Nonprofits in Los Angeles
Drivers and businesses on Lunar can pick these nonprofits.
- 826LA — Runs free writing and tutoring programs for students ages 6 to 18.
- A Place Called Home — Gives South LA young people a safe place for arts, education, wellness and meals.
- American Legion Hollywood Post 43 — Supports veterans, scholarships and youth programs from its historic Hollywood post.
- APLA Health — Provides health care and support services for LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV.
- Aquarium of the Pacific — Runs a nonprofit aquarium in Long Beach focused on ocean science and conservation.
- Autry Museum of the American West — Explores the art, history and cultures of the American West from Griffith Park.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles — Matches young people with volunteer mentors across Los Angeles County.
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles — Runs after school clubs with sports, homework help and mentoring for Los Angeles kids.
- Chrysalis — Helps people facing homelessness and poverty find and keep jobs.
- Descanso Gardens — Cares for 150 acres of public gardens and oak woodland in La Cañada Flintridge.
- Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services — Provides mental health care, substance use treatment and suicide crisis support.
- Downtown Women's Center — Provides housing, meals, health care and job support to women on Skid Row.
- Food Forward — Rescues surplus fresh produce from farms and markets for hunger relief agencies.
- Friends of Griffith Park — Protects and restores Griffith Park's wildlife, trails and historic places.
- Friends of the Los Angeles River — Leads river cleanups, education and restoration work along the Los Angeles River.
- Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association — Supports the Los Angeles Zoo's animal care, conservation and education programs.
- Heal the Bay — Keeps LA's beaches and waterways clean through science, cleanups and education.
- Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) — Offers free after school arts, academics and athletics to kids in central Los Angeles.
- Homeboy Industries — Trains and employs people leaving gangs and prison, with therapy and case management.
- Japanese American National Museum — Shares the history and experience of Japanese Americans from its home in Little Tokyo.
- Koreatown Youth and Community Center — Serves Koreatown families with youth, counseling, housing and neighborhood programs.
- LACMA — Collects and exhibits art spanning 6,000 years of human creativity from around the world.
- LAist — Publishes nonprofit local news and runs public radio station LAist 89.3.
- Little Tokyo Service Center — Provides social services, affordable housing and small business help in Little Tokyo.
- Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation — Builds youth ballfields and funds sports, literacy and health programs for LA kids.
- Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation — Funds equipment, training and community programs for Los Angeles firefighters.
- Los Angeles LGBT Center — Provides health care, housing and youth and senior services for LGBTQ+ people in LA.
- Los Angeles Philharmonic — Performs at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl and runs youth orchestras.
- Los Angeles Regional Food Bank — Distributes food through hundreds of partner pantries across Los Angeles County.
- Meals on Wheels West — Delivers meals and wellness checks to homebound neighbors in Santa Monica and Malibu.
- NAMI Greater Los Angeles County — Offers free mental health education and support groups for families and individuals.
- Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County — Supports the Natural History Museum, La Brea Tar Pits and William S. Hart Museum.
- Operation Gratitude — Sends care packages thanking troops, veterans and first responders.
- Pasadena Humane — Shelters, treats and rehomes animals for Pasadena and nearby San Gabriel Valley cities.
- PATH (People Assisting The Homeless) — Moves people out of homelessness with outreach, interim housing and permanent homes.
- Petersen Automotive Museum — Showcases automotive history and car culture in a landmark museum on Museum Row.
- Project Angel Food — Cooks and delivers medically tailored meals to people living with critical illnesses.
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California — Houses families near hospitals while their children receive medical treatment.
- Saban Community Clinic — Provides affordable medical, dental and behavioral health care to low income Angelenos.
- spcaLA — Rescues and rehomes animals and investigates animal cruelty across the Los Angeles area.
- The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens — Runs a research library, art museum and themed botanical gardens in San Marino.
- The Midnight Mission — Provides meals, shelter, recovery and job programs to people on Skid Row.
- The Painted Turtle — Runs free camp programs for children with serious medical conditions and their families.
- The People Concern — Offers outreach, shelter, mental health care and housing to unhoused Angelenos.
- TreePeople — Plants and cares for trees and builds climate resilience across Los Angeles.
- U.S. VETS — Provides housing, counseling and job help to veterans and their families.
- Union Station Homeless Services — Helps people in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley move from homelessness into housing.
- United Way of Greater Los Angeles — Fights poverty and homelessness in LA County through housing, education and jobs work.
- Wags & Walks — Rescues dogs from overcrowded shelters and finds them loving homes.
- Westside Food Bank — Supplies food to pantries, shelters and meal programs across the Westside of Los Angeles.