Helping young creators turn talent into real opportunity

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes believed in the power of seeing what was possible before the rest of the world could see it.

She believed that when you believe in yourself, see your future clearly, and move with purpose, you can become what you were meant to be.

That spirit lives on through the Lisa Lopes Foundation.

Today, we are helping rising high school seniors and recent graduates discover their strengths, build real-world skills, and connect to career opportunities in the arts, entertainment, media, technology, and other high-demand fields.

Our goal is simple:

Help young people believe in what is possible, envision a path forward, and become prepared to build it.

Our Three Core Impact Pillars

Believe.

Discover Your Talent

Every young person has something valuable to offer.

We help students explore their interests, creativity, talents, and strengths through hands-on experiences, mentoring, creative projects, and career exposure.

The goal is to help young people answer:

What am I good at?
What do I enjoy?
Where could my talents take me?

Envision.

Build Your Future

A dream becomes more powerful when there is a real plan behind it.

We help young people explore career pathways and connect to the people, training, and experiences that can move them forward.

That may include:

Career workshops
Professional mentors
Job shadowing
Internships and paid work experiences
Certifications and credentials
Apprenticeships
Community college
Four-year college
Entrepreneurship
Employers and professional networks

College can be part of the plan.

It just does not have to be the only plan.

Become.

Grow & Give Back

Success is bigger than getting a job.

We want young people to become confident creators, workers, leaders, and community members who can build stable lives and create opportunities for others.

As young people grow, we encourage them to stay connected to the schools, families, and communities that helped shape them.

Because when one young person moves forward, that progress can reach an entire family and community.

The Left Eye Creators Lab

The Left Eye Creators Lab is the Lisa Lopes Foundation’s signature youth career and creativity program.

It is designed for rising high school seniors and recent graduates who are preparing for one of the biggest transitions of their lives:

What comes next after high school?

Through the Creators Lab, young people:

Explore careers connected to their talents
Learn how to communicate and network professionally
Build workplace and leadership skills
Meet professionals working in their fields of interest
Learn about training, certifications, college, apprenticeships, and other pathways
Create a real plan for their next step

We are especially focused on connecting young creators to opportunities in the arts, entertainment, media, technology, production, and other growing career fields.

Why Your Support Matters

Too many talented young people leave high school with a diploma but without a clear path forward.

They may know how to create.

They may know how to lead.

They may know how to speak, write, design, perform, solve problems, or connect with people.

But talent alone does not always open the door.

Young people also need:

Access.

Experience.

Training.

Connections.

A plan.

That is where the Lisa Lopes Foundation comes in.

We help connect young people to the people, places, training, and opportunities that can help them move from talent to opportunity.

Where Your Gift Goes

Your support helps make this work possible.

Youth Programs

Your gift helps support career workshops, creative experiences, mentoring, training, student materials, transportation, networking, and other youth programming.

Foundation Operations

Strong programs need strong support behind the scenes.

Your gift can help fund the people, technology, communications, program planning, space, and tools needed to operate the Foundation and reach more young people.

Family & Community Support

We continue to support young people and families when needs may create barriers to participation, growth, and opportunity.

Our goal is to help families stay connected, supported, and moving forward.

Choose Your Impact

$55 — Believe Supporter

Celebrate Lisa’s legacy while helping support youth programs, materials, and community outreach.

$99 — Creative Spark Supporter

Help provide supplies, transportation, career resources, and other program needs for young creators.

$225 — Young Creator Supporter

Help provide career workshops, mentoring, creative learning experiences, and professional connections for participating youth.

$369 — Visionary Partner

Help support hands-on career exploration, training, creative projects, networking, and skill-building experiences.

$555 — Future Builder

Help strengthen youth programming and the Foundation operations needed to connect more young people to opportunity.

$1,971 — Lisa Lopes Legacy Circle

Honor Lisa’s birth year with a leadership-level gift that helps expand the Foundation’s youth, career, creative, family, and community impact.

Other Amount

Every gift matters.

Whether you give $10, $100, or $1,000, you are helping create more opportunities for young people to discover what they can do and where their talents can take them.

Believe in Their Possibility

Every young person deserves the chance to see a future they can believe in.

A future where their creativity matters.

Where their talents have value.

Where they can earn, grow, lead, and give back.

Where graduation is not the end of the support system, but the beginning of a real pathway forward.

That is the future we are building.

Believe in what is possible.
Envision it clearly.
Become it.

Help us give the next generation the tools, connections, and opportunities to do exactly that.

Believe. Envision. Become.

Donate today and help turn talent into opportunity.

The Lisa Lopes Foundation, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.