California Arts Council

The mission of the California Arts Council, a state agency, is to advance California through the arts and creativity.

The agency encourages widespread public participation in the arts; helps build strong arts organizations at the local level; assists with the professional development of arts leaders; promotes awareness of the value of the arts; and directly support arts program for children and communities.

L.A. County Arts Commission

The Commission fosters excellence, diversity, vitality, understanding and accessibility of the arts in Los Angeles County. The Commission provides leadership in cultural services for the County, including information and resources for the community, artists, educators, arts organizations and municipalities.

There are over 2,800 arts organizations and 150,000 working artists in the County of Los Angeles, creating the largest concentration of arts activity in the United States.

Community Redevelopment Agency

CRA makes strategic investments to create economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for the people who live and work in their neighborhoods.

Center Theatre Group

To serve the diverse audiences of Los Angeles by producing and presenting theatre of the highest caliber, by nurturing new artists, by attracting new audiences, and by developing youth outreach and arts education programs. This mission is based on a belief that the art of theatre is a cultural force with the capacity to transform the lives of individuals and society at large.

East LA Community Corporation

East LA Community Corporation (ELACC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community development corporation based in East Los Angeles. Since 1996 ELACC has been dedicated to harnessing housing and other community development resources for the benefit of low-income residents of Boyle Heights and Unincorporated East Los Angeles.

ELACC Mission
To advocate for economic and social justice in Boyle Heights and Unincorporated East Los Angeles by building, affordable housing, grassroots leadership, self-sufficiency and access to economic development opportunities for low and moderate income families. To strengthen existing community infrastructure in underserved communities by developing and preserving neighborhood assets.

The James Irvine Foundation

Our mission is to expand opportunity for the people of California to participate in a vibrant, successful and inclusive society.

Urban Possibilities

Urban Possibilities inspire the homeless and working poor, striving to become contributing citizens with programs that help them thrive.

Department of Cultural Affairs

The goal of the Department of Cultural Affairs is to enhance the quality of life for Los Angeles' 4 million residents and 25 million annual visitors.

DCA accomplishes this goal by generating and supporting high quality arts and cultural experiences. Ensuring access to those experiences through grant making, marketing, development, communication, and building relationships with our community partners. DCA is a catalyst for the delivery of art, culture, and heritage to every neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles.

The Alexandria Hotel

The Alexandria Residence, in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, has been renovated as part of an affordable housing program, and full upgrades have been made in order to provide a comfortable and charming living environment.

Alexandria Workshops

The Alexandria Workshops serves the residents of the Alexandria Hotel and the surrounding Downtown Los Angeles community. It gives homeless, working poor, and disenfranchised people a voice to express what is happening in their lives. It is a moving, funny and often thought provoking bird's eye view into the lives of residents of an ever changing Los Angeles. The Alexandria Workshops is a Company of Angels Education and Outreach Community Theater Program. Directed and facilitated by Lui Sanchez, Art McDermott, and Pat Cochran.

Operation Gratitude

Operation Gratitude seeks to lift morale and put smiles on faces by sending care packages addressed to individual Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines deployed in harm's way.** Operation Gratitude care packages contain food, hygiene products, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation, all wrapped with good wishes of love and support.

Through Collection Drives, Letter Writing Campaigns and Donations of funds for shipping expenses, Operation Gratitude provides civilians anywhere in America a way to express their respect and appreciation to the men and women of the U.S. Military in an active, hands-on manner.