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Get ahead on holiday shopping with the 2025 edition of our LA2050 Social Impact Gift Guide, featuring 90+ products and experiences sourced from local nonprofits, sustainable makers, cultural establishments, and small businesses. There’s something for everyone on your list, at a wide range of price points – and all making a positive impact right here in Los Angeles.

Browse all of this year’s featured gifts, below.

The Library Store, located inside the historic Los Angeles Central Library, offers a curated selection of unique merchandise. The non-profit gift shop supports free programs, resources, and services provided by the Los Angeles Public Library.

The People's Mug from People's Pottery Project 

People’s Pottery Project, a 2021 and 2023 Grants Challenge winner, employs and empowers formerly incarcerated women, trans, and nonbinary individuals through its collective non-profit ceramics business.

Neococo, a 2025 Grants Challenge winner, is a women-led social enterprise founded for the sole purpose of creating jobs for displaced, refugee, and immigrant women resettling in Los Angeles through the art of hand embroidery.

Piece by Piece offers residents of Skid Row and South Los Angeles free mosaic art workshops supporting wellness and quality of life with a path to earned income.

Mexican Pride Assortment from Homeboy Industries

Homeboy Industries, a winner of the 2013, 2022, and 2024 Grants Challenge, provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people.

Two Weeks Unlimited (New Student) from People's Yoga

Owned, operated, and powered by women of color, People's Yoga invests in shifting wellness culture – where movement meets cariño and community meets corazón.

 (3-Book Set, Bilingual) from LA Librería

LA Librería was born in 2012 with the goal of promoting children’s literature in Spanish in all its forms.

American Sign Language Blocks from 826LA Time Travel Mart

A 2013 Grants Challenge winner, 826LA supports Los Angeles students' creative and expository writing skills while also inspiring student-authored works through its storefront, the whimsical Time Travel Mart, and its publishing arm, Barnacle & Barnacle.

Casters Coffee is a social enterprise of Street Company, a Lancaster nonprofit founded by people who have experienced homelessness and 2025 Grants Challenge winner, reinvesting 100 percent of revenue back into hiring, training, and creating lasting jobs for unhoused individuals.

2026 “Unknown Landmarks of LA” Calendar from Craft Contemporary

Located on LA's historic Miracle Mile since 1965, Craft Contemporary reveals the potential of craft to educate, captivate, provoke, and empower.

Unicorn on Skateboard Enamel Pin from CicLAvia

CicLAvia, a 2013 and 2021 Grants Challenge winner, promotes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and health by organizing car-free street events.

Los Angeles Script Rug from Louis LIV Design

Mixed media artist Louis LIV explores language, typography, road signage, cartography, and more, exploring West Coast culture.

Rodeo Tie from Pocket Square Clothing x LA Original

Proceeds from Pocket Square’s Clothing LA Original Collection will directly help families affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

Hedley & Bennett was born in a restaurant kitchen in LA. The aprons are hand-crafted and battle-tested.

Shred Cycle is closing the loop on waste by transforming scrap plastic into circular materials, like RESHRED™ Faux Leather, made from skate wheels!

Altadena Strong” Metal Ornament from Webster’s Pharmacy

Webster's Community Pharmacy has been part of the Altadena landscape since 1926.

Lesley Goren Poppy Notepad from Theodore Payne Foundation

The Theodore Payne Foundation, a 2022 Grants Challenge winner, inspires and educates Southern Californians about the beauty and ecological benefits of native plants.

POT is a community pottery studio for, and by, people of color. It offers fun classes, private parties, memberships, and more.

Prosperity Market, a 2023 Grants Challenge winner, is a mobile, solar-powered farmers market showcasing Black farmers, food producers, and chefs that promotes food access and supporting Black-owned businesses.

A Goldhirsh Foundation investment, Everytable has locations in food deserts, underserved communities with little or no access to nutritious food, and in affluent areas – with the prices that change depending on the store’s neighborhood.

Rareform collects billboard vinyls to be repurposed into original products that inspire daily adventures.

MADE by DWC is the social enterprise arm of the Downtown Women’s Center, the first and only organization in LA focused on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and a winner of the 2014 Grants Challenge.

Headspace x Poketo Mindfulness Cards from Poketo

Founded in 2003, Poketo has carefully curated and created a collection of design-conscious goods meant to cultivate a creative lifestyle.

“City Of Lost Angels T-Shirt” from Lost Angels Career Center

Lost Angels Career Center, a 2020, 2022, and 2024 winner of the Grants Challenge, serves disadvantaged youth, young adults, families, and distressed communities through vocational training, social enterprise, and outreach programs.

Remade Patch Oven Mitt (Multicolor) from Suay Sew Shop

2025 Social Impact Gift Guide – Shop for good!

Join us in celebrating Marion Noble, whose fellowship with LA2050 wraps today!⁠
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Marion first connected with LA2050 as a 2024 Youth Ambassador and youth grantmaking committee participant, even taking the stage to speak during our 2024 Grantee Showcase.⁠
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Then, as the 2025 Goldhirsh Foundation Social Impact and Research Fellow, Marion helped refine and relaunch the LA2050 Youth Ambassador program, supported the LA2050 Grants Challenge, and contributed research across Los Angeles’ social impact landscape. ⁠
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Today, Marion is a first-year Sociology PhD student at USC. Her scholarly interests include race and ethnicity, culture, education, social stratification, and philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. She also serves as a member of the Grants Review Committee for the USC Graduate Student Government.⁠
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Thank you, Marion, for your leadership, heart, and thoughtful partnership throughout this year. We’re so proud of you, and excited to cheer you on in your next chapter!

Thank you, Marion Noble!

LA2050 is partnering with The Music Center (TMC) and the Office of LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger to bring an impact-oriented vendor market to the annual LA County Tree Lighting Ceremony. 

Everything takes place Monday, December 1st, from 5 to 8:00 pm, on Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center, in Downtown LA.

The LA2050 Holiday Impact Market brings the annual 

to life for the first time, allowing Angelenos to shop in-person for gifts that make a positive difference, right here in Los Angeles. The 2025 edition of the gift guide features 90+ products and experiences from local nonprofits, sustainable makers, cultural establishments, and small businesses.

We are delighted to feature the following organizations and their products at the market:

In addition to shopping, guests can enjoy live music, art-making with the Armory Center for the Arts, snow flurries, complimentary hot chocolate, the official tree lighting, and much, much more!

RSVP not required, but we encourage you to 

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Save the Date! LA2050 Joins LA County Tree Lighting Ceremony with LA2050 Holiday Impact Market on Dec. 1st