5 Long Beach Nonprofits To Support This Holiday Season

LONG BEACH, CA — If you’re like many of your Long Beach neighbors, you may spend a good part of the holiday season with your credit card in hand buying gifts for family and friends. Coming up soon is a chance to give back to the local community.

Giving Tuesday, which in 2024 falls on Dec. 3, is a day dedicated to supporting nonprofit and community groups. Since 2012, nonprofits worldwide have used the Tuesday after Thanksgiving to galvanize fundraising, rally volunteers and add momentum to their causes.

Maintaining funding is a constant challenge for many nonprofits that fill gaps and meet other needs in the Long Beach area.

Here are five local nonprofits to consider getting behind on Giving Tuesday:

Conservation Corps of Long Beach

The Conservation Corps of Long Beach handles projects ranging from recycling to construction. In Long Beach, the Conservation Corps builds and maintains local parks, works at an urban lumberyard and protects local waterways. For more information and to donate, visit the nonprofit's website.

Long Beach Rescue Mission

The Long Beach Rescue Mission helps homeless people in the city by providing meals, shelter, education and case management. The nonprofit does outreach in the community to connect with unhoused people and offer lifesaving supplies and care. For more information and to donate, visit the nonprofit's website.

Family Promise of the South Bay

Family Promise of the South Bay takes a community-based approach to solving homelessness by engaging the local community and faith-based organizations. The nonprofit focuses on helping unhoused families by offering resources, support and training. For more information and to donate,visit the nonprofit's website.

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank

One in four people in Los Angeles County experiences food insecurity, and the organization says it aims to help by distributing food to 900,000 people monthly through a network of some 600 partner agencies. For more information and to donate, visit the nonprofit's website.

Hope The Mission

Hope the Mission launched the county’s first Tiny Home Village in Los Angeles in the North Hollywood three years ago and has since opened several more across the county. The nonprofit also operates the Hope of the Valley Thrift Store, which raises money to feed, clothe and shelter people in need. For more information and to donate,visit the nonprofit's website.