Incubation Academy
Program Overview
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The JCOD Incubation Academy aims to engage and enroll Los Angeles County grassroots non-profit organizations, especially those with BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, or justice-involved leadership, that have historically been providing services to justice-involved people but have faced challenges obtaining government contracts and funding.
The program seeks to build the capacity of these organizations and equip them with the best practices in non-profit management through 15 weeks of virtual training sessions and a year of support in the form of technical assistance and peer advising.
Target Organizations:
- Non-profit, 501(c)(3) status, and/ or faith-based organization
- Grassroots and small CBOs (less than 50 full-time employees)
- Diverse leadership (Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, formerly incarcerated)
- Priority given to organizations serving the highest need areas CBOs offering a wide range of services and offer geographic diversity
Graduates from Cohorts 1- 5 Have received more than $55 million in Combined Capacity-Building and CFCI Grants.
Incubation Academy Fact Sheet
Learn more about how Incubation Academy works by viewing our Fact Sheet.
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New applicants can apply on a rolling basis for future cohorts. If you’re interested in participating in the Academy, click below to apply. If you have any questions or need assistance completing this application, please email the Incubation Academy Team at IncubationAcademy@jcod.lacounty.gov.
- A New Day Youth & Community Service Center
- After Life Initiative
- Assured Lifestyle Housing
- Better Youth
- Bithiah’s Family Services
- California Mental Health Connection
- Cherished LA
- Community Veteran Justice Project (CVJP)
- DEUCE Community
- Do Good Daniels Family Foundation
- Gems Uncovered Inc.
- Green Thumb AV GRIP ( Gang-Reduction- Intervention-Prevention)
- Growing Outreach Growing Opportunities
- Healing Los Angeles Together Org
- Health Matters Clinic
- Jobs for Humanity
- New Leaf on Life
- On My Grind, Re-entry Services Inc
- Plenitude Independence
- Rescue-A-Life Foundation
- Safety Alliance Group
- Sisters of Action Recovering
- Somos Familia Valle
- SRD Straightening Reins
- The Antelope Valley Community Uplift Foundation (AVCUF)
- The City Lights Gateway Foundation
- 2nd Call
- Ascencia
- Alliance for Community Empowerment (ACE)
- Community Bridge Housing Corp.
- Fear for Breakfast
- Flintridge Center
- Changes the Faces of Homelessness
- Mikayla’s House of Hope
- Fresh Start Sober Living
- The Golden Path
- New Opportunities Organization
- Partnership for Reentry Program (PREP)
- Reclaim-Possibility
- Brothers Again Banging Youth (BABY)
- Defy Ventures
- Housing Advocates USA
- Impact Counseling Group
- Just Us 4 Youth
- Psyches of Color, Inc.
- Youth Incentive Programs Inc.
- Sunrise Community Outreach Center, Inc
- Timelist Group
- NoHo Home Alliance
- Joy Youth Services
- Pathways to Kinship
- Dream Catchers
- Sistah Friends
- Community Reflections
- Vermont Village CDC
- Renaissance South LA Inc
- Haven Neighborhood
- Lyfe
- Los Angeles Metropolitan Churches
- Made New Foundation
- Advancing the Seed
- Doing More than Yesterday
- Free From Hardship
- Asian Americans for Housing and Environmental Justice
- Families Uniting Families
- Resilient Agency
- Ten Toes In
- Therapeutic Play Foundation
- Community Action League
- Open Paths Counseling
- New Reflections
- Brown’s Bridge Housing (FBG Group)
- 1st Home For U
- Fathers and Mothers Who Care
- Homies Unidos
- Kennedy Austin Foundation
- Leimert Food Distribution and Re-entry Collaborative / Huma House
- Paving The Way Foundation
- Pride In Truth
- The house of Inez
- Transformational Living Homes
- Women In Transition Re-Entry Project Inc.
- Mass Liberation
- Centro CHA Inc. (Long Beach Community Hispanic Association)
- Measure of Hearts Foundation
- South Central United
- The Reverence Project
- Uncle Dave’s housing
- Unite a Nation
- Mildrie’s Road Foundation Inc.
- Anchor of Hope International Ministries, Inc.
- Nehemiah Project LA
- Nanas & Pappas Nest LLC
- Olive Support Services
- Project Hope Ca Inc.
- Abundant Blessings
- Whole Systems Learning
- Life Builders Incorporated
- The AMAAD Institute
- Anti-Recidivism Coalition
- Inglewood Wrapping Arms Around The Community
- T.D.D. Supportive Living, Inc.
- Tomorrows Options Todays Shelter Inc.
- Unseen Faces Foundation
- Reclaiming Americas Communities Through Empowerment (RACE)
- Fair Opportunity for Change, Inc.
- Raise A Village La
- Men Taking Over Reforming Society, Inc.
- Turning Point Alcohol And Drug Education Program, Inc
- MMBI / Moving Mountains by Illumination
- The Francisco Homes
- Dream Live Hope Foundation
- Sustainable Futures Project
- Color Us Purple, LLC (Transitional / Interim Housing)
- A Step to Freedom
- A Better You
- Positive Outlook Housing Corp.
- Grace Mercy and Hope