Help a young adult take the next step
Your donation helps open the door to a first job, a lasting career, and a more stable future. Your gift helps young adults prepare for work, connect with employers, and receive the support they need to build lasting careers. Give once or make a monthly commitment to support this work throughout the year.
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Why monthly supporting matters
Building a career takes time. A monthly gift helps provide consistent support as young adults prepare for work, begin a new job, and navigate challenges along the way.
Your ongoing generosity helps Merge plan training, respond to practical needs, and stay connected to participants after they’re hired. Whether you give $10, $50, or another amount each month, you help sustain the work that makes these career pathways possible.
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What your support makes possible
Your generosity helps young adults access career opportunities and the practical support they need to pursue them.
Help Merge stay connected with young adults as they adjust to a new job, navigate challenges, and work toward long-term career growth.
Marcus, construction apprentice, Long Beach, CA
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The Opportunity: How the candidate connected with Merge, what training, preparation, paid experience, or other support they received, and what helped them become ready for the next step.
The Career: Employer, role, placement, starting wage or wage growth where appropriate, and where they are today.
Still Moving Forward: How Merge remained involved after the hire and how the candidate continues to build skills, stability, earning potential, and career growth.
Candidate Perspective: Short candidate quote about the opportunity, career, or what Merge made possible
Employer Perspective: Short employer quote about the candidate, the experience working with Merge, and why the partnership works.
Merge didn’t just help me find a job. They helped me figure out who I wanted to be in my career, and they were still checking in six months later to make sure I was okay.
The numbers speak
employer partners
retention rate
repeat hiring partners
industries represented
Ways to give
One-time and monthly options
Please make check payable to Merge Opportunities and mail to: [Street address]
Instructions for checking employer matching, payroll giving, and volunteer grants, plus Merge’s identifying information.
Instructions for recommending a grant, along with Merge’s legal name, Tax ID, and mailing address
Transfer instructions if available. Otherwise, a named Merge contact and email to obtain them
A brief explanation of including Merge in estate plans, the organization’s identifying information, and a contact for questions
Instructions for setting up a fundraiser, with a setup link if Merge has a fundraising platform. Otherwise, contact information for help getting started
Examples of items Merge needs and contact information to confirm a donation before delivering it
Partner and grow with Merge
There are many ways to help young adults build lasting careers. Whether you represent an organization or want to get involved personally, we’d welcome a conversation about how you can support Merge’s work.
For corporations, foundations, and banks
Merge works with corporations, foundations, banks, and community investment partners to expand access to training, paid work experience, and sustainable employment across Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Partners can support a specific program or cohort, sponsor an event, help meet participants’ practical needs, or provide flexible funding that allows Merge to respond where support is needed most.
Get involved
Share your time, experience, and connections to help create opportunities for young adults. You can volunteer, mentor a participant, lead a career workshop, introduce an employer or funding partner, or bring your workplace into the effort. You can also meet the Merge community at an event, organize a fundraiser, help share our work, or sign up for updates as our programs grow.
Let’s connect
To explore a funding partnership or another way to get involved, contact David Ginsberg, Director of Development, at david@mergenow.org.
Give with confidence
Merge Opportunities is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit helping young adults across Los Angeles and Orange Counties build sustainable careers. We’re committed to using your support responsibly and sharing the impact of our work.
Donations are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. You’ll receive a receipt and thank-you for your gift. If you choose to receive updates, we’ll keep you connected with participant stories, program news, and opportunities to get involved. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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