A Place Called Home (APCH)
2830 S. Central Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90011
Contact: Melissa Melina
Phone: (323) 232-7653 ext. 324
Fax: (323) 232-0139
Web site: www.apch.org
E-mail: melissa@apch.org
Description: APCH helps inner-city youth find their dreams through educational enrichment.
Select supporters: Stephanie Allain, Geoffrey Ammer, Aspect Ratio, Doug Atchison, BET, Johnny Carson Foundation, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kimberly Elise, Shannon Elizabeth, Endeavor Foundation, Giselle Fernandez, The Firm, Focus Features, Sanaa Hamri, HBO, Taraji P. Henson, Janet Jackson, Randy Jackson Regina King, L.L. Cool J, Lifetime, George and Ann Lopez, Garry Marshall, Penny Marshall, Dawn Ostroff, Keke Palmer, Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete, Delores Robinson, Michelle Rodriquez, Roselyn Sanchez, Marc Shmuger and Louise Hamagami, Shout! Factory, Molly Sims, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Will Smith, TV Land, Mark Wahlberg, Warner Bros., Alfre Woodard
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A Window Between Worlds
710 Fourth Ave., Suite 5
Venice, CA 90291
Contact: Andrea Penagos
Phone: (310) 396-0317
Fax: (310) 396-9698
Web site: www.awbw.org
E-mail: Apenagos@awbw.org
A Window Between Worlds uses the creative arts as a healing tool for battered women and children.
Select supporter: Entertainment Industry Foundation
Achievable Foundation
5901 Green Valley Circle, Suite 320
Culver City, CA 90230-6469
Contact: Danise Lehrer
Phone: (310) 258-4256
Fax: (310) 258-4156
Web site: www.achievable.org
E-mail: DaniseL@achievable.org
Description: The Achievable Foundation strives to improve the lives of disadvantaged people with developmental disabilities.
Select supporters: Kathy Bates, Roma Downey, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Fox Studios, Dustin Hoffman, Joe Mantegna, Maya Entertainment Co., Michael Nouri, Antonio Sabato Jr., Amber Tamblyn, Universal Studios
After-School All-Stars
9000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1010
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Contact: Ben Paul
Phone: (310) 275-3232
Fax: (310) 275-3230
Web site: www.afterschoolallstars.org
E-mail: mail@afterschoolallstars.org
Description: After School All-Stars provides year-round after-school programs to inner-city children in 15 cities across the United States.
Select supporters: Kobe Bryant, Common, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Aid For AIDS
8235 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Contact: Jeannette Bondurant
Phone: (323) 656-1107
Fax: (323) 650-4323
Web site: www.aidforaids.net
E-mail: info@aidforaids.net, events@aidforaids.net
Description: One of the oldest AIDS organizations in Southern California, AFA aims to prevent homelessness and hunger, enhance self-sufficiency and help facilitate and maintain client wellness.
Select supporters: Jason Alexander, Khandi Alexander, Loni Anderson, Carol Channing, Melinda Clarke, Jennifer Coolidge, Marcia Cross, Michael Feinstein, Teri Garr, Kathy Griffin, Sam Harris, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eric McCormack, Kathy Najimy, John C. Reilly, Debbie Reynolds, Caroline Rhea, Tori Spelling, Holland Taylor, Rachel True, Bruce Villanch, Jennifer Tilly, Jo-Anne Worley
AIDS Project Los Angeles
The David Geffen Center
611 S. Kingsley Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Contact: Gabriel McGowan
Phone: (213) 201-1600
Fax: (213) 201-1595
Web site: www.apla.org
E-mail: gmcgowan@apla.org
Description: APLA provides prevention, advocacy and services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County.
Select supporters: Clear Channel Communications, DreamWorks, Fox Entertainment Group, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, HBO, ICM, Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg, Paramount Pictures, Showtime Networks, Universal Entertainment, Vivendi, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros.
AIDS Research Alliance
621-A N. San Vicente Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Contact: Vincent Cummings
Phone: (310) 358-2423
Fax: (310) 358-2431
Web site: www.aidsresearch.org
E-mail: info@aidsresearch.org
Description: AIDS Research Alliance strives to improve the quality of life for HIV-positive individuals by developing more effective treatments for HIV/AIDS and studying vaccines to prevent the further spread of the virus.
Select supporters: Sandy and Nancy Bresler, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Richard Gere, Mark Allen Itkin, Viggo Mortensen, R.E.M., Nancy Sinatra, Sony Pictures, Video Industry AIDS Action Committee, The Walt Disney Company
Alliance for Lupus Research
28 W. 44th St., Suite 1217
New York, NY 10036
Contact: Andrea Dudley
Phone: (212) 218-2840
Fax: (212) 218-2848
Web site: www.lupusresearch.org
E-mail: Adudley@lupusresearch.org
Description: The Alliance aims to prevent, treat and cure systemic lupus erythematosus by supporting scientific research.
Select supporters: Michael Douglas, James N. Gianopulos, Mary Tyler Moore, Zenia Mucha, Robert W. Pittman, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Alzheimer’s Association (Los Angeles, Riverside & San Bernardino Counties Chapter)
5900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Jean Dickinson
Phone: (323) 938-3379
Fax: (323) 938-1036
Web site: www.alz.org/californiasouthland
E-mail: jean.dickinson@alz.org
Description: Supports people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families, as well as supporting prevention and cure research.
Select supporters: Wayne Brady, James Burrows, Kate Burton, Bradley
Cooper, Bryan Cranston, Olympia Dukakis, Hector Elizondo, Shelley Fabares, Jack Ford, Vivica A. Fox, Peter Gallagher, Victor Garber, Phyllis George, Leeza Gibbons, Deborah Gibson, Laurie Burrows Grad, Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Ken Howard, Ricki Lake, Sharon Lawrence, Eric McCormack, Terry Moran, Kate Mulgrew, Megan Mullally, Steven Pasquale, David Hyde Pierce, Sarah Polley, Billy Porter, Ron Rifkin, Molly Sims, Jean Smart, Brent Spiner, Lea Thompson, Tracie Thoms, Dick Van Dyke
Amazon Organization
345 N. Canon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Contact: Michelle Vink
Phone: (310) 858-7838
Fax: (310) 858-7816
Web site: http://www.amazonfoundation.com/
E-mail: info@amazonfoundation.com
Description: Preserves large tracts of the Amazon rainforest in their natural state in order to maintain its ecological function, biodiversity, and climatologic function and to protect the region’s long-term ecological viability.
Select supporters: The Celebrity Vault, Sean Goodchild, Klaus Moeller
American Cinematheque
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Contact: Margot Gerber
Phone: (323) 461-2020 ext. 115
Fax: (323) 461-9737
Web site: www.americancinematheque.com
Email:info@americancinematheque.com, publicity@americancinematheque.comDescription: American Cinematheque offers public screenings uniting filmmakers and filmgoers. It is responsible for the renovation of the Egyptian and Aero Theatres.
Select supporters: Rick Nicita, Arnold Rifkin, James G. Robinson, Henry Shields Jr., Steve Tisch
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California
1616 W. Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Contact: Lindsay Rachelefsky
Phone: (213) 977-9500
Fax: (213) 250-3919
Web site: www.aclu-sc.org
E-mail: ocinfo@aclu-sc.org
Description: The ACLU fights for fundamental civil liberties and civil rights, including free speech, fair police practices and nondiscrimination in every aspect of public life.
Select supporters: Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Peter Benedek, Mark Brazill, Barbara Corday, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ken Hertz, Barry Hirsch, Norman Lear, Camryn Manheim, Rick Nicita, David Lee Strasberg, Barbra Streisand
American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
120 Wall St., 13th Floor
New York, NY 10005
Contact: Bennah Serfaty
Phone: (212) 806-1607
Fax: (212) 806-1601
Web site: www.amfar.org
E-mail: bennah.serfaty@amfar.org
Description: amfAR is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research.
Select supporters: Woody Allen, Clive Davis, Jane Eisner, Richard Gere, Elton John, Milla Jovovich, Liza Minnelli, Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Tucci, Harvey Weinstein, Michelle Yeoh
American Friends Service Committee
634 S. Spring St., 3rd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Contact: Ziba Marashi
Phone: (213) 489-1900
Fax: (213) 489-1910
Web site: www.afsc.org
E-mail: losangeles@afsc.org
Description: Works to challenge injustice and war, bring an end to poverty and the exclusion and denial of rights.
Select supporters: Ellen Burstyn, Blythe Danner, Rufus Jones, Mimi Kennedy, Bonnie Raitt
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75231-4596
Contact: Larry Bloustein
Phone: (800) AHA-USA1, (818) 760-8481
Web site: www.americanheart.org
E-mail: LarryB@heart.org
Description:Aims to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
Select supporters: Ed Asner, Joy Behar, Toni Braxton, Bill Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Dempsey, Michael Clarke Duncan, Hector Elizondo, Morgan Fairchild, Jennie Garth, Randy Jackson, Larry King, Joan Lunden, Andie MacDowell, Marie Osmond, Donny Osmond, Jane Pauley, Rachel Ray, Robin Roberts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jane Seymour, Jaclyn Smith, Sharon Stone, Cecily Tyson, Vanna White, Vanessa Williams, James Woods.
American Humane Association
15366 Dickens St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Contact: Karen Rosa
Phone: (818) 501-0123
Fax: (818) 501-8725
Web site: www.americanhumane.org/film
E-mail: krosa@americanhumane.org
Description: Works to protect children and animals. The Film and TV Unit promotes the humane care of animals used in filmed media.
Select supporters: AMTPT, SAG
American Society of Young Musicians
3250 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 808
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Contact: Brad Daly
Phone: (310) 358-8301
Fax: (310) 358-8304
Web site: www.ASYMusicians.org
E-mail: Brad@ASYMusicians.org
Description: Provides a variety of services based on the needs of struggling artists, ranging from financial assistance and shared housing referrals, to mentorships at labels, employment services and a support network of fellow artists encompassing counseling, artistic support and an alcohol and substance abuse referral component.
Select supporters: BMI, EMI
Amnesty International
2999 Overland Ave., Suite 111
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Bonnie Abaunza
Phone: (310) 815-0450
Fax: (310) 815-0457
Web site: www.amnestyusa.org
E-mail: babaunza@aiusa.org
Description: Works to free prisoners of conscience, to ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners, to abolish the death penalty, torture or other cruel treatment of prisoners, and to end extrajudicial executions and disappearances.
Select supporters: Antonio Banderas, Halle Berry, Nicolas Cage, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Connelly, Harrison Ford, Richard Gere, Danny Glover, Salma Hayek, Dave Matthews, Phillip Noyce, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, Mira Sorvino, Julia Stiles, Patrick Stewart, Sting
Angel Harvest
P.O. Box 27698
Los Angeles, CA 90027-0698
Contact; Helen verDuin Palit
Phone: (323) 256-6881, (800) 227-5346
Fax: (323) 315-5184
Web site: www.angelharvest.org
E-mail: info@angelharvest.org
Description: Picks up unused perishable food and other leftovers from events, caterers, studios, corporations, schools, churches and synagogues, delivering it immediately to nearby soup kitchens and shelters in Los Angeles.
Select supporters: The Academy Awards, Country Music Awards, DreamWorks, EMA, Fox, The Grammys, Paramount, Universal, the Walt Disney Co.
Anti-Defamation League
10495 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Maggie Howard
Phone: (310) 446-8000
Fax: (310) 470-8712
Web site: www.adl.org
E-mail: Mhoward@adl.org
Description: Combats prejudice, bigotry, anti-Semitism and discrimination and promotes harmonious relations between diverse religious and ethnic groups through education, advocacy and inter-group dialogue.
Select supporters: All major studios and networks, production companies, talent agencies, entertainment-based companies and private businesses
Arthritis Foundation, Southern California Chapter
4311 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 530
Los Angeles, CA 90010-3775
Contact: Sara Reeve
Phone: (323) 954-5750, (800) 954-CURE
Fax: (323) 954-5790
Web site: www.arthritis.org
E-mail: info.sca@arthritis.org
Description: Provides free literature, exercise classes, self-help courses, support groups and physician referrals for those with arthritis and more than 100 other related diseases.
Select supporters: William Friedkin, Kathy Ireland, Sally Struthers, Nancy Travis, Aida Turturro, Jane Wyman
Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund
Contact: Ellen Fontana
710 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Phone: (310) 393-5331
Fax: (310) 395-5774
Web site: www.audreyhepburn.com
E-mail: ahcf@audreyhepburn.com
Description: Raises funds toward children’s causes worldwide and works toward preventing child abuse and ensuring basic, quality education with UNICEF’s “All Children in School” program.
Select supporters: Audrey Hepburn CARE Centers at: Hackensack University Medical Center (NJ), Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital New Orleans
Autism Speaks
2 Park Avenue, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Contact: Dana Marnane
Phone: (212) 252-8584
Fax: (212) 252-8676
Web site: www.autismspeaks.org
E-mail: contactus@autismspeaks.org
Description:Autism Speaks has a goal to change the future for all who struggle with autism spectrum disorders.
Select supporters: Jason Alexander, Marc Blucas, Gary Cole, Richard Cox, Tom Colicchio, Keith David, James Denton, Gary Dourdan, Minnie Driver, Todd English, Don Felder, Scott Foley, Bruce Greenwood, Sam Harris, Jane Kaczmarek, Matt Lauer, Dermot Mulroney, Catherine O’Hara, Elizabeth Perkins, Donald J. Pliner, Monica Potter, Mark Ruffalo, Richard Schiff, Jason Schwartzman, Dougray Scott, Amanda Seyfried, Talia Shire, Bradley Whitford
Barbara Sinatra Children’s Center for Abused Children
39000 Bob Hope Dr.
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Contact: Susan Reynolds
Phone: (760) 773-1627
Fax: (760) 876-8666
Web site: www.sinatracenter.org
E-mail: sr@sinatracenter.org
Description: Counsels sexually, physically and emotionally abused children, regardless of a family’s ability to pay for services. Seeks to prevent and break the generational cycle of abuse.
Select supporters: Tony Bennett, Tony Danza, Kirk Douglas, Dennis Farina, Joe Mantegna, Joe Torre, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Wagner
Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program
5900 Wilshire Blvd., 26th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Richard Bondroff
Phone: (323) 330-0520
Fax: (323) 330-0514
Web site: www.bogartfoundation.org
E-mail: richard@bogartfoundation.org
Description: Dedicated to funding clinical hands-on research for the treatment and cure for cancer, leukemia and AIDS, giving more and more children a chance for life.
Select supporters: Les Bider, Ronnie Dashev, Neil Diamond, Toby Emmerich, Whoopi Goldberg, Randy Jackson, Jay Landers, Sherry Lansing, Queen Latifah, Rob Light, Jay Marciano, Jonathan McHugh, Rick Shoemaker, Britney Spears, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor
Breathe California of Los Angeles County (Breathe LA)
5858 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Enrique Chiock
Phone: (323) 935-8050
Fax: (323) 935-1873
Web site: www.breathela.org
E-mail: info@breathela.org
Description: Promotes lung health and the prevention of lung disease through education, advocacy and research in Los Angeles County.
Select supporters: Ed Begley Jr., Shirley Temple Black, Carol Burnett, CBS Entertainment, Shannon Doherty, Linda Gray, Louis Gossett Jr., Ron Howard, Chris Lemmon, Dawnn Lewis, Mary Tyler Moore, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Primitive Entertainment, Will Smith, Kevin Sorbo, Univision, Dick Van Dyke
Cable Positive
1775 Broadway, Suite 433
New York, NY 10019
Contact: Max Johnson
Phone: (212) 459-1502
Fax: (212) 459-1631
Web site: www.cablepositive.org
E-mail: max@cablepositive.org
Description: Mobilizes the talents, resources, access and influence of the cable and telecommunications industry to raise HIV/AIDS awareness.
Select supporters: Stuart Benson, Dan Brenner, Ruth Browne, Jim Coltharp, Larry Dunn, Billy Farina, Erica Goldman, Ray Gutierrez, Bonnie Hathaway, Steve Houck, Paul Jacobson, Peter Low, Dennis Mangers, Byron Marchant, Patty McCaskill, Melissa Montuori, Chris Moseley, Tonia O’Connor, Scott Perlmutter, Rob Stoddard, Meredith Wagner, Craig Watson, Italia Commisso Weinand, David Wicks
California Community Foundation
445 S. Figueroa St., Suite 3400
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Contact: Gerlie Collado
Phone: (213) 413-4130
Fax: (213) 383-2046
Web site: www.calfund.org
E-mail: info@ccf-la.org
Description: Annually grants over $100 million as investments in the future of local communities.
Select supporters: Jim Abrahams, Barbara Bosson, Nicholas Scott Cannon, Jamie Foxx, Annette Funicello, Angelina Jolie, Ed O’Neill, Gene Reynolds, Jay and Linda Sandrich, David Spade, Noah Wyle
California State Summer School for the Arts (InnerSpark)
1875 Century Park East, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Contact: Joan Newberg
Phone: (310) 277-7072
Fax: (310) 277-7074
Web site: www.innerspark.us
E-mail: jnewberg@csssa.org
Description: Provides a pre-professional residential training program for talented high school students in the visual, performing and literary arts, film and animation who are aspiring to careers in the arts and entertainment industries.
Select supporters: California Arts Search Program: The Cimarron Group, Mcgarrybowen, Paramount Pictures Programs: Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, “Herb Alpert Scholarships for Emerging Young Artists,” The Herb Alpert Foundation, The Walt Disney Company CSSSA Scholarship Funds: Bloom Hergott Diemer, CBS Television, Creative Artists Agency Foundation, The Herb Alpert Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes), Motion Picture Corporation of America, Pixar Animation Studios, The Schiff Company, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. Endowment Program: The Jamie and Steve Tisch Foundation, The Walter Lantz Foundation In-Kind Contributors: Apple, Inc., Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Creative Artists Agency, Morris, Yorn, Barnes & Levine, Paramount Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Remo Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., USC School of Cinema and Television, Yamaha Corporation of America
Camp Laurel
75 S. Grand Ave. Pasadena, CA 91105
Contact: Margot Anderson
Phone: (626) 683-0800, Fax: (626) 683-0890
Web site: www.camplaurel.org
E-mail: mandrew@camplaurel.org
Description: Year-round camp and membership programs that teach children and youth (6-21) living with HIV and AIDS to believe in themselves and understand that each one of them has the ability to make his or her life as full and rich as the next child, regardless of their illness.
Select supporters:David Arquette, Tai Babalonia, CBS Studios, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Entertainment Industries Foundation, Randy Gardner, Rudy Galindo, Lauren Graham, L.A. Center Studios, Mary McCormack, Raleigh Studios, Sony Pictures, Britney Spears, Kerri Strug, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros.
Camp Ronald McDonald For Good Times
1954 Cotner Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Laurie Dubchansky
Phone: (310) 268-8488
Fax:(310) 473-3338
Web site: www.campronaldmcdonald.org
E-mail: laurie@campronaldmcdonald.org
Description: Provides a cost-free sleep-away camp for children with cancer and their families.
Select supporters: 20th Century Fox, The CW, Fox-Walden, Dustin Hoffman, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Dylan and Cole Sprouse, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros.
Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters
1530 James M. Wood Blvd., 2nd floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Contact: Ken Martinet
Phone: (800) 463-4066, (213) 251-9800 ext. 201
Fax: (213) 251-9855
Web site: www.catholicbigbrothers.org
E-mail: kmartinet@catholicbigbrothers.org
Description: Helps young people through enriching and rewarding relationships between trained mentors and youth of all faiths and backgrounds.
Select supporters: CBS Television – “The Price is Right,” Stan Chambers, Vin Di Bona, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Jackie Flynn, Patricia Heaton, Reginald Vel Johnson, Greg Kinnear, Tawney Little, Rob Moran, Steve Paskay, Ray Romano, Michel Stern, Oliver Stone, Lynn Swann
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
8700 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Janet Keller
Phone: (323) 866-6875
Fax: (310) 423-8244
Web site: www.csmc.edu
E-mail: janet.keller@cshs.org
Description: Provides patient care, research and community services while seeking donations to support its efforts.
Select supporters: Tom Arnold, Kobe Bryant, Bill Cosby, Fran Drescher, Mary Hart, Ruta Lee, Monty Hall, Megan Mullally, Sharon Osbourne, Jack Osbourne, Debbie Reynolds, John Salley, Raven Simone, Steven Spielberg, Michelle Trachenberg, Denzel & Paulette Washington, WMA
Chambon Foundation
8033 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046-2471
Contact: Pierre Sauvage
Phone: (323) 650-1774 ext. 4
Fax:(323) 654-4689
Web site: www.chambon.org
E-mail: sauvage@chambon.org
Description: This educational foundation and archive is committed to documentary exploration of the Nazi era, with an emphasis on the necessary lessons of hope intertwined with the Holocaust’s unavoidable lessons of despair.
Select supporters: Ruth Gruber, Dennis Prager, Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, Elie Wiesel
Childhelp, Inc.
15757 N. 78th St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Contact: Heather DeFrancesco
Phone: (480) 922-8212
Fax: (480) 922-7061
Web site: www.childhelp.org
E-mail: info@childhelp.org
Description: Dedicated to helping victims of child abuse and neglect.
Select supporters: Leeza Gibbons, Kathie Lee Gifford, Merv Griffin, Mary Hart, Cheryl Ladd, Martina McBride, Collin Raye, Jane Seymour, Efram Zimbalist Jr.
Children Affected by AIDS Foundation
6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 280
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Contact: Cathy Brown
Phone: (310) 258-0850
Fax: (310) 258-0851
Web site: www.caaf4kids.org
E-mail: caaf@caaf4kids.org
Description: Provides social, educational, recreational and other critical support programs to vulnerable children impacted by HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and other countries.
Select supporters: CBS, Jamie Lee Curtis, Melina Kanakaredes, Marlee Matlin, Nickelodeon, Doris Roberts, Ray Romano, Universal, The Walt Disney Company, Where’s Lunch
Children Now
1212 Broadway, 5th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Contact: Ronald Pineda
Phone: (510) 763-2444
Fax: (510) 763-1974
Web site: www.childrennow.org
E-mail: info@childrennow.org
Description: This nonpartisan research and advocacy organization works to raise children’s well-being to the top of the national policy agenda.
Select supporters: Neal Baer, Allan K. Jonas, Craig A. Parsons, Michael Tollin
Children’s Action Network
10951 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 330
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Nicole Cadena
Phone: (310) 470-9599
Fax: (310) 474-9665
Web site: www.childrensactionnetwork.org
E-mail: caninformation@aol.com
Description: CAN uses the power of the entertainment community to increase awareness about children’s issues and to make them a top priority in everyday life.
Select supporters: Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg, Robert A. Daly, Lezlie and Mark Johnson, Diane Meehan and Gary Goldberg; Nancy Daly Riordan, Lorraine and Sid Sheinberg, Stacey and Henry Winkler
Children’s Alopecia Project
P.O. Box 6036
Wyomissing, PA 19610
Contacts: Jeff Woytovich, Betsy Woytovich
Phone: (610) 468-1011
Fax: (302) 372-1818
Web site: www.childrensalopeciaproject.org
E-mail: info@childrensalopeciaproject.org
Description: Devoted to children living with the incurable autoimmune hair loss disease, Alopecia Areata.
Select supporters: Margaret H. Baker, Kermit Cintron, Amy Gibson, Art Harris, Kristy Kowal, Gail Porter, Georgia Van Cuylanberg, Staciana Stitts-Winfield.
Children’s Burn Foundation
5000 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 450
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Contact: Marilyn W. de Leo
Phone: (818) 907-2822
Fax: (818) 501-4005
Web site: www.childburn.org
E-mail: info@childburn.org
Description: Provides treatment and psycho-social services for children who have been severely burned and burn prevention and fire safety programs for children, families, caregivers and emergency providers.
Select supporters: David Arquette, Tom Bosley, CAA, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Tony Danza, Sam Elliott, Chris O’Donnell, Charles Pratt Jr.
Children’s Defense Fund
1625 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 701
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Contact: Evan Holland
Phone: (213) 355-8787
Fax: (213) 355-8795
Web site: www.childrensdefense.org, www.cdfca.org
E-mail: cdfca@cdfca.org
Description: This non-profit child advocacy organization has worked for 35 years to ensure a level playing field for all children.
Select supporters: CAA Foundation, Dr. Phil Foundation, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros.; Board members include Ruth-Ann Huvane, Katie McGrath, Laura Wasserman, and Actresses Jurnee Smollett and Reese Witherspoon
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
777 Grant St., Suite 302
Denver, CO 80203
Contact: Christine Lerner
Phone: (800) 695-2873 , (303)-863-1200
Fax: (303) 863-1122
Web site: www.childrensdiabetesfoundation.org
E-mail: chrissy@childrensdiabetesfdn.org
Description: Funds programs of healthcare and research at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Denver, where more than 5,000 children and young adults come from all over the world to receive the finest care available for type 1 diabetes.
Select supporters: CAA, CBS, The Fox Group, Guess, Inc., ICM, Mercedes-Benz, MGM, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Viacom, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., William Morris Agency
Children’s Tumor Foundation
8939 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 516
Los Angeles, CA 90045-3616
Contact: Kelly McGowan
Phone: (310) 216-9570, (888) 314-6633
Fax: (310) 216-7789
Web site: www.ctf.org
E-mail: kmcgowan@ctf.org
Description: Dedicated to ending Neurofibromatosis through research.
Select supporters: Steve Auer, Rick Jaffa, Shinbone Prods., Michael Silver, Sunset-Gower Studios
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
4650 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: Ken Wildes
Phone: (323) 660-2450
Fax: (323) 664-6917
Web site: www.childrenshospitalla.org
E-mail: MBugarin@chla.usc.edu
Description: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is acknowledged throughout the United States and around the world for its leadership in pediatric and adolescent health.
Select supporters: Among the members of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Board of Trustees are Giselle Fernandez-Farrand, Mary Hart, Arnold J. Kleiner, Alex Meneses, Ron Preissman, Cheryl Saban, Paul Schaeffer, Joyce Bogart Trabulus
City of Hope
1500 E. Duarte Road
Duarte, CA 91010
Contact: Roya Alt
Phone: (800) 826-HOPE (4673)
Web site: www.cityofhope.org
E-mail: Lkim@coh.org
Description: City of Hope is a research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.
Select supporters: AEG Live, Clear Channel Communications, EMI Records Group, Jonas Bros., Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Josh Turner, Carrie Underwood, Universal Music Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Music Group
City of Hope Development Center
1055 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Contact: Britta Bucholz
Phone: (213) 202-5735
Fax: (213) 241-7207
Web site: www.cityofhope.org
E-mail: bbucholz@coh.org
Description: City of Hope, an innovative biomedical research, treatment and education institution, is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer and other life-threatening diseases, guided by a compassionate, patient-centered philosophy and supported by a national foundation of humanitarian philanthropy.
Select supporters: Dell, Disney Music Group, EMI, MTV Networks, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Ticketmaster, Universal Music Group, and many others.
Clothes Off Our Back Foundation
10 Universal City Plaza, 20th Floor
Universal City, CA 91608
Michel Schneider
Phone: (818) 753-2404
Fax: (818) 753-2414
Web site: www.clothesoffourback.org
E-mail: info@clothesoffourback.org
Description: Hosts charity auctions showcasing today’s hottest celebrity attire. Items are put up for bid to the public with proceeds going to benefit children’s charities.
Select supporters: Clay Aiken, Jessica Alba, Halle Berry, David Boreanaz, Kristin Chenoweth, Chivas USA, Conde Nast, E! Network, Ellen DeGeneres, Minnie Driver, Edie Falco, Jennifer Garner, Getty Images, Mariska Hargitay, Neil Patrick Harris, Cheryl Hines, Julianne Hough, Kentucky Derby, Heidi Klum, L.A. Times, Little Black Dress Wines, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Julianne Moore, Danica Patrick, Red Carpet Award Show Events, Ryan Seacrest, Kyra Sedgwick, Molly Sims, Meryl Streep, Swarovski, Alison Sweeney, Charlize Theron, Time Inc., Kate Walsh, Forest Whitaker, casts of “Desperate Housewives,” “Lost,” “Heroes,” Ugly Betty,” “The Office.”
Coalition for Clean Air
811 W. 7th St., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Contact: Liz Ernst or Cori Traub
Phone: (213) 630-1192, (916) 498-1560, Fax: (213) 630-1158
Web site: www.coalitionforcleanair.org
E-mail: annette@coalitionforcleanair.org
Description: For more than 35 years, the non-profit Coalition for Clean Air has been committed to restoring clean, healthy air to California.
Select supporters: Buzz Aldrin, Ed Begley Jr., Jayni Chase, Christopher Cross, Blythe Danner, Ted Danson, Disney Corporation, James Garner, Don Henley, Alan Horn, Jane Kaczmarek, Norman Lear, Lisa Rawlins, Lindsay Wagner, Warner Bros. Corp., Bradley Whitford
Comic Relief
6404 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1559
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Mike Miller
Phone: (323) 655-1511, Fax: (323) 482-1095
Web site: www.comicrelief.org
E-mail: contact@comicrelief.org
Description: Creates live TV shows and special events that unite the comedy community behind some of society’s most relevant causes and pressing needs. Thus far, Comic Relief has distributed more than $50 million.
Select supporters: Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams and the entire comedy community
Communities in Schools
277 S. Washington St., Suite 210
Alexandria, VA 22314
Contact: Debbie Veney Robinson
Phone: (800) CIS-4KIDS, (703) 519-8999,
Fax: (703) 519-7213
Web site: www.cisnet.org
Description: CIS champions the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people learn, stay in school and prepare for life.
Select supporters:J.J. Abrams, Herb Alpert, Wally Amos, Burt Bacharach, Michael Bolton, Jerry Breslauer, Jenna Elfman, Lance Freed, Mark Gill, Dan Glickman, Alicia Keys, Patti LaBelle, Rob Light, Richard Lovett, Russ Meyer, Jerry Moss, Richard Plepler, Lionel Richie, Russell Simmons
Community Partners
1000 N. Alameda, Suite 240
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact: Adrian Brooks Collins
Phone: (213) 346-3200
Fax: (213) 808-1009
Web site: www.communitypartners.org
E-mail: info@communitypartners.org
Description: Provides a range of services to assist individuals, organizations and institutions in effectively addressing the complex social, economic and policy issues facing the Southern California region.
Select supporters:City Ballet of Los Angeles, Triumverate Pi
Covenant House California
1325 N. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: Brandy McCoy
Phone: (323) 461-3131
Fax: (323) 461-6491
Web site: www.covdove.org
E-mail: info@covdove.org
Description: Provides street outreach, emergency shelter, transitional housing, health services, employment assistance and a variety of other supportive services to homeless and at-risk youth.
Select supporters: Gilbert Arenas, Tom Arnold, Ed Begley Jr., Beau & Wendy Bridges, Collin & Elizabeth Callender, Sway Calloway, Pam Dawber, Oscar De La Hoya, Deluxe Laboratories, Vin Diesel, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Dean & Shannon Factor, Whoopi Goldberg, Scott & Tracie Hamilton, Keyshawn Johnson, Charlie Kauffman, Larry King, Lisa Leslie, Delroy Lindo, Tobey Maguire, Bill Maher, MGM, Brittany Murphy, Sharon Osbourne, Paramount Pictures, Scott Paterson, Keanu Reeves, Susan Sarandon, William & Liz Shatner, Martin Sheen, Terry Thoren, Steve Tyrell, Universal Studios, Valerie Van Galder, The Walt Disney Studios, Robert Wuhl
Create Now!
2007 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 818
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Contact: Jill Gurr
Phone: (213) 484-8500
Fax: (213) 484-8555
Web site: www.createnow.org
E-mail: info@createnow.org
Description: Provides creative arts mentoring, resources and opportunities to thousands of the most troubled children and youth in Southern California who have been abused, orphaned, left homeless, or are foster kids, teen parents, gang members or incarcerated.
Select supporters: Cirque du Soleil, Def Leppard, Michael Lington, Paramount Studios Paint Department Debra Skelton, Warner Bros. Encore!, Writers Guild of America Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
2150 Towne Centre Pl., Suite 120
Anaheim, CA 92806
Contacts: Helen Johnson, Gary W. Green
Phone: (714) 842-1578, (714) 938-1393
Fax: (714) 938-1462
Web site: www.cff.org
E-mail: scalifornia@cff.org
Description: Funds research and patient care for people afflicted with cystic fibrosis.
Select supporters: The Disney Company, Inside 12×12, Krikorian Premiere Theatres, New Line Cinema Corp., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Transfilm, Universal, Warner Bros. Home Video, WEA,
Daniel Pearl Foundation
2365 Westwood Blvd., Suite 21
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Christina Wilson
Phone: (310) 441-1400
Fax: (310) 441-1404
Web site: www.danielpearl.org
E-mail: contact@danielpearl.org
Description: Works domestically and internationally to promote cross-cultural understanding, combat cultural and religious hatred, encourage responsible and creative journalism, and to enrich people’s lives through music
Select supporters: Christiane Amanpour, The Barbra Streisand Foundation, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, La Fondation André Lévy, Herbie Hancock, Elton John, Jolie-Pitt Foundation, The Los Angeles Times, Itzhak Perlman, R.E.M., The Samuel Bronfman Foundation, The Skirball Foundation, Arthur Sulzberger, The Wall Street Journal
Deaf West Theatre Company
5112 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
Contact: Kim Garfield
Phone: (818) 762-2998
Fax: (818) 762-2981
Web site: www.deafwest.org
E-mail: info@deafwest.org
Description: Presents productions in American Sign Language and simultaneous spoken English. Also provides educational outreach workshops for deaf and hard-of-hearing children and their families, summer conservatory for actors and ASL storytelling.
Select supporters: Deanne Bray, Gordon Davidson, Phyllis Frelich, Rocco Landesman, John Lithgow, Camryn Manheim, Richard Masur, Marlee Matlin, Mark Medoff, Joseph and Carolyn Sargent, Bradley Whitford
Dedication and Everlasting Love to Animals (D.E.L.T.A. Rescue)
P.O. Box 9
Glendale, CA 91209
Contact: Nancy Wedlock
Phone: (661) 269-4010
Fax: (661) 269-5049
Web site: www.deltarescue.tv
E-mail: deltarescueoffice@earthlink.net
Description: The largest no-kill, care-for-life sanctuary in the world, home to more than 1,500 rescued dogs and cats who were abandoned in the wilderness.
Select supporters: Ed Asner, Kim Basinger, Alec Baldwin, Charles Bronson, Kari Clark, Robert Davi, Donna Douglas, Richard Dreyfuss, Anthony Hopkins, Richard Karn, Yolanda Kopell, John Lithgow, Rue McClanahan, Johanna McCloy, Pam McMahon, Glenn Morshower, George Putnam, Dee Wallace-Stone, Betty White
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)
333 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
Contact: Jason Cone
Phone: (212) 679-6800
Fax: (212) 679-7016
Web site: www.doctorswithoutborders.org
E-mail: info@newyork.msf.org
Description: Sends volunteer doctors, nurses and non-medical staff to provide humanitarian medical assistance to victims of war, natural disasters and epidemics.
Select supporters: Bob Bookman, Marsha Williams
The Dream Foundation
1528 Chapala St., Suite 304
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Contact: Stephanie Mullen
Phone: (805) 564-2131
Fax: (805) 564-7002
Web site: www.dreamfoundation.org
Description: Grants wishes to adults who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and have a life expectancy of less than a year. The only adult wish-granting organization in the United States.
Select supporters: Jolie Fisher, Brad Garrett, Kim Kardashian, Kenny Loggins, Kevin Nealon, Peter Noone, Priscilla Presley, Ray Romano, Bruce Springsteen
Drumming for Your Life Institute
2132 Montana Ave., Suite B
Santa Monica, CA 90403
Contact: Steven Angel
Phone: (310) 453-2348
Fax: (310) 453-2344
Web site: www.dfyl.org
E-mail: stevenangel@dfyl.org
Description: Dedicated to using the power of rhythm to help children and youth develop the emotional, academic and social skills they need to succeed in school and in life.
Select supporters: Bob Badami, Julian Bratolyubov, Justin Burnett, Vella M. Cameron, John Densmore, Gavin Greenaway, P.J. Hanke, Marylata and Daniel Jacob, Alan Meyerson, John Powell, Bonnie Raitt, Timothy Roder, Peter Rotter, Geoff Zanelli.
Earth 911
14646 N. Kierland Blvd., Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Contact: Jennifer Berry
Phone: (480) 889-2650
Fax: (480) 889-2660
Web site: www.earth911.com
E-mail: info@earth911.com
Description: Provides a free environmental resource with information about local facilities to help individuals with recycling and environmental efforts in their communities.
Select supporters: Mario Andretti, Mauricio Cienfuegos, Gordon Clapp, Ted Danson, John Force, Kenny Loggins, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wendie Malick Bernardo Osuna, Luke Perry
Earth Communications Office (ECO)
16815 Victory Blvd., Suite 226
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Contact: Lance Webster
Phone: (818) 787-9550
Web site: www.oneearth.org
E-mail: info@oneearth.org
Description:Uses the power of communication to improve the global environment.
Select supporters: Kevin Bacon, Orlando Bloom, Pierce Brosnan, Peter Coyote, Cindy Crawford, Linda Hunt, Joshua Jackson, Susan Sarandon, Kyra Sedgwick, Patrick Stewart
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
11150 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 1050
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Darin Dusan
Phone: (310) 314-1459
Fax: (310) 314-1469
Web site: www.pedaids.org
E-mail: info@pedaids.org
Description: Raises money to fund medical research for pediatric AIDS.
Select supporters: Debbie and Jim Burrows, CAA, CBS, Fox Entertainment Group, Lionsgate Entertainment, Lucasfilm Ltd., Mark Burnett Productions, MTV, NBC, Paramount Pictures, Radar Pictures, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Entertainment, William Morris Agency
Elton John AIDS Foundation
75 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
Contact: Scott Campbell
Phone: (212) 430-1211
Fax: (212) 63-9127
Web site: www.ejaf.org
E-mail: admin@ejaf.com
Description: Funds AIDS prevention education and patient-care services worldwide.
Select supporters: Audi, Bath and Body Works/The Limited Inc., Chopard, Delta Airlines, M.A.C., Miramax, VH-1, The Walt Disney Corporation, Wells-Fargo
Entertainment Industries Council
3000 W. Alameda Ave., Administration Building , Suite 225
Burbank, CA 91523
Contact: Larry Deutchman
Phone: (818) 333-5001
Fax: (818) 333-5005
Web site: www.eiconline.org
E-mail: eicwest@eiconline.org
Description: To bring the power and influence of the entertainment industry to raise health issues.
Select supporters: Dick Askin, John Badham, Thora Birch, Erika Christensen, Penelpoe Cruz, Barbara Eden, Donald Faison, Sally Field, Leeza Gibbons, Casey Kasem, Christine Lahti, Michele Lee, Peter Liguori, Parker Posey, Melissa Rivers, Peter Roth, Katey Sagal, Martin Sheen, Tony Viniciquerra
Entertainment Industry Foundation’s National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (EIF’s NCCRA)
1201 West 5th St., Suite T-700
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Contact: Barbara Ann Belarmino
Phone: (213) 240-3900
Fax: (213) 481-3100
Web site: www.eifoundation.org
E-mail: bbelarmino@eifoundation.org
Description: Dedicated to the eradication of colon, breast and ovarian cancer by promoting education, fundraising, research and early medical screening for the disease.
Select supporters: Morgan Freeman, Diane Keaton, Heidi Klum, Dennis Quaid, Ray Romano, Carmen Marc Valvo
Environmental Media Association
10780 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 210
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Patie Maloney
Phone: (310) 446-6244
Fax: (310) 446-6255
Web site: www.ema-online.org
E-mail: ema@ema-online.org
Description: Works directly with the entertainment industry to promote environmental content in film and television.
Select supporters: Ed Begley, Keely & Pierce Brosnan, Blythe Danner, Julie Darmody, Lisa & Dean Devlin, Frances Fisher, Dave Flemming, Eve & Bill Gerber, Paul Haggis, Jena & Michael King, Wendie Malick, Cristin & Kevin Reilly, Carla & Michael Shamberg, Susan & Jon Shienberg, Amy Smart, Larry Winokur
Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation (EBMRF)
8909 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 222
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Contact: Andrea Pett
Phone: (310) 854-0957
Web site: www.ebkids.org
E-mail: a.pett@bep-la.com
Description:Dedicated to helping medical scientists learn more about EB, its causes, the development of successful treatments, and, ultimately its cure.
Select supporters: Jennifer Aniston, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, CAA Courteney Cox & David Arquette, Catherine Keener, James Marsden, Brad Pitt
Famous Fone Friends
9101 Sawyer St.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Contact: Linda Stone
Phone: (310) 204-5683
Fax: (310) 204-5683
Web site: www.famousfonefriends.org
E-mail: fonefriends@aol.com
Description: Organization where celebrities call hospitalized children throughout the country to lift their spirits. Calls are made throughout the year to more than 300 participating hospitals.
Select supporters: Corbin Bleu, Nancy Cartwright, John Cena, Jimm Cummings, Miley Cyrus, Tom Kenney, Jeff Kinney, Jay Leno, Jannette McCurdy, Ben Roethlisberger, Robin Williams
Farm Sanctuary
P.O. Box 150
Watkins Glen, NY 14891
Contact: Tricia Berry
Phone: (607) 583-2225
Fax: (607) 583-2041
Web site: www.farmsanctuary.org
E-mail: info@farmsanctuary.org
Description: Rescues abandoned and abused farm animals.
Select supporters: Casey Affleck, Kim Basinger, Thora Birch, James Cromwell, Daryl Hannah, Peter Max, Mary Tyler Moore, Kevin Nealon, Doris Roberts, Alicia Silverstone, Debra Wilson, Noah Wyle
Film Independent (FIND)
9911 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Contact: Folayo Lafaki
Phone: (310) 432-1221, Fax: (310) 432-1203
Web site: www.filmindependent.org
E-mail: tpruitt@filmindependent.org
Description: Champions independent film and supports artists who embody diversity, innovation, and uniqueness of vision.
Select supporters: Adobe, Eastman Kodak, Entertainment Weekly, Independent Film Channel, In Style, Intel, Los Angeles Times, Netflix, Pop Secret
FilmAid International
24 W. 23rd St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Contact: Steve Mendelson
Phone: (212) 529-1088, Fax: (212) 529-1084
Web site: www.filmaid.org
E-mail: info@filmaid.org
Description: Screens films at refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Select supporters: Danny Glover
FINCA International (The Foundation for International Community Assistance)
1101 14th St. NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Contact: Diane Jones, Public Relations Manager
Phone: (202) 682-1510
Fax: (202) 682-1535
Web site: www.villagebanking.org
E-mail: djones@villagebanking.org
Description: Provides financial services to low-income entrepreneurs internationally so that they can create jobs and improve their standard of living. Select supporters: AIG, GE Capital Global Banking, Visa
For the Arts
1649 16th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Linda Gross
Phone: (310) 396-4557, Fax: (310) 396-4557
Web site: www.smmef.org
E-mail: smmef@smmusd.org
Description: Dedicated to supporting and enhancing quality education for all students in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
Select supporters: Entertainment Industry Foundation, Intel, Panavision, The Recording Academy, Yahoo!
Frank Nelson Memorial Sick and Benefit Fund of AFTRA
5757 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Olga Perez
Phone: (323) 634-8104
Fax: (323) 634-8107
Web site: www.aftra.com
E-mail: operez@aftra.com
Description: Provides emergency financial aid and other resources to qualified AFTRA members in western U.S. faced with injury, illness, prolonged unemployment or other emergencies.
Select supporters: AFTRA members, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Theatre Authority West
Free Arts for Abused Children
12095 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 104
Los Angeles, CA 90066
Contact: Stephanie Abrams
Phone: (310) 313-4ART (4278)
Fax: (310) 313-5575
Web site: www.freearts.org
E-mail: freearts1@earthlink.net
Description: Uses art as therapy for abused and neglected children.
Select supporters: Warner Bros.
Friends of the Family
15350 Sherman Way, Suite 140
Van Nuys, CA 91406
Contact: Brenda Hillhouse
Phone: (818) 988-4430
Fax: (818) 988-4633
Web site: www.fofca.org
E-mail: brenda@fofca.org
Description: Fosters strong, self-sufficient families and resilient children by providing effective mental health and human development programs in the greater Los Angeles area.
Select supporter: Melissa Joan Hart
Friends of the Observatory
2800 East Observatory Road
Los Angeles, CA 90027-0310
Contact: Melissa Devor
Phone: (213) 473-0879
Fax: (213) 473-0819
Web site: www.GriffithObservatory.org/FOTO
E-mail: fotofriend@earthlink.net
Description: Supports the Griffith Observatory
Select supporters: Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg, Leonard and Susan Bay Nimoy
Fulfillment Fund
6100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Kari Roberts,
Phone: (323) 900-8761
Fax: (323) 525-3095
Web site: www.fulfillmentfund.org
E-mail: info@fulfillmentfund.org
Description:The Fulfillment Fund is a college access organization.
Select supporters: Creative Artists Agency, Fox/Newscorp, Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios/Imagine, The Walt Disney Company, William Morris Agency
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
5455 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1500
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Nick Adams
Phone: (323) 933-2240
Fax: (323) 933-2241
Web site: www.glaad.org
E-mail: adams@glaad.org
Description: Dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Select supporters:Bravo, Bunim-Murray Productions, CBS Corporation, Comedy Central, Court TV, Disney/ABC Television Group, HBO, Lifetime Networks, MTV Networks, NBC Universal, Scripps Network, Sundance Channel, Showtime, Time Warner, Warner Bros./Reprise Records, The Weinstein Company
Got Theater? Project
7885 W. Flamingo Rd., Suite 2023
Las Vegas, NV 89147
Contact: Jason Dinant
Phone: (702) 275-2428
Web site: www.GotTheaterProject.com
E-mail: staff@GotTheaterProject.com
Description: Theater company produces entertainment for charity.
Select supporters: Corey Blake, Carole Montgomery
Habitat for Humanity
17700 S. Figueroa Street
Gardena, CA 90248
Contact: Alison Treleaven
Phone: (310) 323-4663
Fax: (310) 323-0789
Web site: www.habitatla.org
E-mail: info@habitatla.org, volunteers@habitatla.org
Description: Builds homes for underserved but deserving members of the community.
Select supporters: John Abraham, Patricia Arquette, Elgin Baylor, Jon Bon Jovi, Julie Bowen, Ryan Braun, Garth Brooks, Michael Cera, Baron Davis, Kristin Davis, Mike Dunleavy, A.C. Green, Seth Green, Green Day, Paige Hemmis, Dustin Hoffman, Quincy Jones, Greg Kinnear, Talib Kweli, Linkin Park, Constance Marie, Ricky Martin, John Mayer, Barry Pepper, Tyler Perry, Brad Pitt, Susan Sarandon, Doug Savant, William Shatner, Maria Shriver, Switchfoot, Third Day, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Glynn Turman, Blair Underwood, Bradley Whitford, Robin Williams, Chandra Wilson and Trisha Yearwood.
Haven House
Sheila Halfon
P.O. Box 50007
Pasadena, CA 91115
Phone: (626) 564-8880, (323) 681-2626 (hotline)
Fax: (626) 564-9348
Web site: www.havenhousela.com, www.itsnotok.org
E-mail: shalfon@havenhousela.com
Description: Provides various programs to battered women and their children. It is also the first shelter of its kind in the United States.
Select supporters: Kim Basinger, Kevin Costner, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Brad Garrett, Erin Gray, Jane Kaczmarek, Christine Lahti, Jay Leno, Howie Mandel, Ali McGraw, Leonard Nimoy, Rob Reiner, Bob Saget, Courtney Thorne-Smith
Heal the Bay
1444 9th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact: Matthew King
Phone: (310) 451-1500
Fax: (310) 496-1902
Web site: www.healthebay.org
E-mail: info@healthebay.org
Description: Dedicated to making Santa Monica Bay and Southern California coastal waters safe and healthy for people and marine life.
Select supporters: Dorothy Green, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Amy Smart
Healthy Child Healthy World
12300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 410
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Christopher Gavigan
Phone: (310) 820-2030
Fax: (310) 820-2070
Web site: www.healthychild.org
E-mail: info@healthychild.org
Description: Nonprofit organization that raises public awareness on how chemicals affect children’s health and development
Select supporters: Gerald Brelauser, Amy Brenneman, Erin Brockovich, Nancy and James Chuda, Laura Dern, Anna Getty, Dr. Harvey Karp, Michael and Jena King, Tobey Maguire, Olivia Newton-John, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, Meryl Streep
Heart of Los Angeles Youth (HOLA)
2701 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Contact: Tony Brown
Phone: (213) 389-1148
Fax: (213) 389-1085
Web site: www.heartofla.org
E-mail: tbrown@heartofla.org
Description: A nonprofit youth center serving kids 6-18 in education, fine arts and athletics.
Founder: Mitchel D. Moore
Select supporters: Jessica Biel, Fox Sports en español, Los Angeles Lakers, Carl Reiner
Hollygrove, an EMQ Children and Family Services Agency
815 N. El Centro Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Contact: Martine Singer
Phone: (323) 463-2119
Fax: (323) 463-9291
Web site: www.hollygrove.org
E-mail: msinger@hollygrove.org
Helps children, strengthens families and builds community and advocates for systems change to ensure that families thrive.
Select supporters: Mrs. Dan G. Stephens and Mrs. Frank A. Gibson
Hollywood Arts Council
P.O. Box 931056
Hollywood, CA 90093-1056
Contact: Nyla Arslanian
Phone: (323) 462-2355
Fax: (323) 465-9240
Web site: www.hollywoodartscouncil.org
E-mail: info@hollywoodartscouncil.org
Description: With its mission to promote, nurture and support the arts in Hollywood, HAC works for the betterment of the community through the arts.
Select supporters: Oscar P. Arslanian, Randall Baumberger, Judy Doherty, Joan McCarthy, George Pennacchio, Maureen Schultz
Hollywood Entertainment Museum
1140 N. Citrus Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Contact: Stephanie Surabian
Phone: (323) 465-7900
Fax: (323) 469-9576
Web site: www.hollywoodmuseum.com
E-mail: info@hollywoodmuseum.com
Description: Promotes the empowering spirit, history and diversity of Los Angeles and honors its achievements and innovation, and continues the movement to integrate education and culture through exhibits and programs that nurture the creative arts.
Select supporters: Jack Haley Jr. , Sherry Lansing, Earl Lestz, and David Roberti
Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity
15464 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-3002
Contact: Danielle Lemmon
Phone: (818) 503-2154
Fax: (818) 907-0819
Website: www.hollywoodforhabitat.com
E-mail: info@hollywoodforhabitat.com
Description: Unites influential players in Hollywood with Habitat for Humanity to build homes.
Select Supporters: ABC, CAA, Disney, EIF, Endeavor, Fox, HBO, Paramount Pictures, People Magazine, Rogers & Cowan, Shady Acres, Sony, UTA, Universal Studios, Randall Wallace, Warner Bros., Wheelhouse Entertainment, William Morris Agency
House Ear Institute
2100 W. Third St.
Los Angeles, CA 90057
Contact: Kirsten Holguin
Phone: (213) 483-4431
Fax: (213) 483-8789
Website: www.hei.org
E-mail: info@hei.org
Description: Research institute for hearing loss, ear and balance disorders. The institute’s Children’s CARE Center provides care for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
Select supporters: Ahmanson Foundation, Nanette Fabray, David Foster, David and Larraine Gerber, Florence Henderson, Dolores Hope, Howard P. House, M.D., MIX Foundation, SHURE, Inc., Skirball Foundation
Human Rights Watch
11500 W. Olympic Blvd. Suite 441
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Camille Joseph, Coordinator, Outreach & Development
Phone: (310) 477-5540
Fax: (310) 477-4622
Website: www.hrw.org; www.hrwcalifornia.org/south
E-mail: hrwlasb@hrw.org
Description: Defends and protects human rights through investigations, promoting awareness, and advocacy.
Select supporters: Bob Bernstein, Bob Daly, Barry Diller, Mike Farrell, Dennis Haysbert, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jeri Laber, Norman Lear, Barry Meyer, Ron Meyer, Aryeh Neier, Skip Paul, Victoria Riskin, Orville Schell, Terry Semel, Sid Sheinberg, Casey Wasserman, Noah Wyle
In Defense of Animals
3010 Kerner Blvd.
San Rafael, CA 94901
Contact: Sarah Lux
Phone: (415) 448-0048
Fax: (415) 454-1031
Website: www.idausa.org
E-mail: ida@idausa.org
Description: Committed to advocacy, rescue and protection of animals.
Founder: Elliot M. Katz, D.V.M.
Inner-City Arts
Garmen Shiu
720 Kohler St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Contact: Garmen Shiu
Phone: (213) 627-9621
Fax: (213) 627-6469
Website: www.inner-cityarts.org
E-mail: info@inner-cityarts.org
Description: Professional artists teach students in visual arts, dance, drama, music, ceramics and animation in a real studio environment. Inner-City Arts has served 150,000 of the city’s most at-risk children at no cost to the students.
Select Supporters: Bob Bates, Endeavour Foundation, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Carla Gugino, Patricia Heaton, Irwin Jaeger, Lisa Kudrow, LMNO Productions, Sara Ramirez, Philip and Monica Rosenthal, Variety
Inner-City Filmmakers
3000 W. Olympic Blvd. Building 3, Suite 2413
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Stephania Lipner, (310) 739-1469
Phone: (310) 264-3992
Fax: (310) 264-3981
Website: www.innercityfilmmakers.com
E-mail: innercityfilms@earthlink.net
Description: Provides education, career development, and job placement services for diverse low-income and minority youth who have a desire to build careers in the entertainment industry.
Select supporters: Stephania Lipner, Fred Heinrich
InsideOUT Writers/Alethos Foundation
1171 S. Robertson Blvd. Suite 134
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Contact: Renee Herman, Executive Assistant
Phone: (310) 858-1245
Fax: (310) 858-1219
Website: www.insideoutwriters.org
E-mail: info@insideoutwriters.org
Description: Creative writing program for at-risk and incarcerated youth aimed at discouraging violence while providing a structured teaching and mentoring program led by professional journalists.
Founders: Sr. Janet Harris and Karen Hunt
Select supporters: Steven Bochco, Scott Budnick, Antwone Fisher, David Gale, Jamie Gertz, Gigi Levangle Grazer, Susan Koch, Todd Phillips, Greg Silverman, Michael Sugar, Jeff Werner
IsraFest Foundation
6404 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1240
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Jennifer Nerad-Sultan
Phone: (323) 966-4166
Fax: (323) 658-6346
Website: www.IsraelFilmFestival.org
E-mail: Meir@IsraelFilmFestival.org
Description: Aims to enrich the American vision of Israeli life and culture and create an intercultural exchange through film.
Founder: Meir Fenigstein
Select Supporters: The Hollywood Reporter, Time Warner, and many others
James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness (JRI)
10573 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 214
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Annie Aft, Jamie Redford (310) 441-4906
Phone: (310) 559-6325
Fax: (310) 559-6370
Website: www.jrifilms.org; www.sharethebeat.org
E-mail: web@jrifilms.org
Description: Dedicated to educating the public, youth in particular, about the need for organ and tissue donation through film, educational outreach materials and the Web.
Select supporters: Britt Allcroft, Neal Baer, Tom Brokaw, Sandy Climan, James Denton, Jake Eberts, Fredi Edwards, Reg Gipson, Mariska Hargitay, Katherine Heigl, Chris Meledandri, Ryan Merriman, Tim McGraw, James Redford, Robert Redford, Dr. Byers Shaw, Barry Tyerman, Phil Vassar
Jewish Community Foundation
6505 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 1200
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Lewis Groner
Phone: (323) 761-8700
Fax: (323) 761-8729
Website: www.jewishfoundationla.org
E-mail: info@jewishfoundationla.org
Description: Founded in 1954 by the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, the Jewish Community Foundation manages charitable giving in order to maximize its effect on the community.
Select supporters: Mitch Kaplan, Doug Mankoff, Ben Reder
Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles (JFS)
6505 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 500
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Remy Glick
Phone: (323) 761-8800
Fax: (323) 761-8801
Website: www.jfsla.org
E-mail: lbrooks@jfsla.org
Description: Jewish Family Service offers family services for people in need. Provides care and support for the homeless, the hungry, the elderly and the abused, as well as counseling for families and individuals in crisis, regardless of age, ethnicity or religion.
Select supporters: Marc Graboff, Howard Kurtzman, Rick Kurtzman, David Lonner, Debby Barak Milgrom
John Wayne Cancer Institute
2200 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 131
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Garrett Durand
Phone: (310) 315-6111
Fax: (310) 315-6195
Website: www.jwci.org
E-mail: Events@jwci.org
Description: Cancer research institute.
Select supporters: Joyce Green, Donald L. Morton, the family of John Wayne.
Junior League of Los Angeles
630 N. Larchmont Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Contact: Minna Taylor
Phone: (323) 957-4280
Fax: (323) 957-2072
Website: www.jlla.org
E-mail: JLeagueLA@aol.com
Description: Comprised of more than 1,300 trained women volunteers, the Junior League sponsors projects and programs focused in the areas of health and education for women and children.
Select supporters: Mrs. Harold Braly (Henriette Janss), Michael Eisner, Mrs. Victor Jacomini (Katharine Thomas), Jim Henson Studios, Sherry Lansing, Sony Studios, Warner Chappell Music
L.A. SHARES
3224 Riverside Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: Bert Ball, Executive Director
Phone: (213) 485-1097
Website: www.lashares.org
E-mail: lashares@lashares.org
Description: Collects donations of reusable goods and materials from local businesses and redistributes them to nonprofit agencies and schools.
Select Supporters: Abrams Artists Agency, CAA, Carsey-Werner, Endeavor, ICM, MGM Studios, NBC Universal, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Turner Broadcasting, Universal Studios, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros., The William Morris Agency
L.A. Works
570 W. Avenue 26, Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90065
Contact: Mark Meinhardt, mark@laworks.com
Phone: (323) 224-6510
Fax: (323) 224-6518
Website: www.laworks.com
E-mail: info@laworks.com
Description: Provides volunteers for other volunteer organizations.
Select supporters: Donna Bojarsky, CAA, Jim Carrey, Comcast, Richard Dreyfuss, DreamWorks, E! Entertainment, Bob L. Johnson, MGM, Paramount Pictures, Sony, Spyglass Entertainment, Barbra Streisand, Turner Broadcasting, Universal Pictures, Viacom, Warner Bros.
Liberty Hill Foundation
2121 Cloverfield Blvd., Suite 113
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Barbara Osborn, (310) 453-3611 x118
Phone: (310) 453-3611
Fax: (310) 453-7806
Website: www.libertyhill.org
E-mail: info@libertyhill.org
Description: Funds organizations working for social justice and social change in Los Angeles County.
Select supporters: J.J. Abrams, Laurie McDonald, Walter Parkes, Sarah Pillsbury, Mary Steenburgen, Alfre Woodard, Steve Zaillian
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles
202 West 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Contact: Nikki McAndrew, Manager, Operations & Special Projects
Phone: (213) 237-6643
Fax: (213) 237-6499
Website: www.literacynetwork.org
E-mail: literacy.network@latimes.com
Description: Works with a coalition of literacy providers, provides volunteers and advocates for literacy.
Select supporters: Arenas Entertainment, David E. Kelley Productions, Endeavor, HBO, KTLA, Lifetime Television, Mohawk Productions, Olive Bridge Entertainment, Showtime, Time Warner, United Talent Agency, Warner Bros.
Los Angeles Free Clinic
8405 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Chuck Sawyer
Phone: (323) 330-1670
Fax: (323) 658-5072
Website: www.lafreeclinic.org
E-mail: jmarsan@lafreeclinic.org
Description: Founded in 1967, the clinic offers free professional medical, dental, health and human services to men, women and children of all ages at three sites in Los Angeles.
Select supporters: Lenny Somberg
Los Angeles Regional Foodbank
1734 E. 41st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90058
Contact: Darren Hoffman, (323) 234-3030 x134
Phone: (323) 234-3030
Fax: (323) 234-0943
Website: www.lafightshunger.org; www.lafoodbank.org
Description: Collects surplus food from all sectors of the food industry for redistribution to 1,000 local charities throughout L.A. County.
Select supporters: Tony Collier, Hilton Hotels, KCAL-TV, KLSX-FM, KNBC-TV, Louis and Harold Price Foundation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, Rose Hills Memorial Foundation, Trader Joe’s Co.
Love Our Children USA
220 E. 57th St., 9th Floor, Suite G
New York, NY 10022-2820
Contact: Ross Ellis, founder/CEO
Phone: (888) 347-KIDS
Fax: (212) 753-1989
Website: www.loveourchildrenusa.org
E-mail: info@loveourchildrenusa.org
Description: Dedicated to creating safety and positive change for children by breaking the cycle of abuse.
Select supporters: Tom Arnold, Mario Batali, Tom Bergeron, Ashlie Brillault, Martha Byrne, Melissa Etheridge, Jo Frost, Alex Kingston, Demi Lovato, Mandy Moore, Brittany Snow, Alan Thicke, Blair Underwood
Lupus LA
9220 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Contact: Linda David
Phone: (310) 657 5667
Fax: (310) 860-9966
Website: www.lupusla.org
E-mail: ldavid@lupusla.org
Description: Promotes lupus research, awareness, and education and serves the needs of those with lupus.
Select supporters: Paula Abdul, Julie Benz, Bernie & Carrie Brillstein, Howie “D” Dorought, Melissa Joan Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Wayne Newton, Sharon Stone, Daniel Wallace, M.D.
Madison’s Foundation
P.O. Box 241956
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Contact: Angela Guzman
Phone: (310) 264-0826
Fax: (310) 264-4766
Website: www.madisonsfoundation.org
E-mail: getinfo@madisonsfoundation.org
Description: Dedicated to helping doctors and parents with children who have rare diseases through research, education and support.
Select supporters: Tom Hanks, Matthew Lillard, Marcy Smith, John Stamos, Charlize Theron, Rita Wilson
Make-a-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
1875 Century Park East, Suite 950
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Contact: Shelley Ginsburg; sginsburg@wishla.org, (310) 788-9474
Phone: (310) 788-9474, ext. 109
Fax: (310) 785-9474
Website: www.wishla.org
E-mail: info@wishla.org
Description: Fufills wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich their experience with hope, strength and joy. Founded in 1983, the chapter has granted over 5,200 wishes.
Select supporters: Kelli Seely, President and CEO
March of Dimes
3699 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 520, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Contact: Debbie Martin, (213) 637-5041
Phone: (213) 637-5050
Fax: (213) 637-5055
Website: www.marchofdimes.com/ca
E-mail: ca603@marchofdimes.com
Description: Oldest nonprofit in the US, the March of Dimeshelps with premature births and infant mortality issues.
Founder: President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Select supporters: Tom Bergeron, Kelly Clarkson, Diane Farr, Angie Harmon, Melissa Joan Hart, Cheryl Hines, Lauren Holly, Kevin James, Kellie Martin, Nancy O’Dell, Holly Robinson Peete, Jaime Pressly, Tori Spelling, Thalia, Vanessa Williams
Much Love Animals Rescue
P.O. Box 341721
Los Angeles, CA 90034-1721
Phone: (310) 636-9115
Fax: (310) 234-5310
Website: www.muchlove.org
E-mail: info@muchlove.org
Description: Saves animals from euthanasia at animal shelters
Select supporters: Nikki Ferraro, Ruthanne Secunda, Niki Wior
Multicultural Motion Picture Association
3250 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 808
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Contact: Jarvee Hutcherson
Phone: (310) 358-8300
Fax: (310) 358-8304
Website: www.thediversityawards.org
E-mail: jhmmpa@sbcglobal.net
Description: Promotes diversity in the arts, especially in television.
Select supporters: Bravo Networks, The Coca Cola Co., Comedy Central, E! Network, Fox Broadcasting, Fuji Film, The Hollywood Reporter, NBC Universal, Scripts Networks
Museum of the Moving Image
35 Avenue at 36th St., Astoria, NY 11106
Contact: Tomoko Kawamoto, tkawamoto@movingimage.us
Phone: (718) 784-4520
Fax: (718) 784-4681
Website: www.movingimage.us
Description: Museum that promotes public understanding and appreciation of art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media.
Founder: Rochelle Slovin,
Select supporters: DreamWorks, ESPN, Fox Filmed Entertainment, NBC Universal, New Line Cinema, Paramount, Screen Actors Guild, Showtime Networks, Sony, Time Warner, Viacom
MusiCares®
3030 Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Christina Cassidy; christina.cassidy@grammy.com
Phone: (310) 392-3777
Fax: (310) 392-2187
Website: www.grammy.com/musicares
E-mail: musicares@grammy.com
Description: Assists those in the music business in financial, medical and personal emergencies.
Select supporters: The Grammys, Try Fanjoy, Sugarland
MusiCares/MAP Fund
817 Vine St. Suite 219
Hollywood, CA 90038
Contact: Harold Owens
Phone: (323) 993-3197
Fax: (323) 993-3198
Website: www.musicares.com
Description: Makes it possible for members of the music industry to receive treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Select supporters: Buddy Arnold, Carole Fields, RIAA
My Friend’s Place
5850 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Contact: Shawn D. Ingram, Executive Director (x109)
Phone: (323) 908-0011
Fax: (323) 468-1243
Website: www.myfriendsplace.org
E-mail: development@myfriendsplace.org
Description: Offers food, clothing, and health and education services to homeless youth.
Select supporters: Steve LePore, Craig Schultz
National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF)
14 Mitchell Blvd.
San Rafael, CA 94903
Contact: Lisa Butler
Phone: (415) 472-3780
Fax: (415) 472-5343
Website: www.naaf.org
E-mail: info@naaf.org
Description: Encourages and funds medical research for better treatment and ultimate cure; provides support and resources for those with the condition; and raises public consciousness of the disease.
Select supporters: Barry Corbin, Ryan McPartlin, Charlie Villanueva
National Film Preservation Foundation (NFPF)
870 Market St., Suite 1113
San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact: David Wells
Phone: (415) 392-7291
Fax: (415) 392-7293
Website: www.filmpreservation.org
E-mail: info@filmpreservation.org
Description: Aims to preserve America’s film heritage.
Select supporters: Academy Foundation, Charles Benton, Leonard Maltin, Roger Mayer, Annette Melville, John Prak, Cecilia DeMille Presley, Robert Rehme, Martin Scorsese, Fred Thompson, Paula Wagner, Alfre Woodard
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Southern CA Chapter)
2440 S. Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 115
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Contact: Marni Deckter, x115
Phone: 1-800-FIGHT-MS; (310) 479-4456
Fax: (310) 479-4436
Website: www.nationalmssociety.org/cal or www.msevents.com
E-mail: ms@cal.nmss.org
Description: Dedicated to achieving a world free of multiple sclerosis. Funds more MS research, provides more services to people with MS, offers more professional education and furthers more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world.
Select supporters: 20th Century Fox, Deluxe Labs, New Wave Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Regal Entertainment Group, Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
1314 Second St.
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact: Coretta Anderson: canderson@nrdc.org
Phone: (310) 434-2300
Fax: (310) 434-2399
Website: www.nrdc.org
Description: Uses law, science and the support of 1.2 million members and online activists to protect the planet’s wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things. Has helped to craft and pass environmental statutes including the California Global Warming Solutions Act.
Aims to curb global warming and use of oil; save endangered wild places; revive the world’s oceans; phase out the most toxic chemicals; and accelerate the greening of China.
Founder: John H. Adams, Founding Director
Select supporters: Sarah Addington, Dayna and Steven Bochco, Laurie David, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariel Emanuel, Viveca and Will Ferrell, Cindy and Alan Horn, Jena and Michael King, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Peter Morton, Robert Redford, Elizabeth and Jim Wiatt.
Oceana
1351 Third St., Suite 301
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Contact: Dana DuBose, Director of Southern CA
Phone: (310) 899-3026
Fax: (310) 899-3027
Website: www.oceana.org
E-mail: SoCal@oceana.org
Description:
Select supporters: Keith Addis, Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen, Leonardo DiCaprio, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Diane Lane, The Streisand Foundation
OPCC (Ocean Park Community Center)
1453 16th St.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Donna Miller (x235), Associate Development, Dmiller@opcc.net
Phone: (310) 264-6646
Fax: (310) 264-6647
Website: www.opcc.org
E-mail: customerservice@opcc.net
Description:
Select supporters: Rosario Dawson, Vivica A. Fox, Greg Germann, Seth Green, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Wendie Malick, Julianna Margulies, Kathryn Morris, Kate Mulgrew, Lisa Rinna, Victor Rivers, Nigel Sinclair, Allison Sweeney, Chandra Wilson
Optimist Youth Homes & Family Services
6957 N. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90042
Contact: Silvio John Orlando
Phone: (323) 443-3175
Fax: (323) 443-3264
Website: www.oyhfs.org
E-mail: rmartinez@oyhfs.org
Description: Provides culturally sensitive treatment, specialized education and support services for abused, family impaired and at-risk youths.
Select supporters: Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Tracy Bingham, Steven Bochco, Mindy Burbano, Bill Clark, Oscar De la Hoya, Giselle Fernandez, George Foreman, L.A. Dodgers, Kate Linder Corey Maggette, David Milch, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Michaela Pereira, Raquel Welch
PAWS/LA
1546 Argyle Ave.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Contact: Pamela Magette, Executive Director, pmagette@pawsla.org
Phone: (323) 464-7297
Fax: (323) 464-0511
Website: www.pawsla.org
E-mail: info@pawsla.org
Description: Helps people living with life-threatening illnesses by providing assistance in the care of their animals–pet food and supplies, veterinary care and pet foster homes–while clients are in the hospital.
Select supporters: Jeff Bridges, Ellen DeGeneres, Wendie Malick, Mike Meyers, Megan Mullally, Elizabeth Taylor, Lily Tomlin
Peace Through Parenting
12025 1/2 Ventura Blvd.
Studio City, CA. 91604
Contact: Jan Hunt: jan.hunt@naturalchild.org, Eliza Simons: elizasimons@aol.com
Phone: (818) 769-3899, (818) 769-5099,
Fax: (818) 227-0804
Website: www.naturalchild.org
E-mail: tripleeeproductions@yahoo.com
Description: Provides information on child development and parenting.
Select supporters: Eliza Roberts, Eric Roberts, Keaton Simons, Morgan Simons
Penny Lane
15305 Rayen St.
North Hills, CA 91343
Contact: Julia Robinson Shimizu
Phone: (818) 332-8260; (818) 892-3423
Fax: (818) 892-3574
Website: www.pennylane.org
E-mail: contact@pennylane.org
Description: Provides residential treatment, foster care, adoption services, schooling, mental health services, and transitional housing for foster youth.
Founder: Ivelise Markovits
Select supporters: Rosanna Arquette, Simon Baker, Enrico Colantoni, Benicio del Toro, Elliott Gould, Dylan McDermott, Danica McKeller, Shanna Moakler, Edward James Olmos, Alan Rosenberg, Forest Whitaker
People for the American Way Foundation
100 North Crescent Dr., Suite 113
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Contact: Valerie Israel
Phone: (310) 385-4181
Fax: (310) 385-4188
Website: www.pfaw.org
E-mail: pfawca@pfaw.org
Description: Provides information for policymakers, scholars and activists nationwide. Engages in legal action to protect the rights and liberties of American citizens. Committed to countering the forces of social discord and fragmentation with an affirmation of “the American Way:” respect for diversity; freedom of thought, expression and religion; equal justice; and a sense of community.
Select supporters: Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, George Clooney, The Dixie Chicks, Norman Lear, George Lopez, Edward Norton, Sharon Stone, Kathleen Turner
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
1536 16th St NW
Washington DC, 20036
Contact: Colleen O’Brien, Director of Communications; Marissa Angeletti: MarissaA@peta.org
Phone: (202) 483-7382
Fax: (202) 540-2206
Website: www.peta.org
E-mail: Info@peta.org
Description: The largest animal rights organization in the world, PETA promotes the welfare of animals, particularly on factory farms, in laboratories, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment industry.
Founder: Ingrid E. Newkirk
Select supporters: Bryan Adams, Casey Affleck, Emily Deschanel, Joan Jett, Sir Paul McCartney, Shanna Moakler, Alicia Silverstone, Joss Stone, Forest Whitaker
Phoenix Houses of California
11600 Eldridge Ave.
Lake View Terrace, CA 91342
Contact: Stephanie Horsley, (818) 896-1211 x4027
Phone: (818) 686-3028
Fax: (818) 896-3701
Website: www.phoenixhouse.org/california/
E-mail: shorsley@phoenixhouse.org
Description: Helps thousands of young men and women to overcome the problems associated with substance abuse and to lead healthy, productive and rewarding lives.
Select supporters: Mitchell S. Rosenthal, M.D.
Planet Hope
4335 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 413
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Contact: Lea Yardum, Perception PR
Phone: (818) 461-9120
Fax: (818) 981-1421
Website: www.planethope.org
E-mail: planethope1@earthlink.net
Description: Offers innovative programs to transition families from homelessness to self-sufficiency through filed trips, hot meals, holiday meals and gifts, and an annual summer camp.
Select supporters: Tom & Shelby Arnold, David Arquette and Courteney Cox-Arquette, Ed Begley Jr., Thora Birch, Quincy Jones, Jack Nicholson, Matthew St. Patrick, Kelly and Sharon Stone, Noah & Trace Wyle, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
434 West 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001
Contact: Caren Spruch, Director of the Office of Special Projects
Phone: (212) 261-4631; (800) 230-PLAN
Fax: (212) 765-4711
Website: www.plannedparenthood.org
E-mail: caren.spruch@ppfa.org
Description: Reproductive health and rights organization, dedicated to ensuring that every woman is healthy and safe, every child wanted and loved.
Select supporters: Margaret Sanger
POWER UP (Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching UP)
419 N. Larchmont Blvd., Suite 283
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Contact: Angela Hartman, (310) 246-9388
Phone: (323) 463-3154
Fax: (323) 467-6249
Website: www.power-up.net
E-mail: joinPOWERup@aol.com
Description: Endeavors to make films that challenge perception. Four years as an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and winner of over 75 national and international awards. Educational organization.
Select supporters: Stacy Codikow, Kodak, Logo, Showtime, Universal Studios
Project ALS
900 Broadway, Suite 901
New York, NY 10003
Contact: Andrea Brown
Phone: (212) 420-7382
Fax: (212) 420-7387
Website: www.projectals.org
E-mail: info@projectals.org
Description: Raises awareness and funds toward treatments and a cure for ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease).
Select supporters: William Baldwin, Jenifer Estess, Meredith Estess, Valerie Estess, Brad Grey, Julianne Hoffenberg, Richard Kind, Julianna Margulies, Ben Stiller
Project Angel Food
922 Vine St.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Contact: Margaret Steele; CEO msteele@angelfood.org
Phone: (323) 845-1800
Fax: (323) 845-1818
Website: www.projectangelfood.org
E-mail: contactus@projectangelfood.org
Description: Prepares and delivers more than 1,300 free, nutritious meals daily to men, women and children disabled by HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses.
Select supporters: Selma Blair, CAA, David Geffen, The Gersh Agency, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Hanks, Anjelica Huston, Kathy Kinney, Eric McCormack, Paramount, Pauley Perrette, Doris Roberts, Sharon Stone, Elizabeth Taylor, UTA, Warner Bros., Marianne Williamson
Project New Hope
1004 Echo Park Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Contact: Kim Anderson, Kanderson@projectnewhope.org
Phone: (213) 250-9481
Fax: (213) 250-9531
Website: www.projectnewhope.org
Description: Provides permanent affordable housing and employment training to individuals with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles.
Select supporters: Leeza Gibbons, Larry King, Judith Light, Eric and Janet McCormack, Jack H. Plimpton, Sidney Poitier, Priscilla Presley, Suzanne Somers, Jean Stapleton
Regenerate
1408 Thousand Oaks Blvd
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Contact: David Miller, Mark Barker
Phone: (805) 495-9709; (805) 497-8617
Fax: (805) 497-8609
Website: www.regenerate.org
E-mail: info@regenerate.org
Description: Engages youth in filmmaking to spread awareness about health and safety.
Select supporters: Mark Barker, CAA, City of Thousand Oaks, Countrywide, DW Drums, Farmers Insurance, Fast Carrier Pictures, Guitar Center, KTLA, Merex Inc., David Miller, Oxygen Network, Roaring Mouse Entertainment, State Farm Insurance, THQ, Tribune Entertainment
Roots of Peace
1299 Fourth St., Suite 200
San Rafael, CA 94901
Contact: Heidi Kuhn, founder/CEO
Phone: (415) 455-8008
Fax: (415) 455-9086
Website: www.rootsofpeace.org
E-mail: info@rootsofpeace.org
Description: Dedicated to eradicating landmines worldwide and rehabilitating the land to make it productive once more.
Select supporters: Mary Apick, Diane Baker, Judy Collins, Jeffrey Skoll
Rosie’s For All Kids Foundation
P.O. Box 1001
New York, NY 10108
Contact: AJ Pietrantone, Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (212) 703-7388
Fax: (212) 703-7381
Website: www.forallkids.org
E-mail: info@forallkids.org
Description: Fosters emotional and cognitive development of children in need with childcare centers in low-income neighborhoods throughout the United States.
Select supporters: HBO, ICM, Miramax, MTV, Nickelodeon, Rosie O’Donnell, Paramount Pictures, Sony Music Entertainment, Telepictures Productions., Universal Pictures, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Books, Warner Bros.
RP International
P.O. BOX 900
Woodland Hills, CA 91365
Contact: Helen Harris; helenjharris@aol.com
Phone: (800) FIGHT-RP; (818) 992-0631
Fax: (818) 992-4049
Website: www.rpinternational.org
E-mail: rpint@pacbell.net
Description: Raises money to fight Retinitis Pigmentosa (blindness), spreads awareness about the disease, and counsels victims.
Supporters: Alec Baldwin, George H. W. Bush, James Cameron, Bill Cosby, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Mel Gibson, Helen Harris, Charlton Heston, Kathleen Kennedy, Michael Mann, George Lucas, Vin and Sandra Scully, Stevie Wonder
Rx Laughter, Inc.
P.O. Box 143
Cambria, CA 93428
Contact: Sherry Dunay Hilber, Founder and Executive Directior/CEO, sherryhilber@yahoo.com
Phone: (805) 927-4197
Fax: (805) 927-4219
Website: www.rxlaughter.org
E-mail: ContactRxLaughter@gmail.com
Description: Creates projects that examine the health benefits of entertainment in alleviating the trauma of physical and emotional problems.
Select Supporters: Madelyn Pugh Davis, Goldie Hawn, Kevin James, Ray Romano, John Wells, Gene Wilder
Santa Monica Baykeeper
P.O. Box 10096
Marina del Rey, CA 90295
Contact: Tom Ford, Executive Director
Phone: (310) 305-9645
Fax: (310) 305-7985
Website: www.smbaykeeper.org
E-mail: info@smbaykeeper.org
Description: Dedicated to the restoration and protection of the Santa Monica Bay, San Pedro Bay and adjacent coastal waters.
Select supporters: James Brolin & Barbra Streisand, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Environment Now, David Foster, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Gil Segel, Terry Tamminen, Linda Thompson-Foster, Frank G. Wells
Save Our Selves
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: James Christopher, (323) 666-4295, sos@cftwest.org
Phone: (323) 666-4295
Fax: (323) 666-4271
Website: www.sossobriety.org
E-mail: sos@cfiwest.org
Description: Founded in 1985 as an alternative to AA, this self-help group for recovering alcoholics and addicts is also known as Secular Organizations for Sobriety.
Select supporters: Jim Christopher, CAS, DAPA, Robert Forster Veronica Redd, Julia Sweeney
Save the Whales
1192 Waring St.
Seaside, CA 93955
Contact: Maris Sidenstecker
Phone: (800) WHALE-65; (831) 899-9957
Fax: (831) 394-5555
Website: www.savethewhales.org
E-mail: maris@savethewhales.org
Description: Focuses on educating children and adults about marine mammals, their environment and their preservation. Save the Whales has educated over 275,000 students with hands-on school outreach programs.
Select supporters: Eva Longoria, Hayden Panettiere, Isabel Lucas
Screen Actors Guild Foundation
5757 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3600
Contact: Nurit Siegel, Director of Strategic Planning and Marketing
Phone: (323) 549-6711
Fax: (323) 549-6710
Website: www.sagfoundation.org
E-mail: NSiegel@sag.org
Description: Invests in programs that benefit actors’ careers and communities.
Founder: Philip Sterling
Select supporters: The Candy & Aaron Spelling Foundation, Elliott Gould, Paramount Pictures, People Magazine, Alan Rosenberg
Society of Singers
15456 Ventura Blvd., Suite 304
Sherman Oaks, CA 9403
Contact: Judy Varley, Director of Operations Judy@singers.org
Phone: (818) 995-7100
Fax: (818) 995-7466
Website: www.singers.org
E-mail: sos@singers.org
Description: Provides assistance to professional singers worldwide who are experiencing financial hardship due to an emergency or other extenuating circumstances, and supports the future of aspiring singers with vocal arts scholarships.
Select supporters: Gloria Estefan, Quincy Jones, K.D. Lang, Ginny Mancini, Barry Manilow
spcaLA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals LA)
5026 W. Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016
Contact: Ana Bustilloz, Public Information Officer Ext: 252
Phone: (323) 730-5300, (888) SPCA-LA1
Fax: (323) 730-5333
Website: www.spcaLA.COM
E-mail: info@spcaLA.com, Abustilloz@spcala.com
Description: Independent, non-profit animal welfare organization serving Southern California since 1877. Services include cruelty investigation, humane education and a variety of shelter services.
Select supporters: Jason Alexander, Henry Bergh, Bill Brochtrup, Matt Czuchry Ellen DeGeneres, Lisa Edelstein, Jenna Fischer, Dann Florek, Daryl Hannah, Joe Mantenga, Constance Marie, Mark McGrath, Craig T. Nelson, Nancy O’Dell, LeAnn Rimes, Ray Romano, Molly Sims, Ben Stein
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Contact: Alicia H. Matthews, Field Director of Communications: (901) 578-2338;alicia.matthews@stjude.org
Phone: (901) 578-2000, (800) 822-6344
Fax: (901) 578-2803
Website: www.stjude.org
E-mail: donors@stjude.org
Description: Funds research and treatment of pediatric diseases while providing care for patients of the hospital.
Founder: Danny Thomas
Select supporters: Tim Allen, Jennifer Aniston, Antonio Banderas, Jim Carrey, Cindy Crawford, Penelope Cruz, Ellen DeGeneres, Calista Flockhart, Whoopi Goldberg, Selena Gomez, Ashton Kutcher, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Matthew McConaughey, Tim Mc Graw, Ashlee Simpson, Martha Stewart, Sharon Stone, John Travolta, Liv Tyler, Robin Williams
Starlight Children’s Foundation
5757 Wilshire Blvd Suite M-100
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Donna DeDario, Senior Communications Manager: (323) 556-3322; donna.dedario@starlight.org
Phone: (310) 479-1212
Fax: (310) 479-1235
Website: www.starlight.org
E-mail: info@starlight.org
Description: Helps seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities.
Select supporters: Criss Angel, Patricia Arquette, Tom Bergeron, Corbin Bleu, Christie Brinkley, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, Glenn Close, Cindy Crawford, Jamie Lee Curtis, Minnie Driver, Carmen Electra, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Whoopi Goldberg, Jeff Goldblum, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kelsey Grammar, Sammi Hanratty, Teri Hatcher, Randy Jackson, Dwayne “”The Rock”” Johnson, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Koz, Lisa Kudrow, Queen Latifah, Tea Leoni, Peyton and Spencer List, Robin and Dr. Phil McGraw, Maria Menounos, Jay Mohr, Esai Morales, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Shaquille O’Neal, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kay Panabaker, Kelly Ripa, Joan Rivers, Glenn Ross, Bob Saget, Diane Sawyer, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, William Shatner, Brittany Snow, Marc Sommers, Steven Spielberg, John Stamos, Kiefer Sutherland, Mena Suvari, Mr. T, Dave Thomas, Ashley Tisdale, Michael Vartan, Meredith Viera, Aria Wallace, Devon Werkheiser
Step Up Women’s Network — Los Angeles
510 South Hewitt Street , Suite 111
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: Alissa Zito, Director, Marketing & Communications, 310.880.9049
Phone: (213) 382-8012
Fax: (213) 559.0595
Website: www.suwn.org
E-mail: national@suwn.org
Description: Promotes opportunities for women through teen empowerment programs for underserved girls, women’s health education and advocacy, professional mentorship, and social networking opportunities.
Select supporters: Jessica Alba, Marcia Cross, Vogue Magazine
Streetlights
650 N. Bronson Ave., Suite B108
Hollywood, CA 90004
Contact: Adele B. Wilson; adele@streetlights.org
Phone: (323) 960-4540
Fax: (323) 960-4546
Website: www.streetlights.org
E-mail: streetlights@streetlights.org
Description: Offers mentoring and job training and placement within the entertainment industry for members of economically or socially disadvantaged minorities.
Select supporters: ABC 7, The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, AT&T, Crossroads Films, Endeavor Foundation, HBO, Paramount Pictures, Paul Newman, Proctor & Gamble, Dorothy Thompson, TNT, Toyota, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Company, Workplace Hollywood
Stroke Association of Southern California
2001 S. Barrington Ave., Suite 308
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Devin Wallace
Phone: (310) 575-1699
Fax: (310) 575-1696
Website: www.strokesocal.org
E-mail: contact@strokesocal.org
Description: Promotes healthy lifestyles and stroke services, including advocacy, prevention, and recovery for victims.
Supporters: Entertainment Industry Foundation, Bonnie Franklin, Barry Kemp, Norman Lear
Tag the World Charity
11264 Sunshine Terrace
Studio City, CA 91604
Contact: Hannah Cornett, Public relations
Phone: (310) 614-1212
Fax: (310) 614-1000
Website: www.tagtheworld.com, www.tagtheworldtriathlon.com
E-mail: tagtheworld@ymail.com
Description: Raises awareness and funds for world causes while creating a fashionable and personal way to support charities.
Select supporters: Robert Parks-Valletta
Teach for America
606 S. Olive Street Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Contact: Krupa Desai, Senior Managing Director, Development
Phone: (213) 489-9383
Fax: (213) 489-9272 x6037
Website: www.teachforamerica.org
E-mail: krupa.desai@teachforamerica.org
Description: Dedicated to eliminating educational inequity by recruiting outstanding recent college graduates of all academic majors to commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and to become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity.
Select supporters: Borden Decurion, Endeavor, Lionsgate, Media Consulting, Wendy Kopp, MTV Networks, NBC Universal, Sony Pictures Entertainment
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation
5220 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601-3109
Phone: (818) 754-2800
Fax: (818) 761-2827
Contact: Teri Clark, Executive Director
Website: www.emmys.tv
E-mail: clark@emmys .org
Description: Through education programs and an archive of American television, preserves the history of television and fosters growth in the industry.
Select supporters: The Emmys
The Actors’ Fund of America
5757 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Ina Clark, Senior Director of Development & Communications: iclark@actorsfund.org
Phone: (323) 933-9244
Fax: (323) 933-7615
Website: www.actorsfund.org; www.ahirc.org; www.lookingaheadprogram.org
E-mail: iclark@actorsfund.org
Description: Provides programs and services for professionals in the performing arts who are in need, crisis or transition.
Select supporters: Actors’ Equity, AFTRA, P.T. Barnum, Edwin Booth, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Joseph Jefferson, Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund, MusiCares Foundation, Screen Actors Guild – IACF, Shubert Organizationm Lester Wallack
The American Film Institute
2021 N. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Contact: Alison Deknatel, Director of Communications; Josh Porro, Assistant, Communications
Phone: (323) 856-7600
Fax: (323) 957-1420
Website: www.afi.com
E-mail: information@afi.com
Description: Provides leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.
Select supporters: Jon Avnet, Mark Canton, John F. Cooke, Robert Daly, Tom Pollock, Howard Stringer
The Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation
Las Vegas, NV 89169
3960 Howard Hughes Pkwy., Suite 750
Contact: Cisco Aguilar, Communications Director (702) 227-5700; cisco@agassi.net
Phone: (702) 227-5700
Fax: (702) 866-2928
Website: www.agassifoundation.org
E-mail: info@agassi.net
Description: Dedicated to transforming U.S. public education through educational and enrichment opportunities for underserved youth.
Select supporters: Andre Agassi, David Foster, Elton John, Dennis Miller, Robin Williams
The Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood
850 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90038
Contact: Stephen Napolitano (323) 464-7326, x104; snapolitano@bgchollywood.com
Phone: (323) 467-2007, x107
Fax: (323) 464-7310
Website: www.bgchollywood.com
E-mail: snapolitano@bgchollywood.com
Description: Provides after-school enrichment activities for youth ages 6-17.
Select supporters: KTLA-5
The Film Foundation
110 W. 57th Street, 6thfloor
New York, NY 10022
7920 Sunset Blvd., 6th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Contact: Jessica Bursi (323) 436-5060; jbursi@film-foundation.org
Phone: (212) 258-0860; (323) 436-5060
Fax: (212) 258-0863; (323) 436-5061
Website: www.film-foundation.org
Description: Advocates and supports the preservation of American cinematic heritage.
Select supporters: Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Curtis Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee, George Lucas, Alexander Payne, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg
The Giving Back Fund
6033 W. Century Blvd., Suite 350
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Contact: Melanie Warady, mwarady@givingback.org
Phone: (310) 649-5222
Fax: (310) 649-5070
Website: www.givingback.org
E-mail: main@givingback.org
Description: Promotes effective philanthropy within the entertainment and sports industries, with an emphasis on minority groups.
Select supporters: Marc Pollick
The GRAMMY Foundation
3030 Olympic Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Contact: Christina Cassidy; christina.cassidy@grammy.com
Phone: (310) 392-3777
Fax: (310) 392-2188
Website: www.grammyfoundation.com; www.grammyintheschools.com
E-mail: grammyfoundation@grammy.com
Description: Promotes the understanding, appreciation and advancement of recorded music in American culture.
Select supporters: Gary Arnold, Gary Borman, Tim Bucher, Geoff Cottrill, Robert Aubry Davis, Garth Fundis, Jimmy Jam, George Jones, Bea Perez, Neil Portnow, The Recording Academy®, Rusty Rueff, Steve Schnur
The HollyRod Foundation
9250 Wilshire Blvd.Suite LL15
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Contact: Lynne Bennett
Phone: (310) 385-1590
Fax: (310) 385-1599
Website: www.hollyrod.org
E-mail: lynne@hollyrod.com
Description: Dedicated to providing mental, physical and emotional support to victims of Parkinson’s disease and other debilitating diseases.
Select supporters: Wallis Annenberg, Ron Burkle, Bernadette and “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Nicole and Eddie Murphy, Holly Robinson Peete and Rodney Peete
The Humane Society of the United States (Hollywood office)
5551 Balboa Blvd.
Encino, CA 91316
Contact: Sue Blackmore; sue@hsusholllwood.org
Phone: (818) 501-2275
Fax: (818) 501-2226
Website: www.humanesociety.org/hollywood
E-mail: contact@hsushollywood.org
Description: Raises consciousness of animal issues with the help of Hollywood media. Promotes legislation and investigation of causes relating to animals’ welfare.
Select supporters: Nigel Barker, Sid Caesar, James Cromwell, Ellen DeGeneres, Emily Deschanel, Richard Donner, Alicia Silverstone, Bill Maher, Wendie Malick, Sheila Nevins, Portia de Rossi, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ben Stein, Michael Vartan, Persia White, Gretchen Wyler
The International Myeloma Foundation
12650 Riverside Dr., Suite 206
North Hollywood, CA 91607
Contact: Suzanne Battaglia (x227)
Phone: (818) 487-7455; (800) 452-CURE
Fax: (818) 487-7454
Website: www.myeloma.org
E-mail: sbattaglia@myeloma.org
Description: Funds research and educational programs while spreading awareness of the disease.
Select supporters: Band from TV (Hugh Laurie, James Denton, Bonnie Somerville, etc.), Geraldine Ferraro, Robin Leach, Michael McKean
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
83 Riverside Dr.
New York, NY 10024
Contact: Jo-Ann Geffen: (818) 905-5511, jgeffen@jagpr.com
Phone: (212) 873-9300
Fax: (212) 579-4320
Website: www.lennonbus.org
E-mail: info@jlsc.com
Description: Provides programs that encourage students to play and write music, record, and produce video projects using high-quality equipment.
Select supporters: Black Eyed Peas, Clive Davis, Lamont Dozier, Don Felder, Fergie, Macy Gray, Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Yoko Ono Lennon, Kevin Lyman, Tim McGraw, Brian Rothschild, David Sonenberg, Bob Weir
The Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation
7257 Beverly Blvd. Suite 218
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Bobby Xydis, Special Projects West Coast Office, bobby@leezagibbons.com
Phone: (323) 634-0581
Fax: (305) 571-9506
Website: www.leezasplace.org
E-mail: info@leezasplace.org
Description: Provides information, empowerment and support for caregivers and those recently diagnosed with memory disorders.
Select supporters: Laila Ali, Julie Andrews, Jessica Biel, Michael Buble, Brooke Burns, Jose Canseco, Cindy Crawford, Fran Drescher, Hilary Duff, Joey Fatone, David Foster, Melissa Gilbert, Whoopi Goldberg, Teri Hatcher, Tony Hawk, Paris Hilton, Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Magic & Cookie Johnson, Larry King, Eva La Rue, Sharon Lawrence, Mario Lopez, Cindy Margolis, Dr. Phil & Robin McGraw, Mary Murphy, Oliva Newton-John, Terrell Owens, Ken Paves, Holly Robinson Peete, Rodney Peete, Lisa Rinna, Diane Sawyer, Ryan Seacrest, Jane Seymour, Maria Shriver, Amy Smart, Suzanne Somers, Travis Stork, Elizabeth Taylor, Donald Trump, Dick & Louis Van Amstel, Diane Warren, Forest & Keisha Whitaker, Betty White, Henry Winkler, Ryan Yerdon
The Lili Claire Foundation
3435 Ocean Park Boulevard #107, PMB 305
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Contact: Dana Collinson, Dcollinson@liliclairefoundation.org
Phone: (310) 396-4355
Fax: (310) 396-2127
Website: www.liliclairefoundation.org
E-mail: staff@liliclairefoundation.org
Description: Provides support services to families with children who have neurogenetic disorders, as well as offering medical, psychosocial, educational and vocational programs for the children themselves.
Select supporters: Boyd Gaming, Bright/Kauffman/Crane, CBS Television, Danny Gans Prods., NBC Universal, Matthew Perry, Keith Resnick, Leslie Litt-Resnick, The Tannenbaum Co., Warner Bros. Television
The Look for Success
8981 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 310
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Contact: Kim Goedde, thelookorg@aol.com
Phone (305) 681-5665
Website: www.thelookforsuccess.org
E-mail:thelookorg@aol.com
Description: Impacts the lives of at-risk teens and women diagnosed with cancer through its makeover programs.
Select supporters: Kim Delaney, Estée Lauder Inc., Kim Goedde, Jackie Kallen,
The Media Project
3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd.Suite 237
Studio City, CA 91604
Contact: Melissa Havard, Director
Phone: (323) 318-0825
Website: www.themediaproject.com
E-mail: healthytv@themediaproject.com
Description: Offers information on sexual and reproductive health issues for entertainment professionals, as well as promoting messages within the media about sexual health.
Select supporters: Advocates for Youth Washington D.C., Neal Baer, Greg Berlanti, Suzanne Daniels, Joey Gutierrez, Mickey Liddell, Tom Nunan, Jonathan Prince, Mike Tollin
The Minorities in Broadcasting Training Program
P.O. Box 67132
Century City, CA 90067
Contact: Patrice Williams, CEO/Founder
Phone: (310) 652-0271
Fax: (866) 769-8741
Website: www.thebroadcaster.com
E-mail: emailus@thebroadcaster.com
Description: Provides training opportunities to minority college graduates in TV/radio news reporting and news management and production.
Select supporters: Sam Donaldson, Charles Johnson, George Lucas, Jane Pauley, Dan Rather, Cokie Roberts, Diane Sawyer, Tom Selleck, Patrice Williams, Bob Wright
The Museum of Broadcast Communications
676 N. LaSalle, Suite 424
Chicago, IL 60654
Contact: Gina Loizzo
Phone: (312) 245-8200
Fax: (312) 245-8207
Website: www.Museum.TV
E-mail: archives@museum.tv
Description: Collects, preserves, and presents historic and contemporary radio and television work and educates and entertains through the use of its resources.
Select supporters: Lee Phillip Bell, Bob Hope Enterprises, Hugh Downs, Bruce DuMont, DisneyHand, Edgar Bergen Foundation, Paul Harvey, Casey Kasem, Larry King, Rush Limbaugh, NBC Universal, Jerry Springer, TV Land, Betty White, Oprah Winfrey
The Nancy Davis Foundation for MS
1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Contact: Liz Zigal: Liz@erasemes.org, (310) 440-4842
Phone: (310) 440-4842
Fax: (310) 471-4975
Website: www.erasems.org
E-mail: info@erasems.org
Description: Dedicated to the treatment and ultimate cure of MS. Funds research to find both the cause and cure of the disease.
Select supporters: Associated Television International, Jerry Bruckheimer, David Geffen Foundation, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Tommy Hilfiger, Viacom, William Morris Agency
The Natural Child Project
PO Box 3183
Sunriver, OR 97707
Contact: Jan Hunt, jan@naturalchild.org
Phone: (541) 593-1547
Website: http://www.naturalchild.org
Description: Aims to create a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion so that they can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust.
Select supporters: Eliza Roberts, Eric Roberts, Keaton Simons, Morgan Simons
The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
14 Pennsylvania Plaza, Suite 1400
New York, NY 10122
Contact: Lindsey Weeks, lindsey@ocrf.org
Phone: (212) 268-1002; (800) 873-9569
Fax: (212) 947-5652
Website: www.ocrf.org
E-mail: info@ocrf.org
Description: Provides funding to investigators whose research focuses on early detection, screening, and basic translation research. Also dedicated to raising awareness and educating women.
Select supporters: In Style, Donna Karan, L’Oréal, Kyle MacLachlan, Kelly Ripa, Sol Schreiber, Molly Sims
The Paley Center for Media
465 N. Beverly Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Contact: Terry Lynn Ebright (310) 786-1042; tebright@paleycenter.org
Phone: (310) 786-1000
Fax: (310) 786-1086
Website: www.paleycenter.org
E-mail: publicrelations@paleycenter.org
Description: Examines the intersections between media and society through a collection of media and programs for the public that encourage discussion and debate.
Founder: William S. Paley
Select supporters: NBC/ Universal, New Line Cinema, Sony Corporation, Time Warner, Viacom, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers
The PAPARAZZI Reform Initiative
269 S. Beverly Drive, Suite #228
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Contact: Sean Burke, Founder
Website: www.paparazzi-reform.org
E-mail: mailto:contact@paparazzi-reform.org
Description: Aims to create a safer environment for the public and the right to privacy for celebrities through education, legal action, lobbying, and other methods.
The Peacock Foundation
P.O. Box 372
North Hollywood, CA 91603
Contact: Lisa Peacock (310) 946-5567. Lisa@peacockfoundation.org
Phone: (818) 763-1072
Fax: (818) 763-1072
Website: www.peacockfoundation.org
E-mail: info@peacockfoundation.org
Description: Aims to empower youth with programs that will build social skills, communication skills, and alleviate stress and conflict.
Select supporters: CBS, NBC, Paramount Pictures, Lisa Peacock
The Wellness Community — West Los Angeles
2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 1040
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Contact: Bonnie Schuman (310) 314-2563; bschuman@twc-wla.org
Phone: (310) 314-2555
Fax: (310) 314-7586
Website: www.twc-wla.org
E-mail: info@twc-wla.org
Description: Helps people with cancer and their loved ones enhance their health and well-being by providing a professional program of emotional support, education and hope, absolutely free of charge.
Select supporters: David Arquette, Harold H. Benjamin, Ph.D, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Entertainment Industry Foundation, Daisy Fuentes, Steve Guttenberg, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Eric McCormack
Thursday’s Child
15025 Northwind Lane
North Hills, CA 91343
Contact: Don Austen
Phone: (818) 893-4400
Website: www.thursdayschild.org
E-mail: donausten@thursdayschild.org
Description: Provides support for teens with a hotline and information on a variety of issues, including eating disorders, abuse, and STDs. Runs a missing-child organization that works directly with parents to reunite them with their children.
Select supporters: John Bayless, Traci Bingham, David Cassidy, Holly Marie Combs, Kirsten Dunst, Christine Elise, Krista Errickson, Jennie Garth, Melissa Gilbert, Anthony Michael Hall, Melissa Joan Hart, Teri Hatcher, Katherine Heigl, Natasha Henstridge, Eva La Rue, Lassie, Lucy Lawless, Ricky Martin, Paul Newman, Barbara Niven, John O’Hurley, Kevin Sorbo, Sam Sorbo, Shannon Sturges, Alison Sweeney, Lea Thompson, Susan Walters, Patrick Warburton
Tourette Syndrome Association
42-40 Bell Blvd.
Bayside, NY 11361
Contact: Traci Colletti-Flynn
Phone: (718) 224-2999, (718) 279-9596, 1-888-4-TOURET
Fax: (718) 279-9596
Website: www.tsa-usa.org
E-mail: ts@tsa-usa.org
Description: Provides education, research and service to all individuals and families affected by Tourette Syndrome.
Select supporters: Dash Mihok, James Marsden
True Colors Fund
890 West End Avenue, Suite 1A
New York, NY 10025
Contact: Gregory Lewis, Executive Director: (917) 855-2533
Phone: (212) 877-9631
Fax: (212) 877-9735
Website: http://www.TRUECOLORSFUND.org
E-mail: gregoryhslewis@mac.com
Description: Seeks to strengthen the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and allied support of volunteering and philanthropy.
Select supporters: Lisa Barbaris, Cyndi Lauper, Jonny Podell
Union Rescue Mission
545 S. San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
Contact: Liz Mooradian, Director of Public Relations
Phone: (213) 347-6300
Fax: (213) 612-0260
Website: www.urm.org
E-mail: lmooradian@urm.org
Description: Provides services including food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, recovery programs, transitional housing, education, counseling, legal assistance, and job training to the homeless of Los Angeles.
Select supporters: Marcus Allen, cast of “General Hospital,” Ernie Hudson, Rafer Johnson, Casey Kasem, Angela Lansbury, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miguel Nunez, William Shatner, Lyman Stewart, Jerry West
United Friends of the Children
1055 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 1955
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Contact: Jill Freeman
Phone: (213) 580-1850
Fax: (213) 580-1820
Website: www.unitedfriends.org
E-mail: info@unitedfriends.org
Description: Supports foster youth through housing, career planning, education, and other programs and events for foster families.
Select supporters: Nancy Daly
University Kidney Research Organization
2049 Century Park East, Suite 3180
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Contact: Kenneth Kleinberg
Phone: (310) 286-3480
Fax: (310) 277-7145
Website: www.universitykidneyresearch.org
E-mail: shaller@universitykidneyresearch.org
Description: Raises funds to accelerate kidney research.
Select supporters: Deana Carter, Natalie Cole, Russell Frackman, Camila Koenig/The Eric and Della Koenig Foundation, Robert Lange, OneLegacy, Gigi Pritzker/Odd Lot Entertainment, The Robert and Claire Pasarow Foundation, Stephanie Rosenberg
USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
c/o Leavey Library 650 W. 35th St., Suite 114
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Contact: Jemal Young (213) 740-6723; jemalluy@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-6001
Fax: (213) 740-6044
Website: www.usc.edu/vhi
Description: Videotapes and archives testimonies from Holocaust survivors and witnesses and uses the materials in the classroom.
Select support: Steven Spielberg, Founder and Honorary Chair
Valley Community Clinic
6801 Coldwater Canyon Ave.
North Hollywood, CA 91605
Contact: Regina Zeinali, Corporate & Media Relations, (818) 763-1718 x 233; rzeinali@valleyclinic.org
Phone: (818) 763-7231
Fax: (819) 763-7231
Website: www.valleycommunityclinic.org
E-mail: rzeinali@valleyclinic.org
Description: Provides high-quality, culturally sensitive medical care for the uninsured.
Select supporters: S. Mark Taper Foundation
Needs description and supporters
Variety — The Children’s Charity of the United States
5757 Wilshire Blvd.Suite 445
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Contact: Ana LaDou, National Director
Phone: (323) 954-0820
Fax: (323) 954-8630
Website: www.usvariety.org
E-mail: info@usvariety.org
Description: Provides assistance to children with mobility concerns.
Select supporters: Clothes Off Our Back Foundation
We Care About Kids
2400 Whitman Place
Hollywood, CA 90068
Contact: Allan Rich, David Rickett, AllanRich@SBCglobal.net
Phone: (323) 465-4007
Fax: (323) 461-2765
Website: www.wecareaboutkids.org
E-mail: david@wecareaboutkids.org
Description: By creating live action films, strives to increase the awareness of the social, ethical, and financial problems faced by children, including homelessness and abuse.
Select supporters: Peter Antico, Armand Hammer Foundation, Columbus Jewish Film Festival, Film Advisory Board, Kids ‘R’ Us, Monty Hall Family Foundation, Office of Smoking and Health, Allan Rich, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, Screen Actors Guild
weSPARK Cancer Support Center
13520 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
Contact: Alexandra Schoch – Office Manager
Phone: (818) 906-3022
Fax: (818) 906-3021
Website: www.wespark.org
E-mail: info@wespark.org
Description: Dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of cancer patients and their families and friends through interaction with other patients.
Select support: Kate Caphsaw, Tom Hanks, David Kohan, Max Mutchnick, Wendie Jo Sperber, Steven Spielberg, Rita Wilson, Robert Zemeckis,
Westside Children’s Center
12120 Wagner St.
Culver City, CA 90230
Contact: Linda Thieben
Phone: (310) 390-0551
Fax: (310) 390-1067
Website: www.westsidechildrens.org
E-mail: lindat@westsidechildrens.org
Description: Serves abused, neglected and at-risk children and their families, providing childcare, foster care and adoption services, family preservation services, parenting guidance, and early identification of children with special needs.
Select supporters: J.J.Abrams, Ed Asner, Kate Capshaw and Stephen Spielberg, Lauren and Richard Donner, Victoria Foyt, Lezlie Johnson, Christine Lahti, Evangeline Lilly, Barry Levinson, Katie McGrath, Rob & Michele Reiner, Tom Wertheimer
Wildlife Waystation
14831 Little Tujunga Canyon Rd.
Angeles National Forest, CA 91342
Contact: Jerry Brown, Public Relations: (323) 851-2954
Phone: (818) 899-5201
Fax: (818) 890-1107
Website: www.wildlifewaystation.org
E-mail: info@wildlifewaystation.org
Description: Rescues an estimated 5,000 native California animals and birds each year, as well as saves, feeds and houses wild and exotic animals and educates the public on how best to coexist with them.
Select supporters: Sean Astin, Drew Barrymore, Nina Blackwood, Dylan Cannon, Martine Colette, Robert Fuller, Bernie Kopell, Stefanie Powers, Jennifer Savidge, Nicolette Sheridan, Betty White, Jo Anne Worley
Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation
10045 Riverside Dr., 3rd Floor
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Contact: Mary Shearin: (818) 755-2330; mary@wrinstitute.org
Phone: (888) 994-3863; (818) 755-2300
Fax: (818) 508-9816
Website: www.wrpioneers.org
E-mail: info@wrinstitute.org
Description: Provides financial assistance to eligible members of the theatrical industry (exhibition, distribution and production). Funds pulmonary research and provides free health booklets.
Select supporters: Edward A. Albee, Gustav Eyssell, John Harris, Abe Montague, R.J. O’Donnell
Women at Risk
5183 Overland Ave. Suite B
Culver City, CA 90230
Contact: Carmen Johnson
Phone: (310) 204-1046
Fax: (310) 204-1048
Website: www.womenatrisk.org
E-mail: connect@womenatrisk.org
Description: Provides a safe and confidential environment for HIV-positive women to share experiences and receive support.
Select supporters: Ann Copeland, Linda Luschei
Women in Film and Video Vancouver
411 Dunsmuir Street, Suite 462
Vancouver, BC B 1X4 Canada
Phone: (604) 685-1152
Fax: (604) 685-1124
Website: www.womeninfilm.ca
E-mail: info@womeninfilm.ca
Description: Committed to advancing & celebrating women in screen-based media.
Select supporters: British Columbia Film, Post Modern Sound, Reel West Prods., Telefilm Canada
Women in Show Business for Children
P.O. Box 17840
Encino, CA 91416
Contact: Scherr Lillico, (818) 994-4661
Phone: (818) 994-4661
Fax: (818) 994-6181
E-mail: info@theproperimageevents.com
Description: Dedicated to raising funds for reconstructive and restorative surgery plus associated equipment for financially needy children.
Select supporters: Beverly Garland, Tom Hatten, Lee Meriwether, Jaclyn Smith, Michael J. Solomon, Fred Travalena
World Research Foundation
15309 Via Donte
Marina Del Rey, CA 90202
Contact: LaVerne Boeckmann lavernewrf@ca.rr.com
Phone: (310) 827-0070
Fax: (310) 827-1010
Website: www.wrf.org
E-mail: laverne@wrf.org
Description: Acts as a repository for all health information, including various health therapies and techniques , from ancient times to the present, which have been overlooked, unavailable, or in limited use in the United States. The information is collected and dispersed in an unbiased, neutral and independent manner.
Select supporters: LaVerne Boeckmann & Steve Ross, Joe Bologna, Nicholas Eliopoulas, Fetzer Foundation, Galpin Motors, Sharon Gless, Collin Higgins, KABC, Let’s Talk Magazine, Susan Strasberg, Renee Taylor, Valley Magazine
Writers Guild Foundation
7000 W. Third St., 1st Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Contact: Angela Wales Kirgo
Phone: (323) 782-4692
Fax: (323) 782-4695
Website: www.wgfoundation.org
E-mail: ahuss@wga.org
Description: Plans events and outreach programs and maintains a library and archive in order to educate and inspire writers.
Select supporters: Mel Shavelson and other WGA members, James R. Webb
Young Musicians Foundation
195 S. Beverly Dr. Suite 414
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Contact: Edith Rugolo, (310) 859-7668
Phone: (310) 859-7668
Fax: (310) 859-1365
Website: www.ymf.org
E-mail: info@ymf.org
Description: Preserves classical music heritage by providing performance opportunities, financial assistance and community outreach program for the artistic development of youth from all socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds.
Select supporters: California Arts Council, David Geffen Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., Sylvia Kunin, L.A. County Arts Commission, Nestle USA, Toyota, United Artists, Weingart Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation, Yamaha Corporation of America
Young Storytellers Foundation
143 N. Larchmont Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90004
Contact: Bill Thompson, Operations Director, x102
Phone: (323) 962-4500
Fax: (323) 843-9842
Website: www.youngstorytellers.com
E-mail: bill@youngstorytellers.com
Description: Offers an arts education and youth development program to targeted elementary schools in Los Angeles where students are at-risk and have little or no access to the arts. Twice a year at more than 30 schools, the program pairs 10 students from 4th or 5th grade with 10 mentors from the entertainment industry.
Select supporters: Jennifer Aniston, Hank Azaria, Rachel Bilson, Adam Brody, Sophia Bush, Melinda Clarke, Kristen Combs, Tate Donovan, Tiffany Dupont, Kat Foster, Perl Gilpin, Jennnifer Grant, Judy Greer, Melissa Joan Hart
Dustin Hoffman, Anthony LaPaglia, Joy Lauren, Zach Levi, Matthew Lillard, William Mapother, Ben McKenzie, Mitchell Musto, Jerry O’Connel, Cheri Oteri, Matthew Perry, Emily Procter, Josh Radnor, Tara Reid, Jason Ritter, Olesya Rulin, Fred Savage, Raven Simone, Todd Stashwick, Nadine Velazquez, Kelli Williams
