About the D'Andre D. Lampkin Foundation
The Lampkin Foundation was established to create positive opportunities and change for individuals, communities, and environments. Our goal is to sponsor and develop programs and initiatives that lead to the development of stronger communities and positively impact individuals wanting to lead happier and healthier lives.
Mentioned In the News
April 5, 2023
The D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Hosts Fundraising Gala and Fashion Runway Show
The D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation is hosting a fundraising gala and fashion runway show on Saturday, April 29, 2023. The event will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in Ontario, California. The evening will include a red carpet, exhibitors, and networking opportunities. Guests will be treated to a fashion runway show featuring the latest trends from local designers.
March 13, 2023
D’Andre Lampkin on Fostering Community Engagement – Best Practices for Building Stronger Connections
D’Andre Lampkin is a public servant and non-profit leader with a robust community service background. In the following article, D’Andre Lampkin of Lampkin Foundation discusses the many ways to foster community engagement to build deep interpersonal connections and even stronger communities.
January 20, 2023
D’Andre Lampkin welcomes Mexico Mayor for Collaborative Talks
A bilateral visit in Ontario, California last week demonstrated the Lampkin Foundation’s commitment to creating positive opportunities and change for individuals, communities, and environments. D’Andre Lampkin, Founder of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation, welcomed City of Calvillo, Aguascalientes Mexico Mayor Daniel Romo Urrutia.
August 10, 2022
D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Sponsors Back to School Expo
As the new school year approaches, volunteers at the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation have been busy collecting and packing supplies for students in need. Studies have shown that starting the school year with the necessary school supplies promotes learning, boosts self-esteem, and helps keep kids in school.
June 21, 2022
D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients
Each year, the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation awards three scholarships to high school students who are leaders in their community. Students are tasked with illustrating how they plan to use their chosen field of study to promote social good. Unlike most scholarships, selection criteria were not based on academic or athletic abilities. Award recipients are chosen based on how they are making positive contributions to their community and efforts to make their community stronger and more resilient.
May 2, 2022
Ontario’s Lampkin Foundation Awarded Federal Funding for Emergency Food Pantry
Last month, the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation received an award in the amount of $7,343 from San Bernardino County‘s Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP). Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), EFSP boards across the United States determine how to allocate their funds to local human service agencies.
January 29, 2022
Ontario-based D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation offers Social Good Scholarships for high school students
The Ontario-based D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation is again offering scholarships to high school students who participate in community-building initiatives and programs. The Lampkin Foundation has awarded its Social Good Scholarships since 2017 and this year has increased the award amounts. Thanks to the generosity of donors, this year’s grand prize is a $2,000 scholarship, and two honorable mention entries will receive $1,000 scholarships, according to a news release.
December 25, 2021
Calif. Deputy Sheriff Formed Foundation to Help Where LE Stops
Beginning in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit and business and school shut-downs began, the nonprofit went into high gear. Last year, the nonprofit helped 1,100 families get free groceries. From March to July 2020, it distributed 1,265 hot meals, Lampkin said.
December 23, 2021
Deputy sheriff started Ontario foundation that helps out where law enforcement leaves off
Boxes of canned and non-perishable goods Funding for Local Food Pantry in Ontario, CA clogged the hallways. The volunteer room was too small. As needs for food, job placement services and recovery efforts from a widening pandemic escalated, space at the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation in Ontario was cramped. On a June day in 2020, self-described evangelist Loretta Gilbert began to prophesy that the fledgling nonprofit packed into an office suite on East Convention Center Way would expand.
November 22, 2021
D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation holds 3rd Annual Toy Drive
The D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation officially kicked off its food and toy drive for its third year. Official announcements began on October 5, 2021 and drop-offs of new unwrapped toys are already underway. “This year, as we continue to navigate the hardships presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic supply chain, we are learning more about how important it is to remain engaged in our community,” D’Andre Lampkin said.
October 12, 2021
Assemblymember Rodriguez visits D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation During Disaster Relief Effort Initiative Season
Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D–Pomona) toured the newly re-opened offices of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation last week alongside local healthcare workers and Foundation Board Members. The tour included an overview of the Foundation’s current projects, food pantry, and community workspace.
August 5, 2021
Alumni Donate Backpacks and School Supplies to Audubon’s Entire Student Body
Giving back is more than a phrase for alumni of Audubon Middle School and Gifted Magnet in L.A.’s Leimert Park neighborhood. In response to a request to help current students, several graduates united to donate nearly 600 backpacks filled with supplies, which was enough to provide a goody-packed satchel to each of the school’s 500 pupils.
July 28, 2021
The D’Andre D. Foundation Joins Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA)
Emergency Network Los Angeles (ENLA) recently announced in its July update call the acceptance of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation into the Los Angeles County unit of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (NVOAD), a coalition of volunteer organizations whose mission is to help survivors and their communities in the wake of natural or man-made disasters.
July 26, 2021
The Lampkin Foundation Announces New Board Members
Board Members serve as advocates for the Lampkin Foundation’s nationwide initiatives. The D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation recently announced the appointment of two new members to its board: Tywanna Hill and Thomas Burciaga. Both began their board terms on July 1, 2021.
June 10, 2021
Volunteers sought to help refurbish exterior of Ontario’s Bethel Congregational Church
The Ontario-based D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation is seeking volunteers to help with a community-led effort to refurbish the exterior of Bethel Congregational Church, 536 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario. Work days are 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays from June 12 through July 3.
June 8, 2021
Lampkin Foundation’s Efforts Applauded by Congresswoman Norma Torres
Congresswoman Norma Torres visited the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Headquarters to applaud the efforts of foundation supporters and learn more about how the foundation is working collaboratively with community partners to promote civic engagement and assist residents recovering from the pandemic and other local disasters.
May 3, 2021
D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Announces 2021 Social Good Scholarship Recipients
Each year, the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation awards three scholarships to high school students who are leaders in their community. Students are tasked with illustrating how they plan to use their chosen field of study to promote civic engagement.
August 2, 2020
Ontario teen with leukemia gets box loads of birthday cards from community
Steven Davidson found out on his birthday three years ago he had leukemia. On Sunday, Aug. 2, he celebrated his 13th birthday on the third anniversary of his diagnosis. But this time, the day was marked with love and support from the Ontario community and his Creekside neighbors.
May 19, 2020
Ontario Nonprofit Starts Food Giveaway to Help With Census Count
The wall of food donations is something new at the Lampkin Foundation Office in Ontario. Their main focus just months ago, was the census count, but they know that’s the last thing many people are thinking about now. D’Andre D. Lampkin, founder, and CEO of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation says it’s still their goal to get people to take part.
April 30, 2020
Ontario nonprofit seeks donations to continue food giveaways
As a cancer patient, her treatments have left her immunocompromised, so much so that she’d carefully plan her trips to the market to limit human interactions. Since the novel coronavirus pandemic hit, Billie-Jean Ruiz found herself stuck in her downtown Ontario home, unable to access the market to buy food or pick up prescriptions.
April 6, 2020
Ontario, San Bernardino in nation’s Top 25 to receive coronavirus stimulus checks
Ontario and San Bernardino will have the largest percentage of residents receiving federal coronavirus stimulus checks than those living in any other California cities, according to a recent survey. A recent report by SmartAsset, a technical financial advisory company, ranked Ontario as No. 12 and San Bernardino at No. 22 in the nation, both within the list of Top 25 cities with the highest percentage of households expecting a check.
April 12, 2019
Lampkin Foundation Annual Report Highlights Stories and Impact of Key Initiatives
The wall of food donations is something new at the Lampkin Foundation Office in Ontario. Their main focus just months ago, was the census count, but they know that’s the last thing many people are thinking about now. D’Andre D. Lampkin, founder, and CEO of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation says it’s still their goal to get people to take part.
March 31, 2020
Census outreach efforts hampered by coronavirus pandemic
When members of the Orange County Herald Center saw their face-to-face census outreach campaigns screech to a halt with the coronavirus pandemic and statewide lock-downs, they got creative.
July 28, 2019
D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Announces 2019 Social Good Scholarship Fund Recipients
Each year, the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation awards three scholarships to high school students who are leaders in their community. Students are tasked with illustrating how they plan to use their chosen field of study to promote social good. Unlike most scholarships, selection criteria was not based on academic or athletic abilities.
January 22, 2019
D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Legacy Through Service
The wall of food donations is something new at the Lampkin Foundation Office in Ontario. Their main focus just months ago, was the census count, but they know that’s the last thing many people are thinking about now. D’Andre D. Lampkin, founder, and CEO of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation says it’s still their goal to get people to take part.
October 26, 2018
Ontario’s Lampkin Foundation holds Social Good Benefit Gala at historic Beverly Hotel
About 100 donors and supporters of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation gathered Sept. 28 for the group’s Social Good Benefit Gala at Ontario’s 100 year old Beverly Hotel, now called Beverly Banquets.
October 26, 2018
The D’Andre D. Lampkin 2018 Social Good Benefit Gala
On Friday, September 28, 2018, approximately 100 donors and supporters of the D’Andre D. Lampkin Foundation gathered for the Lampkin Foundation’s annual Social Good Benefit Gala.
October 5, 2017
Ontario officer injured in Las Vegas said to be part of city ‘family’
It’s not often that a City Council meeting becomes an emotional experience — well, except when someone becomes angry. But that wasn’t the case Tuesday night in Ontario, when the shooting of Michael Gracia in Las Vegas became the prime topic of conversation. Gracia, an Ontario police officer, was off-duty at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival when he and his fiancee were among the nearly 500 injured in the mass shooting Sunday
Guidestar Seal of Transparency
For the fourth consecutive year, the Lampkin Foundation has again been awarded a Platinum Seal of Transparency by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of information on U.S. nonprofits. The Platinum designation is the highest level bestowed by GuideStar, an honor shared by just two dozen of the 2,500 nonprofits GuideStar tracks in the greater Ontario California region. The rating designates the “highest level of recognition and an opportunity for nonprofits to share their progress in a meaningful way,” according to the organization’s website. the Lampkin Foundation has earned the Platinum status every year since 2017.
Recent Media
Media Inquires
Marcellus McMillian
Production Manager
(909) 906-2068
info@lampkinfoundation.org