Recent Good News from the Urban Foundation

The Urban Foundation has gone through a few changes over the last couple of years. Good ones!

1. New name! We are now legally the Los Angeles Urban Foundation. And although we don't have a new logo yet, we are a registered 501(c) 3 charitable organization!

2. The Urban Foundation is a fiscal sponsor! We are pleased to have moved Kid City from a program of the Urban Foundation to a project of the Urban Foundation. What does that mean? It means several exciting things, which you can see on the new Kid City Hope Place website. It means,

3. Kid City now has a dedicated Executive Director, Dr. Ghecemy Lopez, AND a dedicated Development Manager, Leidy Vasquez, and that's not all! Kid City has its own Board of Directors! All in all, Kid City has a great team ready to carry on the good work of years past, and ensure that Kid City will be around for a long time to come.

4. As a "Model A" or "comprehensive" fiscal sponsee, Kid City will continue to be fully integrated with the Urban Foundation. Kid City Executive Director and the Kid City Board is tasked with programs and fundraising, while the Urban Foundation provides fiscal and legal oversight as well as consultation, guidance, and administrative infrastructure. The Urban Foundation, with its 43 year history of supporting faith- and community-based orgs doing important work for families and youth in Los Angeles, considers this a logical and important next step in the evolution of Kid City!

New phone number! Please call the Urban Foundation at 213-536-5365