A Culture of Collaboration
Our industry, education and nonprofit partners support every facet of teaching and learning at Da Vinci, from providing career-connected learning experiences, mentoring, internships and work experience opportunities, to project planning support, direct funding, in-kind support, and much more. We are extremely grateful to work in partnership with the following outstanding organizations that are on the leading edge of innovation in their respective fields. We know we can achieve far more together than we could ever on our own.
Our Founding Partners
Industry Partners
- 72andSunny
- About: Space
- Accelify, LLC
- Active Ride Shop
- adidas
- The Aerospace Corporation
- Air Philosophy
- Arc After School Programs
- B-Reel
- Balfour Beatty Construction
- Barnes and Noble
- Bay Club
- Beach Cities
- Behind The Wheel Driving School
- Belkin International
- Best Buy
- Bioscience LA
- Black Joy Parade
- Blue Robotics
- The Boeing Corporation
- Carbide 3D
- Carrot Group
- causeIMPACTS
- CBS
- Chevron
- Coast Fitness
- Continental Development Corporation
- Corgan Architecture
- CXC Simulations
- DARPA
- DaVita
- Del Aire Park
- Dependable Solutions, Inc.
- Deutsch
- DIRECTV/AT&T
- Disney
- Dream See Do
- DVD Your Memories
- EasyRider Motorcycle
- El Segundo Animal Hospital
- El Segundo Athletic Club
- El Segundo Beautiful Smiles
- Farmer Mark Farmer's Market
- Fox
- Freq App
- Gensler
- Go Stellar
- Guild is Good
- HAMMITT
- Hawthorne Animal Hospital
- Headspace
- Homegoods
- HopSkipDrive
- Karl Storz
- Karten Design
- Kinecta Federal Credit Union
- Knowledge House
- Los Angeles Kretz Innovation Center
- Los Angeles Times
- Mar Ventures, Inc.
- Mattel
- Millennium Space Systems
- Movement Strategy
- NAC Architecture
- New Vistas Designs for Learning
- NinetyEight
- NKSFB
- Northrop Grumman
- Oppti
- Pass it Forward
- PBS
- Raytheon Corporation
- Redrock Entertainment Services
- RIOS
- Riot Games
- Rooted Friends Project
- Siegel+Gale
- Sling Pilot Academy
- Snap Inc.
- Snapchat
- SpaceX
- Stellar Agency
- Story Xperiential
- Studio Freeby
- TurnUp
- Unbroken Studios
- Veolia Environment
- Welfie
- West Basin Municipal Water District
- YouTube
Nonprofit & Government Partners
- A Place Called Home
- ACE Mentor Program
- AfroLA
- American Red Cross
- Angels Gate Cultural Center
- Aquarium of the Pacific
- The Arena, Inc.
- ARTE Youth Program
- Arts Bridging the Gap
- Ballona Wetlands
- BioscienceLA
- Boys and Girls Club
- Bridging the Gap Enterprises
- BUILD
- California Charter Schools Association
- California Water Service (Cal Water)
- Care Solace
- CASA of Los Angeles
- Center for Powerful Public Schools
- Charter School Growth Fund
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
- Children's Law Center of California
- City of El Segundo
- City of Hawthorne
- Coalition of Essential Schools
- Cotton-On Foundation
- EDUCAUSE
- El Segundo Police Department
- Emerson Collective
- ESMoA
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FIRST Robotics
- Getting Smart
- Girls Who Code
- Giving Kids Wings Flight Academy
- Great Public Schools Now
- Habitat for Humanity LA
- Happily Family
- Harbor Freight Tools for Schools
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Hawthorne Police Department
- iNACOL
- Included Health (formerly Grand Rounds Health)
- Indivisible Arts
- Kaiser Permanente
- LA Opportunity Youth Collaborative
- LA Metro
- LA Urban League
- LA World Airports
- Latino Pilots Association
- Linked Learning Alliance
- Los Angeles Air Force Base
- Los Angeles Superior Court
- MIT Media Lab
- Mychal's Learning Place
- New Earth
- Next Generation Learning Challenges
- Next Gen Personal Finance
- Orthopedic Institute for Children
- Playlab
- Portal Learning
- Project Lead The Way
- RAW Artists
- The Reinvention Lab
- Richstone Family Center
- Roundhouse Aquarium and Teaching Center
- ScaleLA
- SCAN Health Plan
- School On Wheels
- Schools That Can
- Sharefest
- SkillsUSA
- South Bay Families Connected
- South Bay Workforce Investment Board
- South Coast Botanical Gardens
- Southern CA National Organization of Minority Architects
- StellarXplorers
- Teach For America
- Teen Line
- Transcend Education
- UCLA Health / EXOS
- UCLA Riordan Scholars Program
- West Basin Water District
- Western Museum of Flight
- XQ Institute
- YMCA Youth & Government
- The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum
Funding Partners
- The Ahmanson Foundation
- The Benevity Community Impact Fund
- The Boeing Company
- CA Community Schools Partnership Program
- Career Technical Education Facilities Program
- Career Technical Education Incentive Grant
- Center on Reinventing Public Education
- Charter School Growth Fund
- Chevron Products Company
- Da Vinci Schools Fund
- Desolation Hotel
- Emergency Connectivity Fund
- The Gene Haas Foundation
- GFC Foundation
- The Ginger Murchison Foundation
- Girard Education Foundation
- Great Public Schools Now
- The Greater New Orleans Foundation
- Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
- JL Foundation
- The John H. and Cynthia Lee Smet Foundation
- Joseph Drown Foundation
- K12 Strong Workforce Program
- Les Paul Foundation
- Catherine & Stephen Leys
- Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
- The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
- New Schools Venture Fund
- Next Generation Learning Challenges
- Northrop Grumman Foundation
- The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
- Richard & Suzanne Kayne Charitable Fund
- The Riordan Foundation
- The Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Fund
- The STOP Foundation for Education
- Teach For America, Inc.
- The Wonderful Company Foundation, Inc.
- Todd & Kim Yuba Charitable Fund
- UniHealth Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- Weingart Foundation
- Wells Fargo Foundation
- Whittier Trust Foundation
- Wiseburn Education Foundation
- W.M. Keck Foundation
- XQ Institute
Freedom to Succeed Policy Partners
- Ryan Gensler, Careerwise
- Eric Dunker, Reach University
- Frank Baxter, former Ambassador
- Antonio Pares
- Valerie Braimah, New Schools Venture Fund
- Jay Altman
- Allison Bajracharya
- Kim Merritt, Arizona State University
- Alex Cortez, Bellwether
District-Charter Partners
- Wiseburn Unified School District
- Wiseburn Education Foundation
Education Agency Partner
- Los Angeles County Office of Education
Higher Education Partners
- Alder Graduate School of Education
- Arizona State University (ASU)
- Antioch University
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
- El Camino College
- FIDM
- Harvey Mudd College
- Loma Linda University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Pacific Oaks College
- Pepperdine University
- Rivet School
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- Southern New Hampshire University
- UCLA / UCLA Extension
- USC
- West LA College
K-12 Partners
- Achievement First
- Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
- Camino Nuevo Charter Schools
- Centinela Valley Union High School District
- El Segundo Unified School District
- Environmental Charter Schools
- Envision Schools
- Green Dot Public Schools
- Halstrom Academy
- High Tech High
- KIPP Public Charter Schools
- Lausanne Collegiate School
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Magnolia Public Schools
- STEM Prep Schools
- Summit Public Schools
- The Leonardo School
- Vistamar School
- Wiseburn Unified School District
- WISH Charter Schools