CITY YEAR LOS ANGELES
City Year Los Angeles is the eighteenth site to join the City Year network. In 2007, we launched with 75 corps members and have quickly grown to meet the needs of the region. Today, our corps consists of 150 young leaders, each of whom will dedicate 1,700 hours of their lives serving as tutors, mentors and role models to the children and communities of Los Angeles.
In 2007, Benjamin Goldhirsh, Director of the Goldhirsh Foundation, and Andrew and Ellen Hauptman, Co-Chairs of the Hauptman Family Foundation, jointly announced a $4 million donation that spearheaded the launch of City Year Los Angeles. The Goldhirsh Foundation funded a challenge grant to start City Year Los Angeles with a $2 million gift in 2006, which was then matched by a $2 million grant from the Hauptman Family Foundation in 2007. Andrew Hauptman serves as the Chair of the Board and works closely with staff and fellow board members Ellen Hauptman and Ben Goldhirsh to ensure the site’s success.
Learn more about the history of City Year.