Are you a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles looking for capacity-building support? The list below includes local resources that may provide low-cost or pro-bono services.
Annenberg Alchemy
Free capacity building and leadership development program designed to assist small to midsize Los Angeles-based nonprofit organizations and their leaders.
LACI at USC
LACI strives to provide pro-bono consulting services every semester to socially-minded organizations in the greater LA area. Through personal and professional development, our teams of 5-6 members strive to enhance our clients’ ability to create sustainable, tangible impact on target communities.
Taproot
Taproot Foundation, a national nonprofit, connects nonprofits and social change organizations with passionate, business professionals who share their expertise pro bono. Taproot is creating a world where organizations dedicated to social change have full access—through pro bono service—to the marketing, strategy, HR, and IT resources they need to be most effective.
Neighborhood Data for Social Change
The Neighborhood Data for Social Change (NDSC) platform is a free, publicly available online resource for civic actors in Los Angeles County to access reliable, aggregated data at the census tract level across ten different policy domains, including: health, environment, housing and real estate, transportation, food insecurity, social connectedness, demographics, education, employment and income, and public safety.
USC Capstone Project
Capstone projects are 15-week consulting projects completed by teams of 4-5 students near the completion of their graduate coursework. Under the instructor’s supervision, student teams work with clients to provide no-cost consulting services that answer specific questions or research issues. Final reports are shared with clients and presented via a briefing.
Please contact Dr. Nicole Esparza (neesparz@usc.edu) if you are interested.
180 Degrees Consulting
180 Degrees Consulting is the USC branch of the world’s largest student non-profit consultancy. Every semester, 180DC provides pro-bono consulting to 4-5 Los Angeles-based non-profits. Projects range from operational data analysis, social media and marketing assistance, event planning, and advising new programmatic initiatives.