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We are a nonprofit social enterprise!
The funds contributed to L.A. Works by corporations cover the costs for their volunteer events that are great for teams of 30 to 3,000 – including our time and expertise, durable and non-durable supplies, and leadership – while also helping to underwrite ongoing, free volunteer programming that is open to the community year-round.
It's a win-win-win! We receive donations to customize CSR (corporate social responsibility) events and programming for employees, which is directly in line with our mission, and in support of Los Angeles based nonprofit organizations and schools serving the community's most vulnerable members.
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Nonprofit/School
Beautification
Great for teams of
30 to 1,000 employees
Volunteering stands out as one of the few interventions to offer companies a way to improve their team's well-being and morale.
Make your team-building meaningful
Roll up your sleeves to revitalize, beautify, and transform public schools and nonprofit facilities across Los Angeles. Our most popular service, these hands on beautification projects are fantastic team building experiences for groups of 30 to 1,000 employees! Large groups can also spread the love and by breaking into smaller teams to transform multiple locations on the same day or across a period of time.
We coordinate everything: site selection, planning, supplies, and logistics. Plus we have a large inventory of equipment and tools so you don't have to figure out where to source ladders, power drills, paint brushes, and more. Your employees just show up, volunteer, and make a difference!
Examples of a few recent partners
150 NFL volunteers @ an elementary school in Koreatown •Constructed 8 new planters and 4 planter benches with California native and waterwise plants to increase green space. •Refreshed library with painting and organization activities to brighten and clean the space. •Painted the schools entrance and constructed 6 benches to create a welcoming entranceway for students and their families.
NBCUniversal mobilize their employees monthly through an annual partnership. At one of their activations, 50 NBCUniversal volunteer supported the Pasadena Education Foundation by •Landscaping and beautifying with native plants and installing wooden logs for seating. •Refurbishing and staining 2 tables and 8 new planters. •Made 100+ seedballs to spread native seeds. •Clear the campus of litter and debris.
100 volunteers from Oaktree Capital @ STEM Prep Elementary •Constructed 2 playground storage bins, 5 benches, and 2 planter benches •Painted the blacktop with hopscotch, a sensory path, and 4 square courts •Landscaped the grounds with a rock pathway and native plants •Installed 3 shade sails and a mobile desk station
50 PCCP employees volunteered @ a Boys and Girls Club. They helped beautify the grounds by planting a pollinator garden, painted a small classroom, assembled after-school activity kits, built several benches, and constructed and painted a toy box/bench.
For more than 10 years, L.A. Works has helped the Jonathan Club support the LA community by organizing both its members and employees in volunteer service experiences. Three to four times each year, Jonathan Club volunteers volunteer at schools and community centers in downtown Los Angeles and in Santa Monica.
Conference
and Meetings
Volunteering is a feel-good experience that will bond your team as they participate in projects to benefit others.
Add a little variety and a lot of heart to your next gathering
L.A. Works has over three decades of experience organizing large groups in community service. Our team designs customized volunteer projects with a focus on your desired issue areas and populations served for groups up to 2,000. We can plan your team’s project to take place at your meeting site or at a school or nonprofit site. Our services are entirely turn-key; your meeting attendees just show up, volunteer, and make a difference!
Examples of a few recent partners
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500 Netflix staff from around the world beautified an early education center during their annual off-site
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200 Altria staff members stuffed and dressed 800 teddy bears for foster youth during their annual staff conference.
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125 Freddie Mac employees made hygiene kits and no sew blankets for people currently experiencing homelessness.
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125 attendees of the In the Black Conference painted and refreshed a local middle school.
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75 State Auto sales team members helped paint welcoming murals at a new housing facility for youth who are currently experiencing homelessness.
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30 environmental lawyers attending the ABA Conference spent the morning helping weed, mulch and water a park along the LA River.
Social Impact Consulting
Our social impact consulting services are designed to help assess, plan, and implement initiatives that have the greatest potential for long-term, sustainable results.
L.A. Works’ social impact team works with your company to develop long-term community investment initiatives. By utilizing our social impact consulting services, we can support your efforts to create ongoing and informed community impact.
Benefits of this investment
Building deeper, trusting, and ongoing relationships with the community
ensuring your company works against vanity volunteering
advancing informed civic participation from company employees
Social Impact Consulting Projects (3-6 months) may include:
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Interviews with key company stakeholders;
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Interviews with key community stakeholders;
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Regular check-ins with company leads;
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Educational workshops for an additional fee;
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Introductions with social issue leaders;
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Strategic, co-designed, social good plan for 1-3 years; and
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Final presentation with key findings and recommendations.
On-Site
Projects
These transportable activities are a great way to bring together a remote team for a shared purpose.
Engaging and fun activities
Scalable for groups from 30 to several thousand, for these events L.A. Works will organize and lead the creative crafting, decorating, and assembly activities for your team to make a meaningful impact in the community.
The activities can take place at your office, a courtyard or parking lot, or a local nonprofit site; and are flexible enough for both drop-in and for team bonding over a larger period of time.
These activities (and more) can also be utilized as Projects in a Box in which we will ship the materials to your office or to your team members’ homes and remote workplaces to be completed individually.
Examples of activities
Tile Mosaics – No artistic expertise are needed to create a beautiful work of art. Volunteers are guided through an easy “color-by-number” process and the finished products are then installed to brighten a school or community center.
Back-to-School Kits – Provide necessary school supplies to underserved students of all ages by sharing a word of encouragement and assembling kits which include notebooks, pens, pencils, workbooks, and more.
No-Sew Blankets - Provide comfort to people experiencing homelessness by making no-sew blankets to keep them warm and cozy.
Welcome Home Kits – Help formerly unhoused individuals and families transition into permanent housing with this kit which will give them supplies they will need to create a happy and hygienic home including kitchen towels, sponges, plastic wrap, aluminum foil, paper towels, dish soap and more.
Hope in a Suitcase – Unfortunately, some foster kids end up carrying their belongings in a garbage bag. Help restore their dignity and a sense of safety by packing suitcases with new clothing, toiletries, and activities for foster youth.
New Mother Kits -Help expectant mothers living in shelters by decorating baby onesies and assembling kits filled with essential items that any new mom would need, including diapers, baby wipes, changing pads, pacifiers, and more.
Stuffed Animals – Create a stuffed animal companion for youth living in foster care or transitional housing. Your team will fill a toy with stuffing, dress it up in an outfit and write an encouraging note to inspire the youth.
Little Libraries - Build and paint mini libraries for kids and families to be able to take or share a book with their neighbors, sparking a love of learning and reading.
Although these examples are tried and true activities that have been requested by our nonprofit partners as a way to support their clients, like all our services, the Off-Site program is customizable.
We would be happy to design a project around the issue area you are most passionate about.
On Demand Placement
Get connected directly to a nonprofit that aligns with your company's focus area.
Let us do the legwork for you
For smaller groups who don’t have the budget for a customized L.A. Works led event, we also offer a less expensive concierge service in which we will match your team with a nonprofit organization to fill into an existing project. By leveraging our relationships with hundreds of organizations across greater LA, we can connect and communicate directly with the nonprofit to schedule a team or teams for a smoother service experience.
Does your company have a Volunteer Time Off policy but few employees are viewing it as a benefit? On Demand Placement is the perfect way to outsource your CSR department workload to our expert team!
Because our entire organization is focused on volunteer engagement, we have the tools and opportunities at our fingertips to provide support to ensure that they can each maximize the use of their Volunteer Time Off. Our team will work one-on-one with your employees to identify volunteer experiences of interest, then connect them with the best fit.
Event Sponsorship
Larger events are a great way to show your employees and the community at-large that your company is actively giving back.
Invest in Los Angeles in a big way
Show the community that you are invested in LA, and help support efforts to bring about greater social equity, by sponsoring one or more of L.A. Works’ large-scale volunteer events.
Sponsorship benefits include:
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Reserved space and VIP parking;
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Virtual intro/educational prep sessions;
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Access to VIP zones for employees to volunteer together; and
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Express Entry option for employee volunteers.
(January) MLK Day of Service: Each year, L.A. Works continues our long tradition of honoring Dr. King’s legacy by organizing the MLK Volunteer Festival: Take Action to Support our Beloved Community. This event at the Los Angeles Coliseum for thousands of volunteers features hands-on volunteer activities as well as food trucks, music, a virtual march on Washington in Minecraft, and merch from local black-owned businesses.
Each year the MLK Day of Service event receives between 200 to 400 million media impressions which we hope helped to inspire acts of service even beyond the thousands of volunteers who participate in the day’s activities.
(April) Earth Week of Service: Widely recognized as the world’s largest environmental observance, Earth Week encourages people to take collective action in the fight to combat climate change. More than 1,000 Angelenos participate in urban gardening and greening, edible food recovery, composting, and wildfire resiliency activities throughout the week.
(September) 9/11 Day of Service: In the challenging days following the horrific terrorist attacks, our community rallied together, showing strength, empathy and unity in the face of an unimaginable crisis. We commemorate that day and the days following through the National Day of Service on September 11. Each year hundreds of volunteers join together to show appreciation for the first responders that keep our community safe and provide important food and resources to keep our community’s most vulnerable safe.
The 9/11 Day of Service event and programming each year generates around 50 million media impressions and reaches an audience of civically engaged individuals.
Mentoring and Career Panels
If you had someone help you when you started your first job, or remember how you found the answers to securing it on your own, this is a great opportunity to pass that knowledge on to others!
Share your business acumen as a mentor
We will bring you together, virtually or in-person, with young adults in Los Angeles who have gone through foster care, experienced homelessness or have been impacted by the justice system, to give them life skills they can use immediately and/or apply to their next job. These motivated young job seekers who have less access to economic opportunities are eager to embark on a career path to become a lifelong earner.
Customized based on your team's experiences, the volunteer experiences can be one-time or ongoing and include:
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Industry or field specific panels;
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Tours or shadowing days at your site; and
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Workshops (led by L.A. Works) with breakout sessions for small group mentoring on topics like resumes, cover letters, networking, and entrepreneurship.
Remote Bootcamp
Take meaningful action to advance social justice and racial equality.
Provide your team a deep dive into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Learn about and serve nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles that address the critical issues that impact a disproportionate number of people of color. L.A. Works will work with our partners to identify and recruit racial justice experts to create a customized, exclusive virtual volunteer opportunity that empowers your employees with the knowledge and tools to actively address systemic issues facing our society today, both locally and globally.
Examples of topics could include:
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Black History
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Urban Food Deserts
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Policing/Criminal Justice
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Education
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Homelessness
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Media Representation
Going beyond traditional DEI training, this bootcamp will give your employees the tools to help make a difference both within the company and in their non-work lives. This moment in history is critical for racial justice advocates and this opportunity will work towards a more racially equitable world.
Although this is designed as a six-week series, each session can be delivered as a stand alone deep dive into a topic. The workshop consists of an educational component providing historical context on what has produced these outcomes and an action to support the individuals/community served by the related nonprofit organization.
To maximize employee engagement, volunteers can sign up for one or more of the sessions within the series and this series is designed to be repeated up to four times throughout the year.
Issue and Organizational Sponsorship
Directly impact the Los Angeles community by supporting a cause that aligns with your company values or help us create a new program to harness LA's volunteer power.
L.A. Works is uniquely positioned to contribute significantly to the overall health and well-being of Angelenos and reverse the tide of divisiveness that is permeating civil society. The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread effects that most people, in their rush to get back to “normal,” have largely ignored. However, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, sounded the alarm in his 2023 health advisory, “Our Epidemic of Isolation and Loneliness.” He notes that about one-in-two adults in America reported experiencing loneliness…and that was before the pandemic profoundly isolated individuals even more.
Loneliness can have terrible effects. According to the report, “The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is similar to that caused by smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day.” However, the advisory – subtitled “The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community” – is one of hope. It highlights the special role that volunteer opportunities can play in helping heal the nation.
“There is a virtuous cycle between social connection and volunteerism or service. Those who are more connected to their communities are more likely to engage in service, and those who are engaged in service are more likely to feel connected to their communities and the individuals in it.”
According to an article in the Northeastern University Political Review by Hannah Nivar, "A Lost Generation and the Breakdown of (Civil) Society as We Know It," relationships that are formed in volunteer and community settings build trust, cultivate varied perspectives, and strengthen our nation. “By establishing strong communal relationships, civil society promotes democracy.”
Through volunteerism, we can begin to rebuild a civil society by connecting individuals to each other, their neighbors and their communities. This is what L.A. Works’ founders set out to do in 1990 -- connect community members through collective activity in order to build trust and cultivate varied perspectives.
Sponsorship opportunities include the opportunity for prime logo placement and brand visibility at events, press releases, online, and in print.
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Be at the forefront of community building by supporting L.A. Works and civic engagement as a tool for promoting civil society.
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Harness volunteer power to address critical community issues like:
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Homelessness/housing security;
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Food insecurity;
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Environmental justice;
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Health equity;
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Educational equity;
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Disaster readiness; and
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Economic opportunity.
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