Host Committee Steve Barr, Jon Brion, Amy Brooks, Zooey Deschanel,... read more

We hope you’ll join us for Mondays for a Cause at CENTRAL... read more

826LA welcomed our friend DeAnna Gravillis to the Board of Directors... read more


Meet our volunteers of the month: Chris Brandt, Ciara Cullen, Pedro Estrada, and Leslie Monsour… read more

Our Locations
826LA WEST (map)
SPARC Building
685 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 305-8418
826LA EAST (map)
Time Travel Mart
1714 W. Sunset Blvd.
Echo Park, CA 90026
(213) 413-3388
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From the Blog
At long last, the work we’ve been doing with Miguel Contreras Learning Complex students in the Academic Leadership Community is on its way to the printing presses. Our... read more

We’ve worked with English students from Daniela Kim’s Ánimo Venice Charter High School all year long. Through a combination of in-school programs that took place on... read more

May is an eventful time around 826LA. Last week, we mentioned that Advanced Placement students from Ánimo Venice Charter High School had been partnering with 826LA’s staff... read more

Every month, 826LA is thrilled to return to a place where we’ve been fortunate to work for years and years: Westwood Village’s Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural... read more

Upcoming Programs
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May 17th  6:30pm - 8:30pm

Thursday Night Tutoring (TNT2) is a tutoring block specifically targeting the needs of middle and high school students at 826LA East.

May 17th  6:30pm - 8:30pm

By doing thirty hours of recovery at our program, a school-identified group of teen students get a chance to improve their grades, comprehension, and homework progress and also take back their opportunity to walk in their middle school graduation ceremony.

May 18th  9:30am - 12:30pm

Students from Pasadena Unified come to our Echo Park lab to produce a book with us in two hours!

May 18th  10:30am - 1:00pm

Students from a local charter school come to our Venice lab to produce a book with us in two hours!

May 20th  10:00am - 12:00pm

Students from the Grandchildren of the Plumed Serpent workshop travel to LACMA to see the Children of the Plumed Serpent Exhibit and present their personal codices.