Community Service Guide

While Los Angeles may be a sprawling metropolitan area that covers a multitude of miles and various cities, the element that helps to keep the African American community cohesive is its many nonprofit organizations.  These not-for-profit organizations, made up of community groups, businesses, and fraternal groups, focus on uplifting the community and providing vital services which contribute to its health and economic stability. 

Nonprofits bring something else to the community — an opportunity to boost your personal and professional skills. Nonprofits can offer a variety of volunteering opportunities for college students, improving their employability, career prospects and soft skills that foster a great work environment.  We encourage college students to use this list to find an organization to partner with, using it as an opportunity to get involved in the community, develop your skills, and further your interests.

Nonprofits like, My Friends House, which feeds the homeless every Wednesday in Downtown Los Angeles and Jenesse Center, a domestic violence intervention and prevention organization that has been serving the community since 1980, provide critical services that support Los Angeles residents. Without these organizations, many of our residents wouldn’t survive.

BlackNLA encourages everyone that can, to donate and volunteer, doing your part to help the community. And since helping others is the best use of our time, we’re pleased to have compiled a list of these organizations so you can easily access their services, see first hand how they help the community and decide how you want to get involved through volunteerism. If you are a nonprofit organization, or know of one, that would like to be featured on our page, please email us at info@blacknla.com.

For a listing of other community service organizations click here.