Building Foundation, Corporate & Government Partnerships

LA Dodgers Foundation Partnership

As a powerful ally of our work over the years, the Dodgers Foundation has been unwavering in its commitment to our shared vision of social justice, equity, and community empowerment. Not only have they provided important financial support to help fund our mission, but they have also used their powerful voice to amplify important issues such as our youth development work in LA County. The foundation dedicated the proceeds from their Black Heritage Night at Dodger Stadium raffle to Liberty Hill.

The funds raised will go to support the California Funders for Boys and Men of Color (CFBMoC)—a statewide initiative to remove systemic barriers and create pathways to enable boys and men of color to achieve their best. Champions on and off the field!

New Statewide Environmental Leadership Initiative

In 2024, we announced the inaugural cohort of our new Environmental Leadership Initiative (ELI)—a groundbreaking fellowship program that invests in the development, empowerment and growth of emerging leaders dedicated to advancing environmental justice in communities across the state. Twenty-two leaders from Black, Indiginous and People of Color (BIPOC), immigrant, Native Californian and tribal nation communities, were selected from a pool of nearly 120 applicants.

Together, participants deepen their understanding of environmental justice principles, engage in collective movement-building work, and develop the skills necessary to create lasting impact in their local communities.

This program is hosted by Liberty Hill Foundation, through the generous support and investment from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

Foundation/Institutional Partnership Highlights

• Erol Foundation doubled its support for STANDLA, helping this coalition fight off formidable opposition to neighborhood oil drilling bans.
• Meadow Fund and Satterberg Foundation continue to build power in LA by providing consistent, flexible support that allows Liberty Hill to remain a stable and steadfast supporter of movement building across the region.
• L.A. Care Health Plan bolstered the impact of the Stay Housed LA county contract by filling in funding gaps to ensure the program is fully funded.
• The Heising-Simons Foundation and the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation renewed grants to fortify a countywide transformative alternative to youth incarceration, centering youth voices.

FY 24 Government & Other Contracts

• City of Long Beach (Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles)
• City of Los Angeles (Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles)
• County of Los Angeles (Executive Office Board of Supervisors)
• County of Los Angeles (Dept. of Public Health, Public Health Councils)
• County of Los Angeles (Department of Public Health, Silicosis Prevention)
• County of Los Angeles (Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles)

EJ Ready Partners with White House EJ Council on Bus Tour

As part of our EJ Ready initiative to leverage funds from the federal government and ensure communities that have been overburdened by pollution and historic underinvestment benefit from EJ-related funding locally, Liberty Hill and the Resource Legacy Fund hosted its inaugural EJ Ready Bus Tour. The tour centered community voices and highlighted the work being led by frontline environmental justice communities. Guests included the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the White House Environmental Justice Inter-Agency Council who participated in facilitated conversations among public agencies charged with the disbursement of these resources and community partners seeking to increase overall support to access and mobilize public infrastructure resources.