Liberty Hill’s Impact

Liberty Hill’s strategic vision is rooted in our unwavering commitment to amplifying the voices of those most impacted by injustice. Our work is not just about addressing immediate needs, it’s about fostering lasting change by ensuring that power resides where it truly belongs—in the hands of the people.

“Building the Good” is about more than just fighting back against what we don’t want.

It’s about supporting organizers on the frontlines as they achieve major victories, defend against inevitable backlash, and work toward building the more just future we know is possible.

Our Agenda for a Just Future

Make housing a human right and win a right to legal counsel for tenants facing eviction.

• Distributed $1.5 million in flexible grants to housing justice organizations.
• Passed codified Right to Counsel ordinance for LA County, providing free legal counsel to tenants facing eviction, and supported organizing that led to the passage of the Tenant Anti-Harassment Ordinance in the City of LA.
• Supported advocacy efforts for United to House LA (ULA), leading to $450M in ULA revenue, 11,000 households with rental assistance and 800 new affordable units developed.
• Invested $220k from Liberty Vote! fund in support of “Yes on Measure A” and “No On 36” campaigns.
• Supported tenant protection initiatives in 14 cities with significant victories in Maywood, Long Beach, Cudahy, Pomona, Burbank, Claremont, Pasadena, and South Pasadena.
• Secured $6.6M in public dollars to support Stay Housed LA’s mission of educating tenants about their rights, providing legal services for vulnerable renters, and preventing homelessness, leading to more than 400,000 tenants reached in person or by phone, and more than 424 workshops conducted.

End youth incarceration as we know it and invest in youth leadership.

• Awarded key grants to organizing and advocacy groups that deemed LA County youth jails unsuitable at the state level, sparking national attention and securing a $2M county investment in alternatives to incarceration, paving the way for youth jail closures.
• Provided over $2M in grants to 12 organizations to implement their blueprint for the full decarceration and liberation of girls and gender-expansive youth across L.A. County.
• Secured $20 million from LA County for youth development, coming out of the historic Measure J victory.
• Awarded $400,000 in grants to 20 youth development organizations to build the youth development ecosystem and strengthen the capacity of our partners.
• Expanded Ready to Rise, in partnership with the California Community Foundation, into a $50 million initiative, supporting 100 youth development organizations to benefit over 50,000 young people and drive systems change.

Eliminate neighborhood oil drilling and invest in community solutions to toxic pollution.

• Participated in the country’s only Just Transition Taskforce devoted to planning for a transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy.
• Distributed $420,000 to the 11 STAND-LA organizations to support ongoing organizing to defend the ban and phasing out of neighborhood oil drilling.
• With support of the LHF, STAND-LA successfully fought back against the oil industry’s attempt to overturn the existing ban on oil and gas drilling in LA, protecting years of progress and advocacy efforts.

• Conducted six months of Organizational Infrastructure and Capacity training for 16 EJ Ready member organizations.
• Granted $360,000 to eight organizations to support organizational infrastructure and submission of federal grant proposals.
• Partnered with South Coast AQMD to secure a $500 million US-EPA Climate Pollution Reduction grant and direct $20 million toward community benefit projects.
• With the support of Liberty Hill, EJ Ready member Active San Gabriel Valley (Active SGV) won a US-EPA Community Change grant in the amount of $20 million.
• Selected as a co-lead of the US-EPA Thriving Communities Grant Making (TCGM) program, supporting the administration of $40M in grants throughout Region 9 (AZ, CA, HI, and NV).

• Raised more than $2.5M in individual contributions.
• Received 1,063 unique gifts from individual donors.
• DAFs contributed over $1M to Liberty Hill in FY24.
• DAFs made 591 grants totaling ~$5.8M.
• Raised more than $11M from foundations and corporations.

• Distributed 159 Program Grants totaling $6.83M.
• DAFs made 591 grants totaling $5.76M.
• Provided $400K to 15 organizations through Liberty Vote! Grants to invest in electoral organizing.
• Committed $1.32M over three years for the Environmental Leadership Initiative (ELI).
• Led grantmaking and capacity building for Bold Vision Initiative.
• Disbursed three grants totaling ~ $111K for the Bold Vision Mental Health Campaign.
• Distributed $1.5M in flexible grants to housing and youth justice organizations working to build their capacity and infrastructure.

• Trained 36 Individuals across 27 organizations through our Wally Marks Leadership Institute, focusing on healing justice-centered programming and how to heal organizational culture to support long-term sustainability and wellness.
• Secured a 5-year, $11M commitment from William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The David & Lucile Packard Foundation for Environmental Leadership Initiative (ELI).
• Trained 60 diverse leaders to serve as movement builders in EJ, climate change and environmental justice organizations throughout the state.
• Launched capacity-building support for Youth Ecosystem Strengthening grant program for 20 youth development organizations.