On Fig

Good people helping good people

Good ideas deserve
somewhere to grow.

On Fig is a philanthropic platform supporting people, organizations, and ideas working toward stronger communities. Sometimes that means funding. Sometimes partnership. Sometimes building something ourselves. We believe meaningful change can start in more ways than one.

Figueroa Street at ground level — students on bikes and on foot crossing, a city bus, ivy-covered brick buildings along the block, and the downtown Los Angeles skyline in the distance.

What we're working on

Initiatives · 2026

YBFF logo — a blue tile with four cream circles reading Y, B, F, F.

An On Fig initiative · Live

YBFF Your Best Friend

A discreet digital place for the questions girls really want to ask, the things they're not sure who to tell, and trusted resources to help them figure out what to do next. It feels like your best friend and shows up like your big sister.

Explore YBFF at ybff.org

Project

Women pooling what they've got

Money, creativity, and labor gathered so that one woman's day — a wedding, a move, a new start — is beautiful. Small, specific, and entirely the point.

Read the story

Next

Something we wish existed

New initiatives drop into this grid as they're ready — same template, no redesign.

One entry per initiative

What we support

Not funding categories. Areas we keep coming back to — and one that exists so an excellent idea doesn't have to fit in a box.

01Girls + Young People
02Education + Opportunity
03Community
04Access + Basic Needs
05Creative Ideas
06People Doing Something About It

How we think about it

Give what
you've got.

Money matters. So do introductions, access, information, time, creativity, expertise, visibility, and showing up. We'd rather ask what would actually help than hand you an application form.

  • Money if you've got money.
  • Time if you've got time.
  • Talent if you've got talent.
  • Knowledge if you've learned something worth sharing.
  • Connections if you know someone who can help.
  • Access if you can open a door.
  • An extra set of hands if that's what's needed.
  • People have always shown up for one another this way.
Two women on bicycles crossing Figueroa Street, the road running north toward the downtown skyline behind them.

Why Fig

Our story started
on Figueroa.

Figueroa Street runs alongside USC in Los Angeles — where our paths crossed, and where much of what we believe about community, opportunity, and responsibility began. Mentoring girls a few blocks from campus taught us the same thing over and over: sometimes what changes something is simply having someone show up.

Years later, we have more to give. On Fig is where we put it to work.

Read our story

Got something good going?

We'd like to hear about it.

No application form. Just tell us what's going on.

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