Community Impact
Stories about nonprofits, local businesses and people making a meaningful impact in their communities.
Long Beach Museum of Art: A Bluff-Top Museum and Its Education Programs
The Long Beach Museum of Art, founded in 1950, holds a permanent collection on a bluff above Long Beach Harbor and offers…
Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center: Arts Programs in Santa Ana
The Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center, founded in 2000, offers after-school arts, therapeutic arts and early childhood programs for families in…
Ultimate Free Arts and Education Programs for LA Youth
Heart of Los Angeles, founded in 1989, offers free arts, music, athletics and academic programs to more than 2,300 young people in…
Musical Theatre West: A Long Beach Musical Theatre Company With a Youth Program
Musical Theatre West is the Long Beach nonprofit that produces musicals at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center and runs student matinees, school…
Long Beach Opera: New and Rarely Performed Works Since 1979
Long Beach Opera is the nonprofit company founded in 1979 that stages new and rarely performed operas at sites across Southern California…
Muckenthaler Cultural Center: Classes, a Gallery and Outreach in Fullerton
The Muckenthaler Cultural Center Foundation runs a historic Fullerton arts center with a gallery, classes, a resident theatre company and outreach programs…
South Coast Repertory: Professional Theatre and a New Play Lab in Costa Mesa
South Coast Repertory is the Costa Mesa nonprofit theatre founded in 1964, known for new play development, a conservatory for students and…
Silverlake Conservatory of Music: 25 Years and a Benefit at the Hollywood Palladium
Silverlake Conservatory of Music turns 25 with a public benefit at the Hollywood Palladium on Oct. 17. A look at the Los…
Segerstrom Center for the Arts: Costa Mesa’s Performing Arts Nonprofit
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is the Costa Mesa nonprofit behind Segerstrom Hall, the Concert Hall and Samueli Theater, plus education programs…
Local Coverage: An Essential Public Good for All
Local coverage is not content. It is infrastructure, and the evidence on what happens when it disappears is clearer than most people…