Top Los Angeles, CA Social Impact Companies (71)
InStride helps companies retain, upskill, and fill critical roles through education programs designed to evolve with the pace of change.
GoodRx is America’s healthcare marketplace. Each month, millions of people visit goodrx.com to find reliable health information and discounts for their healthcare — and we’ve helped people save $35 billion since 2011. We provide prescription discounts that are accepted at more than 70,000 pharmacies in the U.S., as well as telehealth services including doctor visits and lab tests. Our goal is to help Americans find convenient and affordable healthcare. We offer solutions for consumers, employers, health plans, and anyone else who shares our desire to provide affordable prescriptions to all Americans. We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of the best and brightest from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that true innovation happens when everyone has a seat at the table and the tools, resources, and opportunities to excel. Come join and help us create the future of healthcare.
Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone. We're an online grocery store that delivers the highest-quality organic and sustainable products at member-exclusive low prices. What's more, every paid annual membership sponsors a free one-year membership for a family in financial need. Every day, we leverage innovative technology and member-first thinking to help our more than 1.5 million members find healthy products, support brands making an impact, and build a better food future in the process. In 2020, we became a Certified B Corporation, making us the largest grocer in the U.S. to earn this coveted qualification.
At any given time, 16 million Americans are experiencing a crisis that requires urgent help from our legal system or government. The right assistance could transform their lives. But today, most never get it. Atticus makes it easy for any sick or injured person in crisis to get the life-changing aid they deserve. In just three years, we’ve become the leading platform connecting people with disabilities to government benefits. We also help victims of accidents, misconduct, and violence get compensation from insurance. So far, we’ve gotten thousands of people access to over $2B in life-changing aid, and we’re just getting started. We've helped more than 20,000 people in need (see our 6,000+ five-star reviews) and raised more than $50 million from top VC firms like Forerunner, GV (Google Ventures), and True Ventures. (We just closed our Series B round in May 2023, so we're well-funded for the foreseeable future.)
Founded in 2005, Blueprint is the premier high-stakes test prep provider in the U.S., offering live and self-paced online courses, private tutoring, self-study materials, application consulting services for pre-law, pre-med, and medical school students, and now for aspiring nurse practitioners. We live at the intersection of education and technology. We use cutting-edge technology and powerful data to create personalized and innovative learning experiences. Our team is passionate about education and its ability to improve lives. Our learners hold us to a high standard, and we do the same with each other. We thrive on change, we are relentless about improvement, we practice trust-based vulnerability, and we are committed to a culture of freedom and responsibility. We get a lot done, and we have a lot of fun doing it.
We’re a company with heart. Our technology solves complex transportation challenges where there is a heightened need for safety, equity, and care. Our partnerships with school districts, child welfare agencies and nonprofits ensure equitable educational access for our most vulnerable populations, including youth in foster care, youth experiencing homelessness, and youth with special needs. We understand that the difference between struggle and success can sometimes be as simple as the ability to show up, which is why we’re on a mission to use innovative technology, coupled with operational expertise and new thinking to help kids reach their full potential by providing a safe, dependable way to get them where they are going.
With more than 13.5 million monthly active users in virtually every country in the world, Grindr has grown to become a fundamental part of the LGBTQ+ community since its launch in 2009. The company continues to expand its ecosystem to enable gay, bi, trans, and queer people to connect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015 Grindr for Equality has advanced safety, health, and human rights for millions of Grindr users and the global LGBTQ+ community in partnership with more than 100 community organizations in every region of the world. Grindr is headquartered in West Hollywood, California, with offices in the Bay Area, Chicago, and New York City. The Grindr app is available on the App Store and Google Play.
Sunfish’s mission is to make the parenthood journey easy and affordable to help everyone build the family of their dreams. We are a venture-backed, early stage, fast-growing tech platform at the intersection of data, the evolution of IVF and surrogacy, and financial inclusion.
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Originally founded in 2010 by Sean Penn as J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) to provide long-term support for the people of Haiti and their communities following the devastating 2010 earthquake, CORE unifies local and national government leaders, community-based organizations, other international NGOs, UN agencies, and donors with community members for holistic relief efforts.
We build technology that changes the way the world moves. Our guiding principle is simple: the future of transportation is dynamic, shared public mobility — the kind that reduces carbon emissions across cities, compliments existing transit infrastructure, and provides equitable access to efficient, affordable ways of getting around. For everyone.
In our hyperconnected world, we provide a way to engage with what you’re doing and who you’re doing it with. Founded in 2014, Yondr offers a program to help schools, musical artists, comedians, businesses, and individuals eliminate the distraction and intrusion of smartphones and other personal technology. In schools, Yondr fosters distraction-free learning environments to help students connect meaningfully with one another and improve academic performance. For artists, comedians, and entertainers, Yondr allows audiences to be present and for artistic expression to flourish without unwanted recording and sharing. Our patented products and programs are also used in courthouses, weddings, private events, business conferences, warehouses, and more around the world. Our offices are located in Los Angeles, New York, Minneapolis, London, and Sydney.
Medely is the largest labor Marketplace for short and long term healthcare jobs. An economic empowerment engine, Medely helps healthcare professionals instantly access high paying healthcare jobs with the freedom and flexibility to work when and where they want.
FIGS is dedicated to improving the lives of healthcare professionals by creating innovative, comfortable and functional medical apparel. We are committed to helping this growing, global community of professionals, whom we refer to as Awesome Humans, look, feel and perform at their best - 24/7, 365 days a year. FIGS is the first digitally native, direct-to-consumer company in the industry and has revolutionized the scrubs market. Giving back is ingrained into everything we do. Through our Threads for Threads initiative, we’ve donated hundreds of thousands of scrubs to healthcare providers in need around the world as well as contributed financially to healthcare providers and the organizations that serve them.
As a network of private operating foundations, Michelson Philanthropies creates transformative opportunities, makes positive impact investments, and fosters strategic partnerships supporting vulnerable or underserved communities. Reflecting the passions and interests of Dr. Gary K. Michelson and his wife, Alya Michelson, Michelson Philanthropies catalyzes sustainable, scalable, replicable solutions to a host of challenges facing society.
At Betr we are on a mission to help everyone feel Betr. We’ll do this by providing access to OTC medications through our D2C platform, offering consumers with unique experience in this category. An important part of our mission is our giveback platform in which we will enable those in need to get free access to medications - when we say making everyone feel Betr, we truly mean everyone!
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Three Good is a workplace wellness (SaaS) platform that offers insights and analytics on team mental health and wellbeing. With the rise of anxiety, depression, and loneliness at the workplace, Three Good's vision is to enable businesses to mitigate the problems that lead to employee turnover. An HCM platform as SaaS was designed to ensure employee mental wellbeing through the three most critically overlooked areas of engagement: cause, care, community engagement. The platform delivers proven mental wellness insights and analytics for Human Resources to help their employees thrive while making a lasting impact for good. Say hello to instant feedback on what matters most when it comes to the mental wellbeing of your people. That’s right! You can officially kiss boring survey’s goodbye with daily votes tallied rather than the usual surveys which, as we all know, are cumbersome and often ignored by employees. Benefits include: *Get more personalized insights on mental indicators *Influence critical business decisions *Get social, mental, and emotional indicators delivered privately to HR *Compare how different departments are doing *See what social good projects your people care about *Understand the mood of teams *Boost employee wellbeing *Compare month-over-month mood analytics *Social, mental, and emotional analytics *Reduce employee turnover *Community service project insights *Month-over-month team engagement progress *Individual mental wellbeing indicators
Founded in 2016, HelpGood LLC is a marketing and communications agency that powers lasting social impact for government, nonprofits, and purpose-driven organizations. We help you reach, engage, and activate diverse communities across owned, earned, and paid media. We implement, evaluate, and optimize tactics to achieve your goals and deliver on your mission. We help good happen. HelpGood is a certified B Corp, DOBE, and LGBTBE.
Instil is a new nonprofit platform built to unlock the potential of nonprofits to change the world. Through an intuitive, data-enabled platform, Instil is cultivating deeper, more meaningful community relationships to advance nonprofits’ positive impact on society.
We make eco-friendly products and donate 50% of our profits to provide clean water and help build toilets for the billions of people who lack proper access. So far, we’ve contributed over $11.22 million AUD (roughly $7.5 million USD) to fund sanitation projects around the globe. Basically, we’re really good at doing good. As a certified B Corp™, we work to make a difference every day while maintaining the highest standards of social and environmental impact. With our most recent score of 125.5 we’re in very good company with other exceptional B Corps around the world. Our engagement surveys tell us that our team is really proud (98%) to work here and, well, we couldn’t be more proud of that.
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Aphid leverages next generation technologies to foster a universal era of automation by commodifying AI chatbot services to businesses and consumers. Aphid seeks to disrupt the nine-to-five by developing an accessible platform that integrates automation technology into the palm of your hand, allowing you to earn money without sacrificing time.
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