LavaMaeˣ Announces Closure of Its Programs and Operations
We write to you with heavy hearts to announce that LavaMaeˣ must cease programs and operations due to an unprecedented budget shortfall.
Since our founding in 2013, and since giving our first shower in San Francisco in 2014, our organization has revolutionized the way communities see and serve their unhoused neighbors. Our deepest gratitude goes out to all of you who joined us in achieving this incredible impact.
Consulting & Funding Impact
During our inspirational journey, we’ve mentored and funded dozens of organizations—which we call our affiliates—to launch or sustain LavaMaeˣ-designed programs for communities across the globe.
Affiliate Programs
Although we no longer offer our consulting or grant funding services, you can still support our affiliate changemakers who are still doing this life-saving work.
United States
WEST
The Bay Church's Clean Start Showers — Concord, California
Cal Pep — Oakland, California
Cardera Health — Oakland, California
Christ Episcopal Church — Alameda, California
Clean The World Foundation — Las Vegas, Nevada and multiple cities
Cloud Covered Streets — Phoenix, Arizona
Coalition for Compassion & Justice — Prescott Arizona
Community Action Partnership San Bernardino — San Bernadino, California
Dignity Project's Showers for All — Denver, Colorado
GLIDE — San Francisco, CA
Humanity Showers — Oceanside, California
Mercy Holistic Ministry — Sacramento, California
Oregon Harbor of Hope — Portland, Oregon
The Power of a Shower — Los Angeles, California
Pueblo Cooperative Care Center — Pueblo, Colorado
Red Feather Development Group — Flagstaff, Arizona
Refresh & Renew — Redlands, California
Restoration Community Development Corporation — Los Angeles, California
Revive & Refresh — Honolulu, Hawaii
Roots Community Health Center — Oakland, California
S.H.A.R.E Community — Antioch, California
S.O.S Richmond — Richmond, California
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley — Salem, Oregon
Urban Rest Stop — Seattle, Washington
MIDWEST
Aspire of Life, Inc. — Omaha, Nebraska
inExcelsis — St. Louis, Missouri
TheDRIP: Mobile Shower Unit — Minneapolis, Minnesota
Showers of Blessing Inc. — Rockford, Illinois
Street Angels MKE — Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WAVE Project — Detroit, Michigan
SOUTH
The BeHeard Movement — Tusla, Oklahoma
Every Soul Matters Ministries — Fayetteville, Arkansas
Generosity Global — Baltimore, Maryland
Hearts of Rescue — Houston, Texas
Lighter Loads ATX — Austin, Texas
Moving Waters — Houston, Texas
The Neighborhood Well — Bowie, Maryland
Project Outpour — Charlotte, North Carolina
Project Refresh — Augusta, Georgia
Shower Up — Nashville, Tennessee and multiple cities
Showering Love — Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Streetside Showers — Dallas Fort Worth, Texas
NORTHEAST
1 in 7 B Foundation — Landenberg, Pennsylvania
Archangel Raphael's Mission — New York City, New York
Helping Hands of Rockland — Nyack, New York
House of Hope CDC's Shower to Empower — Warwick, Rhode Island
Lava Love — Morris Plains, New Jersey
Merrimack Valley Dream Center — Lawrence, Massachusetts
Mobile Community Shower & Wellness Services — New York City, New York
Our Father's House — Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Shower Power NYC — New York City, New York
International
BeTheChangeYYC — Calgary, Alberta, Canada
GoBanyo — Hamburg, Germany
La Regadera — Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Project Pearls — Manila, Philippines
Viva Con Agua's Nina Manzi Project — Cape Town, South Africa