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The Outstanding Youth Awards Initiative empowers and motivates kids for greatness with an annual awards ceremony highlighting children's educational and civic accomplishments, offering literacy and empowerment workshops open to youth in the community. With your continued giving, our nonprofit programming offers access to group community service initiatives and free tickets to cultural activities for youth from ages 5 to 21. We appreciate your desire to give back to youth as we continue to pour into the community so that our children and teens can thrive.

The mission of Communities In Schools of Los Angeles (CISLA) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.Since 2007, CISLA has worked to fulfill a vision that students in Los Angeles public schools receive the support they need to develop emotional, social and academic skills required to graduate high school ready for meaningful employment and higher education.CISLA is an independent affiliate of Communities In Schools, the nation’s leading dropout prevention organization proven to keep students in school and on the path to graduation.

To inspire and enable all youth, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. Founded in 1949, ABGC provides high-impact, affordable youth development programs and services for youth ages 6-18 in Alameda, CA. Since our inception, we have changed the lives of more than 75,000 children. We are the only youth development organization in Alameda open to youth from all schools and backgrounds, every day and evening after school and during school vacations. We specifically target low-income and at-risk youth to provide them with the opportunities their more privileged peers receive and to prepare them for a great future.

Rescue and finding homes for homeless dogs

We aim to empower all students in the Compton community by sharing the histories of people of color and introducing art as a form of communication.

Educating Playfully supports children's programs that foster social emotional learning through a variety of engaging and playful activities such as theatre, sports, music, and more. Our goal is to help children develop crucial life skills, enabling them to handle social situations maturely, express emotions effectively, and build strong, healthy relationships.

Jacob's Heart Children's Cancer Support Services exists to improve the quality of life for children with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses by supporting their families in the challenges they face. We provide family-centered care that addresses the emotional, practical, and financial struggles for families of children and teens during treatment, families experiencing anticipatory grief, and those who are bereaved.We envision a community where every child facing a pediatric cancer diagnosis has a strong, supported and informed family empowered to fully participate in their care. We strive to inspire compassionate action within local communities to create a safety net of support for the unique needs of each child and family.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of South County is dedicated to providing a safe and harmonious environment for youth of all backgrounds and to help them develop qualities needed to become responsible citizens and leaders.

Their mission: We will direct our efforts, resources and energy toward the eradication of sexual exploitation, with an emphasis on the sexual exploitation of children. Whether they're victims of trafficking, forced prostitution, online enticement or child pornography—our mission is to end all sex crimes by targeting the DEMAND side of sexual exploitation. (Demand = Predator)

To effectuate positive change in the lives of youth, particularly those in underserved communities, by providing resources, innovative opportunities, and experiences that will help them succeed in life and become contributing members of their communities.

Operation Kids Foundation is the leader in providing customized philanthropic services for individuals, families and companies. For more than a decade, we have managed the charitable giving process for our clients, helping them make informed giving decisions and achieve greater impact. Our philosophy is that by supporting a researched community of charities serving the most important issues facing kids, we improve the lives of more children while increasing the accountability and effectiveness of charities serving them.

DreamYard is committed to helping transform Bronx schools and communities through the power of innovative, project based arts education. Our schools and students are based in the nation's poorest urban county, with one-third of the Bronx's residents living below the poverty line. In response, DreamYard programs are designed to challenge the cyclical systems of inequality and poverty by empowering youth to discover and develop their best possible selves and to locate meaningful paths and ways to engage with their fellow students, schools, families, and communities. As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard critically impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx youth through safe, positive and creatively challenging programs. DreamYard's team of professional artists partner with classroom teachers and community educators to help students learn how to express, write and perform their own stories. Through year-long programs offered during the school day, after school, on weekends and during the summer, DreamYard supports youth development, enhances life-long learning skills, and promotes creative thinking and expression. DreamYard artists spark an interest in education that often lies latent in our youth. The organization understands that it is imperative to direct a young person's creativity toward positive goals as we strive to develop well-rounded and engaged citizens. Through DreamYard, young people believe that they can have an impact and change their communities and society as a whole. Its projects are catalysts that help teachers and communities propel students and their families into a life-long learning process.