Project Angel Food
Project Angel Food
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| Motto | For life, for love, for as long as it takes... |
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| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Marianne Williamson |
| Type | Feeding the Sick |
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| Focus | AIDS, Diseases |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 34°05′16″N 118°19′35″W / 34.087762°N 118.326336°W |
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Area served
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Los Angeles |
| Products | Meals, Catering, Cookies |
| Services | Nourish the Sick |
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Key people
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Founder Marianne Williamson Executive Director Richard Ayoub Chairman of the Board Bobby Ralston Former Executive Director John Giles |
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Revenue
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$3,777,846 |
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Employees
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55 |
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Volunteers
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3,000 |
| Website | angelfood |
Project Angel Food is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Los Angeles County which provides free meals for men and women too sick to shop and cook for themselves. Project Angel Food serves the majority of Los Angeles County with South Los Angeles and Metro Los Angeles being the two largest service areas for the organization. Latinos (39%), African Americans (29%), and Caucasians (21%) make up 89% of their clientele.
1989-1990
The Project Angel Food Program was founded by Marianne Williamson as an outreach program of the Los Angeles Center for Living, which helps people with life-threatening illnesses. The Center for Living provides numerous programs, such as The Clean Team, Project Nightlight and Hospice Care. The Center for Living also prepares lunch for drop-in clients and delivers meals to homebound clients. Louise Hay, Marianne Williamson and David Kessler held the first fundraiser for Project Angel Food and raised $11,000.
During the year of 1990, The Project Angel Food Program moved into the kitchen of the Crescent Heights United Methodist Church. The first "Angel Art," chaired by Berry and Tony Perkins, raised over $540,000. The Center for Living subsequently opened offices on Robertson Boulevard. Due to the needs of the HIV community, the demand for the Project Angel Food Program grows. Project Angel Food has two full-time staff.
1991-1999
With the dramatic increase in HIV/AIDS cases in Los Angeles, the Project Angel Food Program directed its mission to focus on the community affected by the disease. In 1991, the first “Divine Design” was held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. Divine Design featured over 50 designer showrooms and a fantasy auction, with experiences featuring a swimming pool painted by David Hockney, a birthday party held at Neverland Ranch and a lunch with Barbara Bush at the White House. The event raised over $1,300,000.
As the demand for meals grew, The Center for Living formally changed its name to Project Angel Food and moved its offices to an old production office on Sunset Boulevard. In 1992, Elizabeth Taylor’s AIDS Foundation gave Project Angel Food its first ever grant of $150,000, and Project Angel Food obtained its first ever government grant a year later. By 1994, over 100 individuals called for meal services each month and Project Angel Food moved into a new kitchen, funded by donations by Barry Diller, David Geffen, Barbra Streisand and Ron Burkle. Burkle agreed to underwrite rent costs on behalf of the Ralphs/Food-4-Less Foundation.
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