TreePeople, L.A. Nonprofits Receive Bank of America Grants

The Bank of America Charitable Foundation announced $525,000 in grants to 26 nonprofits in Los Angeles addressing critical needs, including the non-profit TreePeople located on Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills.

The grants address needs such as hunger and shelter to longer term solutions that promote financial wellness through access to benefits and resources. 

“We’re working to meet the day-to-day needs of those who live and work in our community,” said Raul Anaya, market president at Bank of America, in a press release. “These grants will help nonprofits continue to address our community’s most pressing needs while helping individuals become more financially stable in the long term.”

Organizations receiving funding are:

• The Midnight Mission
• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
• Shelter Partnership Inc.
• Union Station Homeless Services
• Inland Valley Hope Partners
• AIDS Project Los Angeles Inc.
• LA Gay & Lesbian Center
• Rosemary Children’s Services
• US Vets
• Bet Tzedek
• Project Angel Food
• Baby2Baby
• TreePeople
• Downtown Women’s Center
• YWCA of Greater Los Angeles California
• Engage: The Art of Aging
• Union rescue Mission
• LA Family Housing
• Lift-LA
• OPCC – Ocean Park Community Center
• Central City Neighborhood Partners
• Kheir Center
• Saint John’s Health Center Foundation
• Jewish Family Service Los Angeles
• Proyeto Pastoral at Dolores Mission
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  

This funding is part of the company’s intensified philanthropic focus on three core issues vital to the economic health of communities: housing, jobs, and hunger and represents an important component of Bank of America’s lending, investing and giving activities to help advance local economies.