ALL PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY CENTER

Our grant of $26,756.00 funds an upgrade to their computer lab in order to provide more computer learning classes and allow youth better access to research for homework, school projects, online services, continuing education programs, college admissions and job search.

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2019Moira Tenzer2019
Jovenes

Our grant of $22,642.00 refurbishes the Jovenes computer lab and transforms their multi-purpose intake, meeting and computer room into one that is warm, empowering and comfortable.

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2019Moira Tenzer2019
Compton Youth Build

Compton Youth Build provides marginalized youth in Compton the opportunity to secure their high school diplomas and learn vocational skills in various occupational fields so they can attain an economically sustainable future for themselves, their families and their communities. Our grant of $22,400.00 provides new Mac computers, smart-board and logistics/data analytics software. Approximately 60-75 youth a year will participate in an Information Technology (IT)/Logistics career pathway program specifically designed to train them for careers in high tech.

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2018Moira Tenzer2018
Journey Out

Journey Out delivers critical services and support to victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, helping them leave a life of abuse and violence, overcome fear and empowering them to reach their goals. Our grant of $4,700.00 provides for new computers, software and office furniture for a dedicated technology space. Approximately 65 youth aged 18-24 will use the equipment to complete GED studies,

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2018Moira Tenzer2018
Los Angeles LGBT Center

Los Angeles LGBT Center offers a wide spectrum of services in Hollywood, including health, mental health, social services, housing, education, and advocacy so LGBTQ people thrive as healthy, equal and complete members of society. Our grant of $15,339.00 provides for a modular, digital recording studio for their music fellowship, internship, education and therapy programs for homeless youth.

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2018Moira Tenzer2018
Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind, TLC

TLC provides for the lifetime needs of individuals with multiple disabilities and blindness. Services for children include early intervention, center based programs and wrap around child care in order to help each one achieve his or her potential. Our grant of $8,355.00 provides a portable vision screener used to test children ages 6 months to 6 years for risk factors to vision problems.

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2018Moira Tenzer2018
Proyecto Pastoral

Proyecto Pastoral serves the urgent needs of the immigrant, poor and gang-populated Pico Aliso community of Boyle Heights through grass roots projects in education, leadership, service and sports and recreation programming. Our grant of $19,161.00 provides new gymnastic equipment to replace outdated equipment and to provide a deeper range of activities and higher lev128 el of training.

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2018Moira Tenzer2018
Inner City Struggle

Inner City Struggle promotes safe, healthy, and non-violent communities on the Eastside of Los Angeles by engaging youth to become lifelong learners and community leaders. They provide core programs and life skills, advocacy, and academic achievement through school clubs and after school programming at their center. Our grant for $29,398.00 provides for a new youth technology center, including new i-pads, desktop computers, interactive monitor and furniture.

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2018Moira Tenzer2018
Sharefest Community Development

Sharefest serves vulnerable students aged 11-18, at 4 LAUSD continuation high schools, where students earn the remaining credits they need to complete their education and graduate. In addition, they provide mentoring programs for middle school students during summer break. Our grant for $25,800.00 provides 12 Macbook Pros, Apple Care, computer cases, and software for a mobile computer lab.

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2017Moira Tenzer
El Nido Family Centers

 

El Nido Family Centers empowers families in low-income communities of Los Angeles to break the cycle of poverty, child abuse, violence, academic failure and teen pregnancy through educational, youth development, health and therapeutic services. A WHY grant of $13,060.00 will provide 12 Nikon cameras, 2 telephoto and wide angle lenses, filters, 2 laptops with software, studio light kit, and backdrop support kit to bring their photography classes to the next level.

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2017Moira Tenzer
Safe Place For Youth

Safe Place for Youth provides immediate and lasting solutions to homeless youth in West Los Angeles through street outreach, drop-in services, case management, health and wellness, education and employment programs. A Women Helping Youth grant of $20,895.00 will provide 2 private offices made from a cost-effective and practical shipping container, where approximately 725 homeless youth, ages 12-24, will gain access to private one-on-one mental health counseling, legal meetings, and case management services in a private, safe setting.

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2017Moira Tenzer
POPS The Club

POPS the Club enhances the lives of high school students whose lives have been impacted by the pain of the prison system (POPS) - those with incarcerated loved ones and those who have been incarcerated themselves. They serve students in 7 high school lunch clubs that offer community and emotional support as well as opportunities for publishing and performing their writings and artwork. Our grant of $5,600.00 will provide a Canon EOS video creator kit, lenses, filter, iMac 21”, Manfrotto fluid video, SanDisk Extreme, hard drive, Pro Editing software, and light kit for a new video production program.

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2017Moira Tenzer
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company

 

The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company provides experiential theater-arts education and mentoring to at-risk, middle school students, living in neighborhoods that lack social/educational programs and services. They serve students ages 9-19, mostly from South LA and Pacoima. With $17,980.00 from WHY, they will purchase computers and a theatrical lighting package including, 3 Apple Macbook Pros with Qlab software, and equipment cases to transport to multiple school and detention center sites they serve.

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2017Moira Tenzer