeLight typically live with us for one year, providing them the time to stabilize and plan while moving forward in a structured environment. Family members receive individualized plans for their transition to independent living that include mental health therapy, job preparedness, and family reunification.

The "I Have A Dream" Foundation – Los Angeles provides long-term support to youth living in under-resourced communities to enable them to achieve their full potential. We promote, from an early age, values of higher education and career success and provide opportunities guaranteed through financial resources, enrichment programs and more.

Jenesse Center, Inc. is the oldest domestic violence intervention and prevention program in South Los Angeles. Five African American women who were survivors of domestic violence, and committed to creating a safe place for victims and their families founded the center in 1980. Jenesse's mission is to restore families impacted by domestic and sexual violence through holistic, trauma informed, culturally responsive services, and advance prevention initiatives that foster and sustain healthy, violence free communities. We seek to prevent and end the cycle of domestic violence through education, public awareness and outreach initiatives, public policy and advocacy strategies, and innovative collaborations with key partners.

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank is a vital nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting hunger in Los Angeles County by distributing nutritious food and other essential resources to those facing food insecurity. Through a network of partner agencies, volunteers, and donors, the Food Bank ensures that millions of individuals and families receive nutritious meals and support each year.

Residing within the Ramona Gardens housing projects and surround areas of Lincoln Heights & North East Los Angeles, the North East Lincoln Rams consists of boys and girls (ages 13-14) who participate in football and cheerleading. All team members are held to a high standard of academic achievement, discipline and respect by their coaches and mentors who serve as LAPD officers from the Hollenbeck Division.

Guided by the spirit of multiculturalism, Mixed Roots Foundation strives to uplift lives by building meaningful partnerships with individuals, businesses, and organizations across various communities. With compassion at our core, we champion causes that matter—through mentoring, multimedia storytelling, and innovative programs like DNA testing and life-changing scholarships and grants. We shine a light on those often overlooked, fostering hope and awareness while nurturing the dreams of future generations. Our deepest commitment prioritizes the global multicultural adoption and foster care community and their families, walking alongside them as they discover their heritage, cultural roots, embrace their identity, and shape a greater and brighter future together.

One for All is committed to empowering youth through community-based programs which instill an everlasting sense of personal pride, academic achievement and distinct accomplishment.

Sharefest is all about helping LA youth achieve economic mobility -– specifically students who face significant barriers who might find themselves attending a Continuation High School or an underserved High School. Our team mentors and provides students with the necessary skills, support, and connections to achieve their career and college goals. We stick with them after high school graduation as they enter into the workforce or community college.

Sisters of watts uniting neighborhood, promote community, strengthening families and forming meaningful relationships.

Special Olympics has a mission to transform lives through the joy of sport, every day, everywhere. Through the power of sports, people with intellectual disabilities discover new strengths and abilities, skills, and success. The athletes find joy, confidence and fulfillment — on the playing field and in life. They also inspire people in their communities and elsewhere to open their hearts to a wider world of human talents and potential.

The Salvation Army is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based ion the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Vet Tix is a national 501(c)(3) charity that gives something to those who gave by distributing game and entertainment tickets to a currently serving member of the U.S. military, veteran, or first responder.

The Watts Rams started in 2013 as a football program to serve the youth residing in one of the most gang affiliated and violent communities of South Central Los Angeles. The Watts Rams were created by LAPD officers from the Southeast Division, with these officers coaching and mentoring student-athletes in football, track, and field. The goal was to offer underprivileged youth in Watts a chance to play organized sports but on a larger scale, and to positively change the historically strained relationship between the police and the community of Watts.