Founded in 1978, Downtown Women’s Center’s (DWC) mission is to end women’s homelessness in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, and advocacy. DWC remains the only local organization in Los Angeles that is exclusively dedicated to addressing the immediate and long-term needs of women overcoming homelessness and extreme poverty. DWC reaches 3,500 vulnerable women across Los Angeles County per year through its women’s day center, housing placements and permanent supportive housing programs, health and wellness services, and job readiness programs.

Founded in 1978, Downtown Women’s Center’s (DWC) mission is to end women’s homelessness in greater Los Angeles through housing, wellness, and advocacy. DWC remains the only local organization in Los Angeles that is exclusively dedicated to addressing the immediate and long-term needs of women overcoming homelessness and extreme poverty. DWC reaches 3,500 vulnerable women across Los Angeles County per year through its women’s day center, housing placements and permanent supportive housing programs, health and wellness services, and job readiness programs.

Founded in 1976, East Los Angeles Women’s Center (ELAWC) works to ensure that all women, girls and their families live free from violence and abuse with an emphasis on Latino communities. ELAWC provides crisis intervention via a bilingual 24-hour hotline, accompaniment services to local hospitals, community outreach, counseling, prevention education, and community health worker training. 

Founded in 1997, Eden Association works with at-risk girls ages 12-18, helping them to re-claim their lives and escape cycles of poverty and violence.  The Association includes the Eden Therapeutic Residential Home for At-Risk Teenage Girls, an additional therapeutic residential home for at-risk children, a school for girls, and a social business café.  The organization is in the preliminary stages of creating an occupational training center and a health clinic.  All of Eden Association’s programs combine behavioral therapies and a feminist-focused approach.  The approach helps girls understand that they are the ones responsible for changing their lives and securing a better future.

Established in 1999, Educating for Excellence (E4E) works to strengthen Israeli society by reducing socio-economic gaps for at-risk or underserved youth who reside in Israel’s periphery. E4E’s intensive program accompanies each child for over 10 years, over 12-16 weekly hours (four days a week) and during vacations, starting in third grade onward. It provides 1) tailored academic tutoring and support; 2) experiential learning; 3) personal development programs for confidence-building; and 4) social leadership opportunities.

Founded in 2002, Ein Prat works to impart knowledge about Judaism and Jewish texts, cultivate an appreciation for Jewish learning, and nurture pluralistic Jewish identities among Israel’s young adults. It offers study programs where participants live on-site for a minimum of 5 weeks and as long as 4 months and spend each day learning Jewish texts in a pluralistic Beit Midrash (adult education facility).  Ein Prat serves approximately 300 students from secular and traditional backgrounds each year.

Founded in 2005, Ein Prat is the largest organization in Israel to bring together secular, traditional and religious Israeli young adults for shared Jewish learning.  It works to impart knowledge about Judaism and Jewish texts, cultivate an appreciation for Jewish learning and nurture pluralistic Jewish identities.  Through its intensive residential Beit Midrash programs, alumni programming and programming impacting the wider Israeli community, Ein Prat has helped to shape Israeli discourse on issues of Jewish identity, Jewish practice and Zionism.

Founded in 1993, Emotional Health Association dba SHARE's mission is to empower people to change their own lives and provide them with a loving, safe, non-judgmental place where they can find community, information and support. SHARE! provides affordable housing services, self-help meetings at its 2 centers in Culver City and Downtown LA, personalized recovery assistance, and a volunteer-to-job program.

Founded in 2004 in partnership with the Government of Israel, the Ethiopian National Project (ENP) seeks to advance the integration of Ethiopian Israeli Jews into Israeli society. ENP provides social and educational opportunities to help Ethiopian Israeli youth and their parents realize their full potential. Its four fundamental programs include academic support for youth; parenting workshops; empowerment and leadership trainings for those who want to be community activists; and scholarships for higher education in the fields of medicine and dentistry. ENP serves 15,000 youth annually through its work in 31 communities throughout Israel.

Founded in 1993, ETTA offers a full spectrum of services for Jewish adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including residential housing, case management, employment training and placement, educational services, and social services. With a Cutting Edge Grant in 2010, ETTA explored innovative housing solutions for Jewish special needs adults. Today over 50 special needs adults participate in ETTA's group homes and supportive living services and 120 clients receive ETTA's wraparound services. With a Next Stage Grant, ETTA will have the support to successfully navigate its transition to a large service provider and serve the growing special needs adult community.

Founded in 1993, ETTA serves people with intellectual and development disabilities, and their families, and is one of the premier providers of such services on the West Coast. ETTA's services include residential housing, adult day programs, Summer@ETTA, employment training and placement, and case management. 

Established as a 501c3 nonprofit organization in 2016 in Los Angeles, Families of Lone Soldiers (FLS) assists families of lone soldiers that are serving or have previously served in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). It provides resources along with social, emotional and financial support to lone soldiers and their families.

Founded in 1998, First Place for Youth (First Place) works to prevent poverty and homelessness among youth growing up in foster care. Operating in 6 California counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Solano), the organization helps foster youth build the skills they need to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood. Through its nationally-recognized program model, First Place provides access to safe housing, support to finish high school and enroll in college, and training to improve job skills and career readiness. In 2016, it served over 1,400 youth across all programs and provided permanent housing and supportive services to 476 youth in all 6 counties.

Founded in 2002, Friendship Circle provides Jewish children and young adults with special needs with a full range of social, recreational, educational, and Judaic experiences and enriches, inspires and motivates Jewish teenagers through volunteer and leadership opportunities. 
 

Friendship Circle provides Jewish children and young adults with special needs with a full range of social, recreational, educational, and Judaic experiences including Sunday Hebrew School, weekly playdates, and holiday programs. With reduced options for childcare and schooling, particularly for children with disabilities, families rely on Friendship Circle’s services.

Founded in 2002, Friendship Circle provides Jewish children and young adults with special needs with a full range of social, recreational, educational and Judaic experiences. Since receiving one of our first Cutting Edge Grants in 2007 to help provide special needs children with friendship and community, Friendship Circle has grown to annually serve 120 children and their families, engaging nearly 500 teen volunteers. With a Next Stage Grant, Friendship Circle will reassess and develop its volunteer infrastructure, improve its outreach to current and new families, and develop a fund strategy for the next stage of its growth.