preparing Los Angeles students for success in college, career, and life.
To improve academic achievement as well as college and career access and success for students in the Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy, SLATE-Z and beyond
Students are successful in college, career and life by reducing education inequities and opportunity gaps.
At the LA Promise Fund, we believe that education remains one of the most powerful tools to break century-old cycles of oppression, violence and poverty for students, their families, and communities. We believe education can chisel away at racism by teaching diverse histories and perspectives and by disrupting a predominately white male perspective that has excluded and actively erased the voices and contributions of people of color. Institutionalized racism and systemic injustice pervade many aspects of society today, especially for our African American students and families. We are committed to eradicating racism within our organization, raising our voice against racism, and uplifting our South LA community and beyond.
Click Here to Learn How We Have Put This Into Action
Board Co-Chair
Salem Partners
Board Co-Chair
Amazon Web Services
Mayer Brown LLP
Russell Westbrook Enterprises
Univision, Retired
Entrepreneur in Residence
Education Leaders of Color
Mayor of Los Angeles
Honorary Board Member
Verizon
Hallett Leadership
Lucasfilm
Mann Legal Team
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Amgen, Retired
Goldman Sachs
Microsoft
Ares Management
Wild Card Creative Group
Public Allies
CEO/President
Chief Advancement Officer
Chief Strategic Officer
Chief Academic Officer
Chief Program Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Director of Career Pathway Connections
School Business Operations Manager
Russell Westbrook Why Not? Middle School
Associate Director of School Improvement
Community Representative
Office Manager / Executive Assistant
Director of Information Technology
ABE Lab Technician / Site Coordinator,
Orange County Distribution Center
Director of Family & Community Outreach
Technology Manager
Associate Director of Parent Engagement
Black College Success Initiative Academic Advisor
People & Operations Manager
Operations Manager
School Business Operations Manager,
Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy High School
ABE Lab Technician / Site Coordinator,
California State University, Channel Island Distribution Center
Associate Director of Arts Programs
Senior Director of College Success
Principal,
Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy High School
Associate Director of Youth Leadership
Associate Director of Data & Analytics
Associate Director, Career Pathway Connections
Black College Success Initiative Academic Advisor
Associate Director, Career Pathway Connections
Principal,
Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy Middle School
ABE Site Coordinator/Lead Lab Technician, Pierce College Distribution Center
Director of Finance
Director of Communications
ABE Site Coordinator/Lab Technician, Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator Distribution Center
Black College Success Initiative Academic Advisor
Director of Grant Management
Data & Analytics Manager
ABE Site Coordinator/Lab Technician, LA Trade Tech College Distribution Center
The LA Promise Fund would like to thank all of its donors for their generous support and give special recognition to our partners that contributed over $10,000 in the last year. We are especially grateful to Amgen, a longtime sponsor that has made considerable contributions to the organization’s fiscal and organizational health.
20th Century Fox
AEG
The Albertsons Companies Foundation
Amgen Foundation
Annenberg Foundation
Marina Berti & Steven Prough
Louise Bryson Family Foundation
California Community Foundation
Chernin Family Foundation
Entertainment Industry Foundation
Food Research Action Committee (FRAC)
Getty Foundation
Guess? Foundation
JMB Realty Corporation
Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall
Kissick Family Foundation
Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family Foundation
Metro
AT&T/DirecTV
California Emerging Technology Fund
The California Endowment
Kate Capshaw & Steven Spielberg
Cheryl Saban Self-Worth Foundation
County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Flora Family Foundation
Mellody Hobson & George Lucas
Goldman Sachs Gives
Ghada & Ray Irani Family Foundation
Joseph Drown Foundation
Kevin Sharer
NoVo Foundation
SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union
Ares Operations
Boeing Company
Citi Bank
Disney
Dwight Stuart Youth Fund
The Green Foundation
Susan & Robert Kozlowski of L.I.F.T. Foundation
Lazara
Jill & Brian McNamee
Microsoft
The Moriah Fund
Ralph’s
Ressler/Gertz Family Foundation
United Way
Wells Fargo
Bain & Co.
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Frank Baxter
Allison & Bennett Rosenthal
Giancarla Berti
Bloom Hergott
Boston Consulting Group
CAA Foundation
Americo Cascella TTEE
City National Bank
Eos Foundation
Dean Hallett
Hauptman Family Foundation
Home Box Office (HBO)
Maria Hummer-Tuttle
JP Morgan Chase
Kaiser Permanente
Meredith & David Kaplan
Martha & Bruce Karsh Family Foundation
Latham & Watkins
Los Angeles Clippers Foundation
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Lionsgate
Morgan Stanley
NBC Universal
Pacific Gas & Electric
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Robert Day Foundation
David Sachs
Samsung
Schultz Family Foundation
Southern California Gas (SoCal Gas)
Alison Temple
Uber
Univision
Vanguard Group
Verizon
William Morris Endeavor (WME)
Mark Zucker
SoCal Edison