Los Angeles County is NCRP's fourth site in a series of reports from the Grantmaking for Community Impact Project. " Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing and Civic Engagement in Los Angeles County " documents how 15 nonprofit organizations and their allies leveraged foundation grants to secure nearly $91 of benefit for every dollar spent for Los Angeles citizens.
The fifteen nonprofits from Los Angeles County featured in the research are:
- Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC)
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)
- Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment
- Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
- InnerCity Struggle (ICS)
- Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA)
- Labor Community Strategy Center/Bus Riders Union (LCSC/BRU)
- L.A. Voice PICO
- Los Angeles ACORN
- Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
- Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Service Center
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches (LAM)
- People Organized for Westside Renewal (POWER)
- South Asian Network (SAN)
- Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
In partnership with Southern California Grantmakers, NCRP presented the results on March 2 at a gathering in Los Angeles, CA. The host committee for this event includes Aileen Adams, Deputy Mayor, Office of Strategic Partnerships; Gigi Barsoum, The California Endowment; Jocelyn Guihama, UCLA Center for Civil Society; Pete Manzo, United Ways of California; Claire Peeps, Durfee Foundation; Alvertha Penny, California Community Foundation; Michele Prichard, Liberty Hill Foundation; Sushma Raman, Southern California Grantmakers; Rachel Roth, Roth Family Foundation; and Latonya Slack, James Irvine Foundation.
