Non Profit Partnerships

Community Partnerships help us fulfill our mission to lift people out of homelessness

Ascencia works with amazing non-profit partners that help us grow in many ways. Our partners contribute volunteers or in kind support such as hygiene kits and snack packs, collecting food pantry supplies, donating clothing or shelter supplies, Holiday Donation Drives, and more. When two organizations work together to support each other’s missions, they help build stronger communities and reach more people in need. 

BABY2BABY provides children living in poverty, ages 0-12 years old, with diapers, clothing and all the basic necessities that every child deserves. We work with them to provide diapers and supplies to our closet to have on hand for the families that stay in our emergency shelter, and our clients that live in supportive housing. Learn more at https://baby2baby.org/

The Assistance League of Glendale is a dedicated group of women who volunteer through a nonprofit organization helping children and adults in our community. Through seven philanthropic programs, they assist the community with clothing, food, new household goods, scholarships and provide books for area schools. ALG provides household essentials to families leaving homelessness by donating Welcome Home Baskets every time a new client is housed. Laundry baskets are filled with items to help jump start a family in a new home. in 2023, they launched a new program to provide care kits to new clients entering our shelter, including a hygiene kit, blanket, personal hygiene items, a travel cup, flip-flops, and a planner for tracking appointments. Learn more at https://www.assistanceleague.org/glendale/.

Replate is a tech-enabled nonprofit that aims to reduce food waste and food insecurity. Their food rescue platform offers tools for businesses with surplus food to donate meals to nonprofits serving communities who are experiencing food insecurity. Their mission is to reduce food waste and mitigate climate change across the globe. We started working with Replate in 2024 to pipeline leftover food from Dignity Health Memorial Hospital in Glendale to our shelter. This partnership helps keep our fridges stocked so our clients always have food available to eat. Learn more at https://www.replate.org/.

For over 30 years, Shelter Partnership has provided new donated goods to an established network of nearly 300 non-profit agencies serving the homeless in Los Angeles County. Shelter Partnership upcycles products that might end up in landfills and distributes them at no cost to shelters, schools, and agencies serving people experiencing poverty. Repurposing items that are no longer useful to a company gives the product a second life. They’ve donated thousands of pairs of socks to Ascencia’s emergency shelter to provide our clients and our outreach teams with new, clean socks. Learn more at: https://www.shelterpartnership.org/

The Bridging Tech Charitable Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity aiming to bridge the digital divide for children in homeless shelters. Their focus is on connecting all school-aged kids in their partnered homeless shelters with devices for online-learning. They have provided us with laptops for our school-aged clients to take home! Learn more at https://www.bridgingtech.org/