Welcome to the online home of The Giving Spirit, a tax exempt, Los Angeles-based non-profit organization helping and administering aid to the homeless community through direct volunteer interaction.



Did you know the average age of a homeless individual in the US is nine years old and that families are the fastest growing segment of homelessness?

The Giving Spirit provides aid to these vulnerable and fragile lives by assembling and personally distributing survival kits to the children, women and families living on the street. These kits contain over 70 individual items providing sustenance to the homeless in their time of need. Our efforts have personally and positively impact the lives of our volunteers and our homeless friends from Skid Row to Santa Monica. “There is so much in this bag,” a recipient at the Downtown Women's Center told our volunteers. “Everything on my list that I prayed for is in here! How did you know exactly what we need?”

Thanks to your kind support, our outreach ability to the homeless of Los Angeles continues to grow. We invite you to explore our website, to learn about what we do and the lives we touch, to educate yourself about homelessness, and to get involved – whether by donation or by hands-on participation or both. Without your desire to help those less fortunate than yourself, many lives – from the homeless to the volunteers - would not have been touched by this act of grace.