Eighteen-year-old Jasmine Chhabria, a first-year political science major at Occidental College, is committed to using knowledge and resources to help change the world. By researching the 1947 Mendez v. Westminster court case – which desegregated California schools and served as a precursor to Brown v. Board of Education, Chhabria teaches the current generation empathy, kindness and inclusion. She created a historical reenactment of the Mendez case and has made equity presentations at the OC Department of Education and the Association of California School Administrators' Every Child Counts Symposium. Currently helping to plan the Mendez Monument Trail and Park in [...]

Seventeen-year-old Saachi Pavani is a senior at Irvine’s Portola High School, where she is the three-year captain of the girls varsity tennis team and played a key role in securing Portola’s first CIF championship title. Her work with nonprofits began in 2016, when she partnered with Days for Girls International to create sustainable hygiene kits for girls in developing countries. Laura’s House inspired her to create Portola’s Domestic Violence Prevention club, and the Southern California Hospice Foundation during the pandemic saw her campaign procure 30,000 masks, 7,000+ units of food and more than $3,500 for hospice patients. She also coordinated [...]

Orange County Grantmakers is the regional philanthropic serving organizations for Orange County. A fiscally-sponsored project of charitable ventures, OCG was established in 2006 by a committed group of local funders who saw the need for collaboration and alignment within the philanthropic sector. Initially serving as a peer-networking group, OCG has grown to now support more than 70+ meetings and programs annually. It is, at its core, a convener – bringing together nonprofits and philanthropic leaders around the issues, and believes they can leverage and align philanthropic efforts to have a greater impact on the community. They provide a space for [...]

Founded in 1983, Pacific Premier Bank has grown to become one of the largest commercial banks headquartered in the western region of the U.S., with approximately $22 billion in total assets. Focused on serving small, middle-market and corporate businesses, the bank provides banking products and services and offers a wide array of loan products, as well as commercial escrow services and facilities through its Commercial Escrow division. Clients are also offered IRA custodial services through tis Pacific Premier Trust division. Additionally, Pacific Premier Bank provides nationwide banking solutions to Homeowners’ Associations and Property Management companies. Actively engaging in its communities, [...]

Leona and her husband Jack moved to Orange County in 1998, with her husband passing away after 40 years of marriage soon after they arrived. In 2002, her life began again with husband Joe Sadacca, and in 2007, she retired from Gate City Beverage Company as President/CEO, as well as an insurance company, leasing company, non-alcoholic beverage company and a trucking company. Her philanthropic life began at an early age and includes, among many organizations, Hebrew Union College, Think Together, American Heart Assoc., the Leona Aronoff Rabbinic Mentoring Program, Temple Bat Yahm, Pacific Symphony, South Coast Repertory, and the Jewish [...]

Established in 1972, Ware Malcomb is a contemporary and expanding full-service design firm providing professional architecture, planning, interior design, civil engineering, branding and building measurement services to corporate, commercial/residential developer and public/institutional clients throughout the world. With offices in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil, Ware Malcomb is ranked among the top 30 architecture/engineering firms in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 design firms and the top 30 interior design firms in Interior Design Magazines’s Top 100 Giants. To celebrate Ware Malcomb’s culture of giving, the company is involved with many charitable organizations. For the past 24 years, Ware Malcomb has supported [...]

Brothers Ed and Mingo Lee and Wing Lam co-founded Wahoo’s Fish Tacos in 1988, and it has become one of the most iconic fast-casual restaurant brands in the Southern California and beyond. Totally committed to giving back to the community, the brothers give individually and through the Wahoos Family Foundation. The roots of their giving lie in gratitude – a gratitude for the chance to make a meaningful impact in the community that has embraced them. Among the many nonprofits they support are the Thomas House Shelter in Garden Grove, Doctors Without Borders, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Someone Cares Soup [...]

My Private Professor, LLX+C (MPP) is an impact-driven, educational services company that partners with individual and institutional clients to provide a critical academic resource to thousands of students across the country and gives back with every hour to provide free tutoring to students experiencing homelessness. MPP has partnered with Illumination Foundation, SAHARA and the Boys and Girls Clubs to provide free weekly tutoring to students in underserved communities, including those residing in emergency shelters. Additionally, MPP is a longtime supporter of initiatives benefiting students and teachers at Tustin Public Schools Foundation and the Orangewood Foundation’s Samueli Academy through free tutoring, [...]

The Orange County Association of Health Underwriters is the local Chapter of the National Association of Health Underwriters. It is comprised of agents, brokers, carrier reps and other health insurance professionals. Many individuals and employers have trusted the guidance of one of their members to help them with their health insurance needs. Their members can also be found volunteering at senior centers and community health centers to promote health care for all. Their vision statement is “Changing People’s Lives One Member at a Time.” For the past 10 years they have won the prestigious National Association’s William F. Flood Award [...]