Los Angeles · Established 1997

Bring light to the lives of those in need.

The Hope Foundation is an emergency safety net for Iranian American Jewish families who have fallen on hard times — providing food, shelter, medical and psychological care, counseling and a path back to self sufficiency.

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Bring the community together

1,100

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Number of families we have helped

3000

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Supporters of the foundation

Who We Are

The Hope Foundation is an affiliate organization of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. The Hope Foundation, established in 1997, is dedicated primarily to helping Iranian Jewish immigrants who are ineligible for aid from the United States government or other established charities

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What We Do

We help long-standing Iranian American Jewish residents qualify for government assistance, as well as other charitable assistance. And provide people in need with the opportunity to gain primary skills for self sufficiency.

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How You Can Help

Each member of our community has a responsibility to give to those in need. They cannot survive without your support. To delay the act of giving is to deny the importance of living with hope. Only by standing together can we give Hope to those who have fallen on hard times.

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How we help

  • Volunteers packing boxes of groceries in a community center

    Emergency food & shelter

    Groceries, rent relief and a safe place to sleep for families in crisis.

  • A volunteer counselor listening to an older woman across a small table

    Medical & counseling

    Emergency medical and psychological services, plus primary counseling and referrals.

  • A family gathered around a candlelit dinner table at home

    A path to self sufficiency

    Skills, guidance and support so families can stand on their own again.

In their words

  • “The real heroes are invisible.”

    — Elie Wiesel

  • “Life is an exciting thing, especially when it is lived to help people”

    — Helen Keller

  • “He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.”

    — Talmud

  • “The most valuable gifts to human beings to God is helping his needy children.”

  • “Each one of us is here for a brief stay; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But we know from daily life that we are here for the sake of others.”

    — Albert Einstein

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You can make a difference

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Hope Foundation uses approximately 95% of all collected funds for direct charitable cause. Every board member and volunteer serves without pay.

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