THE ONES WHO GUIDE, lift and give:
THE HOOD SANTA
Tito Rodriguez AKA The Hood Santa is a Long Beach philanthropist who has spent over a decade providing free food, clothing, toys, and educational incentives to underserved communities.
ADA’S CAFE
Ada’s Cafe is a nonprofit social enterprise in Palo Alto that combines great food with a powerful mission of inclusion. The café provides meaningful employment and job training for adults with developmental disabilities, neurodiverse individuals, and others facing barriers to employment.
HUMANITY
HEROES
Humanity Heroes provides essential supplies and compassionate outreach to Californians experiencing homelessness, restoring dignity through direct action and community support.
moonwater farm
Moonwater Farm cultivates community prosperity through food, farming, and education. Rooted in regenerative agriculture and food justice, it helps communities reconnect with the land and build a more resilient future.
LA84
A foundation that expands access to youth sports across Southern California, helping ensure every child can experience the benefits of play, regardless of their background.
HOMEBOY GYM
Campbell Dillard helped build a new gym at Homeboy Industries, using fitness as a powerful tool for strength, discipline, wellness, and transformation. As the world’s largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program, Homeboy helps people build healthier, more empowered futures.
WEST COAST GOLF BABES
West Coast Golf Babes is a women-led golf community bringing more women of color into the sport and creating a space where they feel welcomed, represented, and empowered. They’re helping make golf more diverse, accessible, and community-driven.
CORRECTIONAL HEALTH TREaTMENT CENTERS
Correctional Health TREATMENT CENTERS brings compassionate healthcare and behavioral health services to people involved in the justice system. By connecting care, treatment, and support, they help people move toward healthier lives and stronger futures—both inside correctional facilities and beyond.
THE PLACE 4 GRACE
The Place 4 Grace helps children and families affected by incarceration by strengthening family connections, supporting healing, and creating pathways for successful reunification and long-term stability.
SOFIS HOTDOGS
At just 10 years old, Sofi is serving free hot dogs and tacos to the MacArthur Park community. Through simple acts of generosity, she helps bring neighbors together, ensuring local families have a warm meal while demonstrating that giving back can begin at any age.
THE ONES WHO GUIDE, lift and give:
CHRIS DODDS
HOOPS 4 JUSTICE
Using basketball as a bridge, Hoops4Justice reaches young people inside juvenile halls with mentorship, life skills, and encouragement. Their work helps transform moments of confinement into opportunities for growth, resilience, and new beginnings.
FIRE UP THE GRILL FOUNDATION
Fire Up The Grill Foundation FOCUSES ON serving free meals to people experiencing food insecurity and continues to expand its services to meet the evolving needs of the community, providing support, connection, and hope beyond the meal itself.
BLACK SURFERS COLLECTIVE
The Black Surfers Collective is reshaping who belongs in the ocean, creating space, visibility, and opportunity where barriers once stood. Through surfing, mentorship, and community, they turn waves into pathways of confidence, healing, and belonging.
THE ONES WHO
GUIDE, lift and give:
ALISON ROSE JEFFERSON
THE POWER OF US:
GHETTO RUNNING DAY
On June 3, 2026, Ghetto Running Day brought runners together in Watts for a celebration of movement, community, and pride.
PAVING THE WAY FOUNDATION
For 20 years, Paving the Way Foundation has helped people in Lancaster rebuild their lives after incarceration, addiction, and hardship. Through compassion, guidance, and opportunity, they are creating stronger individuals, families, and communities across the Antelope Valley.
Health Wealth Wellness and Community Care strengthens communities by connecting residents with resources, wellness programs, and meaningful support. Through direct outreach and community engagement, they help create healthier, more connected neighborhoods where people can thrive together.
HEALTH WEALTH WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY CARE
WELCOME
HOME
OASIS
Welcome Home creates spaces of healing, dignity, and belonging for formerly incarcerated individuals and vulnerable youth as they rebuild their lives, reconnect with community, and move toward stability and hope.
COACH DAYSI
Daysi Garcia is a boxing coach and law student working to support her community in Los Angeles. Through multiple boxing programs, gang prevention efforts, and free criminal court support, she helps young people build discipline, avoid harmful paths, and navigate real challenges beyond the ring.
5-ELEVENHOOPS
5-Eleven Hoops creates inclusive spaces through sport for neurodivergent youth and adults, while supporting their families.
A welcoming community where confidence grows, skills develop, and meaningful connections take shape.
The Ones who guide,
lift and give:
GEnevieve rimer
and Melanie Robledo
SHARING LOVE
WITH OTHERS
Sharing Love With Others is a Los Angeles nonprofit providing meals, clothing, and support on Skid Row through consistent, human-centered outreach that restores dignity.
ONE LA CLEAN
One LA Clean is a grassroots organization dedicated to cleaning streets—especially in South Central—while also feeding and supporting unhoused communities across Los Angeles.
The Ones who guide,
lift and give:
J-SHEP
GREENHOUSE SOUTH LA
Greenhouse LA is a house turned hub—a haven of safety for youth from South LA to build confidence, purpose, and connection. Through mentorship and hands-on training in trades like electrical work, it equips them with real skills for a more stable future.
the Labelle Foundation is a Los Angeles–based rescue devoted to saving vulnerable dogs—from newborn puppies to injured and abandoned animals—by placing them in loving foster homes. Through compassion, care, and community, it gives forgotten dogs a second chance at life.
labelle foundation
PS ARTS
P.S. ARTS brings music, dance, theater, and visual arts into under-resourced public schools, ensuring creativity is part of every child’s education.
Through hands-on arts programs, it gives students space to imagine, express, and grow.
FFRP
The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP) supports formerly incarcerated firefighters and Conservation Camp participants as they pursue careers in wildland and forestry. Through focused training and practical resources, it helps underrepresented communities step into lasting roles in the wildfire sector, turning experience into opportunity and service into a sustainable path forward.
ANTI-RECIDIVISM
COALITION
ARC’s HART Program brings reentry workshops into Chino State Prison, led by formerly incarcerated mentors who return to guide those still inside. ARC turns lived experience into direction, hope, and second chances.
JUNIOR HIGH
Junior High is a living room for art — a space where voices gather, collide, and create.
It nurtures emerging and marginalized artists through exhibitions, workshops, and radical inclusion.
eastside RIDERS
BIKE CLUB
An organization based in Watts dedicated to strengthening the community through service, charitable initiatives, and ongoing food drives that support local families. Through hands-on programs, including bike initiatives designed for local youth, it creates positive pathways that help steer young people away from gang involvement.
CENTER FOR THE PACIFIC ASIAN FAMILY
CPAF strengthens safe and healthy communities in Los Angeles by addressing family violence and supporting Asian and Pacific Islander women and families through culturally responsive care.
GRIPSPIN
TENNIS
a San Jose nonprofit offering free and low-cost tennis classes to make the sport accessible to underserved communities. Its programs remove financial barriers for youth and adults new to the game.
1951 COFFEE COMPANY
A coffee shop in Berkeley that supports refugees and asylees by creating job pathways through specialty coffee.
THE AMUSE PROJECT
A suicide-prevention and healing initiative, founded by Kristine Szabo, offering guidance for those impacted by suicide and parental-loss trauma.
AMITY FOUNDATION
Amity Foundation provides treatment and reentry support for people impacted by incarceration, helping them rebuild their lives with stability and purpose.
The Ones who guide,
lift and give:
ST WILLIAMS
CULTURE CLUB SOUTH BAY
At historic Bruce’s Beach in South Bay Los Angeles, Culture Club nurtures deep roots of belonging by uniting youth through surfing, friendship, and a timeless bond with the ocean.
NEOCOCO COLLECTIVE
Neococo Collective empowers refugee, immigrant, and displaced women with opportunities for economic independence, creative expression, and community integration. Through art, skill-building, and entrepreneurship, THEY help women reclaim agency and rebuild their lives with dignity and purpose.
Through surfing, swimming, and stewardship, Surf Bus empowers YOUNG PEOPLE to discover joy, confidence, and responsibility for our shared seas.
SURF bus
The Ones who guide,
lift and give:
PLUTO BROWN
SPIRIT AWAKENING
Celebrating 30 years of impact, Spirit Awakening Foundation harnesses the power of artistic expression—through writing, music, visual arts, and mindfulness—to help underserved youth heal from trauma. Their programs support young people in discovering their self-worth, dignity, and potential.
ANIMAL TRACKS
in agua dulce, north of los angeles, animal tracks is dedicated to rescuing animals from the exotic pet trade and giving them safe, lasting care. Their mission is to protect wildlife, educate the public, and discourage the keeping of exotic animals as pets.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BALLET
Everybody Moves is an adaptive dance program at Southern California Ballet, a nonprofit ORGANIZATION IN SAN DIEGO empowering youth with disabilities through creativity, confidence, and community.
The Ones who guide,
lift and give:
SUZANNE LERNER
OPEN ARMS
The mission of Open Arms in South Los Angeles is to assist residents facing unemployment, poverty, homelessness, disability, PTSD, or the challenges of aging. Their support includes food equity, housing services, and infant care assistance.
Based in San Diego, Paddle for Peace harnesses the healing power of the ocean to uplift communities through diversity, environmental education, and marine science.
This nonprofit is committed to creating lasting impact along coastlines and beyond.
PADDLE FOR PEACE
grateful peoples
Grateful Peoples helps students cultivate gratitude to boost mental health and resilience. Their programs provide free journals and inspire daily reflection in classrooms nationwide.
LA Recovery Connect in Los Angeles offers housing and supportive services that help women recovering from substance use build self-confidence and form healthy, lasting connections.
LA RECOVERY CONNECT
WAVES OF RECOVERY
Waves of Recovery, a surf based organization in Los Angeles, empowers others to embrace sobriety, rebuild their confidence, and reconnect with themselves and others, with a little help from Mother Nature.
project ropa
An organization with a dual mission: to reduce textile waste and restore dignity to individuals experiencing homelessness and extreme poverty by providing clean clothing and hygiene essentials.
LOVE ALWAYS SANCTUARY
Love Always Sanctuary in Sun Valley rescues animals and promotes compassion for all beings. Through education and interaction, they help people rethink factory farming and make kinder choices.
Through the power of rock climbing, Dry Rock nurtures a resilient recovery community—empowering people to rise above addiction.
DRY ROCK INC.
HOLLYWOOD FOOD COALITION
Hollywood Food Coalition serves nightly meals and essential support to unhoused and food-insecure neighbors in Los Angeles. Their mission is simple: nourish, connect, and restore dignity through community care.
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CASA DE LOS ANGELITOS
Since 1986, Casa has been supporting pregnant women in at risk situations, that need a safe environment for the remaining final months before giving birth. It’s the only home of its kind in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California.
MANUEL LUBEN
A sobriety counselor in Los Angeles, that listens and guides, for others to successfully gain control of addiction.
MANES FOR MOVEMENT
Manes for Movement, located in scenic Rolling Hills Estates, California provides Equine-Assisted Therapies and Activities for children and adults with diverse needs in this community near Los Angeles.
COACH STU
A recovery boxing coach in Los Angeles, whose program helps ensure sustained sobriety for individuals, through the focused discipline of traditional boxing.=
NEGUS IN NATURE
An organization that tackles systemic barriers and social disparities that contributed to the exclusion of black and brown individuals from experiencing the benefits of the outdoors. NIN aims to create community and regularly organizes safe and inclusive nature experiences.
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DESIGN FOR RECOVERY
Design in Recovery provides safe environments for men and women interested in maintaining sobriety. The homes provided by DIR are safe, structured settings where people can rebuild their lives without alcohol and drugs.
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THE POWER OF US:
MARTA GALLERY
