Liberty Hill’s Impact

As L.A.’s Leader of Social Justice Philanthropy, we wield our collective power and mobilize our resources in support of grassroots organizers working in low-income communities of color to build their power to win lasting change.

To do this, we have put a stake in the ground around three wildly ambitious goals, and we will not rest until we win.

• Our Agenda for a Just Future
  • End Youth Incarceration As We Know It.
  • Fight for a Roof Over Every Head.
  • Eliminate Toxic Neighborhood Oil Drilling.

• Secured policies leading to the expansion of youth development and alternatives to youth incarceration in LA County.
• Secured $20 million allocation dedicated to prioritizing youth development within the Care First Community Investment Spending Plan.
• Awarded approximately $300,000 in grants to 16 Ready to Rise youth development organizations for capacity-building work.
• Launched Liberation Fund to end the incarceration of girls and gender-expansive youth in Los Angeles County. Provided grants, convening, relationship-building and fund development support to 10 power-building organizations.
• Contributed $100K to fully fund the successful Measure J litigation strategy, resulting in the ballot measure being ruled constitutional.

• Won United to House L.A. ballot measure to provide more than $600M per year for tenant protections, affordable housing development, etc.
• Distributed $2.4M public dollars to Stay Housed L.A. partners.
• Reached more than 1.4 million tenants through Stay Housed LA public information campaign via phone banking, texting and door knocking.
• Hosted 1,095 free workshops on tenant rights, rent stabilization ordinances, rental assistance, and other tenant protections in partnership with Legal Services Provider partners.
• Supported 14 cities to advance tenant protections in incorporated cities throughout LA County.
• Secured tenant protection wins in eight cities including Maywood, Long Beach, Cudahy, Pomona, Burbank, Claremont, Pasadena, and South Pasadena.
• Facilitated and supported the coalition working to secure L.A.’s first Right to Legal Counsel for both LA City and County.

• Won policies in LA County and LA City to end neighborhood oil drilling.
• Published The Power of Persistence Report, authored by community leaders, organizers, researchers, and attorneys involved in the ongoing fight to end toxic oil drilling.
• Hosted EJ Ready Convening with the White House Council on Environmental Quality, positioning L.A. nonprofits and CBOs for funding that will provide disinvested, frontline EJ communities with multi-benefit, equitable projects.
• Participated in the first Just Transition Task Force in the country devoted to planning for a transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy.
• Leading grantmaking and capacity building for statewide Environmental Leadership Initiative – $11M over five years from two foundations, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and the David & Lucile Packard Foundation, for 60 diverse EJ movement leaders.

• As part of a comprehensive equity assessment of County Public Works, designed and distributed a survey resulting in 2,094 LA County respondents and carried out 50 educational events reaching 4,000 individuals across all supervisory districts.
• Supported the formation of 100 worker-led Public Health Councils that build collective power in 13 high-risk industry sectors, reaching 27,000 workers and 1,600 employers.

• In partnership with Bold Vision, launched a countywide effort to distribute $10M to support organizations working to improve youth outcomes.
• Partnered with the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation to award $100,000 in grants to youth development organizations focused on improving outcomes for boys and men of color.
• Collaborated with the Los Angeles Chargers to introduce a new fellowship program designed to inspire BIPOC young adults to pursue careers in the sports and entertainment industries.

• Received 1,041 unique gifts from individuals in FY23.
• Raised more than $2.5M in individual contributions.
• Launched new Donor Advised Fund (DAF) portal to better manage funds.
• In 2023 DAFs made 688 grants totaling $8.97M.
• DAFs contributed over $825k to Liberty Hill in FY23.
• 70% of DAF grants go to social justice organizations.

• Distributed 221 program grants totaling $7.46M.
• Distributed $1.8M to organizations supporting Public Health Councils that organize non-unionized workers in lower-paying, less-protected jobs in LA County.
• Distributed $1.1M in flexible foundation grants to community-based organizations supporting housing related organizing in L.A.

• Trained 36 individuals across 26 Rising Activist organizations through Rising Activist programming.
• Secured a 5-year, $11M commitment from William + Flora Hewlett Foundation and The David & Lucile Packard Foundation for Environmental Leadership Initiative.
• Through ELI initiative, LHF to train 62 diverse leaders to serve as movement builders in EJ, climate change and environmental justice organizations throughout the state.