Vibiana and Redbird work with many wonderful charities throughout the year. In support of Giving Tuesday, if you find yourself in a position to help, please consider donating to their causes and learning more.

Asian Pacific Community Fund strives to cultivate philanthropists to invest in organizations that empower underserved Asian and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) to prosper by building healthier communities, creating a stronger AAPI voice, and developing AAPI leaders.

Careers through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) is a national non-profit that educates and guides underserved high school students toward a bright future. In 2020, a Redbird initiated scholarship for BIPOC students was formed locally with the LA chapter.

⁠Los Angeles Trust for Student Health is a non-profit organization that strives to bridge health and education to achieve student wellness, envisioning a world where every student is healthy and successful.

LA Family Housing has grown over the past 35 years to become one of the largest providers of housing and homeless services in Los Angeles, now serving 11,000+ people annually.

⁠LA Food Policy Council works to ensure food is healthy, affordable, fair and sustainable for all.

⁠LA Public Library, Little Tokyo Branch provides free and easy access to information, ideas, books and technology that enrich, educate and empower every individual in our city’s diverse communities.

LA’s Best engages children creatively, emotionally, intellectually and physically, empowering them to explore and discover the opportunities in their lives.

LACE is a non-profit venue that exhibits and advocates for innovations in art-making and public engagement.

Regarding Her Food started in Los Angeles in November 2020 to raise money to provide cash grants to female-identifying restaurants or culinary businesses with critical financial needs during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Realistic Education in Action Coalition to foster Health (REACH LA) is a non-profit whose mission is to motivate young LGBT people of color, ages 16 to 29, to increase self-care by providing social and sexual health services through and empowering community engagement process, employing the visual & performing arts.

826LA is a non-profit dedicated to supporting students with their creative and expository writing skills and helping teachers inspire their students to write.

Aaron Sanchez Scholarship Fund provides an aspiring chef from the Latin community who is committed to bettering themselves and their community through food with a fully paid culinary scholarship to the International Culinary Center.

Alex’s Lemonade is dedicated to changing children’s lives through impactful research, raising awareness and supporting families to help cure pediatric cancer.

Camp Ronald McDonald is a program of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California that offers a variety of residential camping opportunities for cancer patients, their siblings, and parents.

Chef’s Collaborative is a national non-profit network with a mission to inspire, educate, and celebrate chefs and food professionals building a better food system.

Chrysalis is a non-profit dedicated to creating a pathway to self-sufficiency for homeless and low-income individuals by providing the resources and support needed to find and retain employment.

The Downtown Women’s Center is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women.

Joyful Heart Foundation works to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse to support survivors’ healing.

⁠Los Angeles Regional Food Bank provides meals for families and children struggling with hunger in the community.

Mercy for Animals is dedicated to preventing cruelty to farmed animals and promoting compassionate food choices and policies.

⁠⁠National Health Foundation works to improve the health of individuals and under-resourced communities by taking action on the social determinants of health.

Outfest connects diverse populations to discover, discuss and celebrate stories of LGBTQ lives.

Pasadena Art Alliance fosters the appreciation for contemporary visual arts in Southern California by supporting artists, exhibitions, educational programs and art-oriented, non-profit institutions.

Shane’s Inspiration works to create social inclusion for children with disabilities through the creation of inclusive playgrounds and educational programs that unite children of all abilities.

Share Our Strength has a mission to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad.

Shatterproof is a national non-profit organization dedicated to ending the devastation addiction causes families.

Skid Row Housing Trust provides permanent supportive housing so that people who have experienced homelessness, prolonged extreme poverty, poor health, disabilities, mental illness and/or addiction can lead safe, stable lives in wellness.

⁠Stu and the Kids provides scholarships for under-served and orphaned Hill Tribe children for continuing their education in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

⁠⁠The Weingart Foundation is a comprehensive “one-stop” service center for homeless and at-risk homeless individuals in the Western United States.

⁠PATH is a global nonprofit improving public health through increased global access to lifesaving vaccines and health technologies.

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