{"id":14110,"date":"2025-06-21T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/06\/21\/impact-collaborative-opens-the-la-office\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T11:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:50:45","slug":"impact-collaborative-opens-the-la-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/06\/21\/impact-collaborative-opens-the-la-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Collaborative opens the LA office"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Impact Collaborative Expands to Los Angeles<\/h2>\n<p>Impact Collaborative, a network of non-profit organizations based in New York, has expanded its operations to Los Angeles. The organization has opened an office in The Preserve in Hollywood, marking a significant milestone in its mission to drive social impact through storytelling.<\/p>\n<h2>A New Era in Social Impact Entertainment<\/h2>\n<p>As part of its expansion, Impact Collaborative is launching a social impact entertainment studio. The studio aims to tell socially effective stories and provide new revenue streams for non-profit organizations. This move comes after the closure of Participant Media, a pioneer in socially conscious programming, last year. One of the studio&#8217;s pipeline projects includes a documentary feature by filmmaker Ben Levin, which follows the US Paralympic Sled Hockey Team as they prepare for a rivalry match against Canada in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>State-of-the-Art Facilities<\/h2>\n<p>To support its ambitions, Impact Collaborative is building a physical sound stage in The Preserve in LA. The sound stage will host a number of podcasts and is expected to be operational by autumn. This new facility will enable the organization to produce high-quality content that inspires social change.<\/p>\n<h2>A City of Creativity and Resilience<\/h2>\n<p>According to Dr. Claire Wang, the inaugural director of Impact Collaborative, &quot;LA is world-famous for its creativity and the power of storytelling, but it&#8217;s also a city that embodies resilience, diversity, and community spirit.&quot; The organization is committed to collaborative innovation, bringing together non-profit organizations, business solutions, and storytelling to drive social impact.<\/p>\n<h2>Expanded Advisory Board<\/h2>\n<p>Impact Collaborative has also strengthened its advisory board with the addition of Brandy Curry, Chief of Staff of the Television Academy and producer for the Emmys. Curry&#8217;s expertise in creating stories that inspire action will be invaluable in promoting and supporting the organization&#8217;s initiatives. Traci Donnelly, founder and President of Impact Collaborative, expressed enthusiasm about working with Curry, saying, &quot;Her unique ability to create stories that inspire action is exactly what we need to promote and support our initiatives.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impact Collaborative Expands to Los Angeles Impact Collaborative, a network of non-profit organizations based in New York, has expanded its operations to Los Angeles. The organization has opened an office in The Preserve in Hollywood, marking a significant milestone in its mission to drive social impact through storytelling. A New Era in Social Impact Entertainment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-film-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14112,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14110\/revisions\/14112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}