The Los Angeles Business Journal, in partnership with JPMorgan Chase, is recognizing the efforts of the Los Angeles non-profit community by highlighting how these organizations are adapting and innovating during the pandemic to address the changing needs and challenges of the communities they serve and responding to many of the other challenges that have arisen this year.
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Los Angeles Urban League
December 7, 2022
100 years of championing for Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Urban League is on a mission to bring workforce development programming to hard-to-reach individuals.
The Los Angeles Urban League (LAUL) has been a staple in the community for the past century, promoting economic empowerment through education and job training, home ownership and community development, workforce development, entrepreneurship, health, and quality of life for those in underserved communities….Read More
Ascend LA
November 30, 2022
Connecting Los Angeles businesses to local work
Ascend LA helps minority-owned local businesses thrive in their community.
Many know, entrepreneurship and growing a small business can come with many challenges. Whether it’s access to capital, winning local bids for work or expanding operations, it can be difficult to navigate all of the moving pieces while staying competitive and connected…Read More
EmpowHer Institute
November 23, 2022
‘When you see her, you can be her’
EmpowHer Institute helps Black and Brown girls pave their own path to success.
For many, the path to high school followed by college and a career seems clear. But when you’re a young girl living in cycles of poverty, housing insecurity and social injustice, that path comes with many obstacles…Read More
Inclusion Action for the City
November 16, 2022
Championing street vendors out of the shadows
Inclusive Action for the City shares their work to legalize street vending in Los Angeles and the impact it’s had on the community.
In cities like Los Angeles, street vendors are a vibrant part of their community. Up until 2018, these entrepreneurs were cast in the shadows and legally unable to grow their businesses and find their place in the economy. Inclusive Action for the City (IAC) knew this was a problem not only for the vendors, but also the greater community….Read More
Defy Southern California
November 3, 2022
Defying the odds: why everyone deserves a fair chance
Defy Southern California champions re-entry programming, workforce training and increasing fair chances for formerly incarcerated individuals in Los Angeles….Read More
