Spotlight: Alliance for Housing and Healing

Alliance for Housing and Healing (Alliance) provides essential housing and supportive services to people living in poverty with HIV/AIDS and other challenging health conditions. The roots of Alliance go back 35 years, to Aid For AIDS (AFA) and the Serra Project – both founded at the onset of the AIDS crisis. After years of cross-referring […]
Spotlight: My Friend’s Place

My Friend’s Place began in 1988 as a volunteer-led, mobile meal program that distributed lunches to homeless youth in Hollywood. The organization has since grown into a dynamic resource center offering programs to meet the existing and emerging needs of more than 1,400 youth each year, supporting youth on their journeys toward lives of wellness, […]
Annenberg Snapshot: Nov 2018 – May 2019
PledgeLA Releases First-Ever Los Angeles Venture Capital Survey and Takes Action to Change the Results

Baseline results guide path for improvement; coalition announces first change initiative LOS ANGELES – PledgeLA, a coalition of venture capital (VC) and tech industry leaders seeking to usher the Los Angeles tech industry into a new dawn of equity, inclusion, and community engagement, today released the results of its first-ever venture capital survey. Launched in […]
Annenberg Snapshot: May – Nov 2018
Introducing PledgeLA

“As we expanded the Foundation’s involvement in the city’s growing tech community with our AnnenbergTech initiative, we saw an opportunity to become a catalyst to help launch PledgeLA. This commitment from L.A.’s venture capitalists and Mayor Garcetti means that change is happening, and this change is good, as long as we can work to make […]
Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2018 Revealed

CNN reveals its 2018 list of CNN Heroes – 10 extraordinary individuals who founded philanthropic initiatives that improved the lives of their fellow human beings: This year’s top 10 CNN Heroes include a doctor fighting to break the cycle of violence, a woman who helps the injured walk again and a teacher who uses the […]
Mayor Eric Garcetti, Annenberg Foundation and LA Tech Leaders Launch Unprecedented Civic Initiative

PledgeLA will advance community engagement and increase diversity among employees across L.A.’s growing tech industry LOS ANGELES – Today, Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Annenberg Foundation, and over 80 Los Angeles venture capitalists (VCs) and tech leaders launched PledgeLA, a first-of-its-kind partnership to promote civic engagement, diversity, and inclusion across L.A.’s booming and dynamic tech sector. […]
Games for Change Student Challenge, Los Angeles

We were proud to partner with AnnenbergTech and Annenberg Learner to bring Games for Change to Los Angeles this year, connecting students with mentors in the gaming industry.
Annenberg Snapshot: Nov 2017 – May 2018