The Miller-Wolf-Phillips Award for Community Impact
Davona Watson
2021 MWP Awardee
"This award provided support for my living costs, fresh food, transportation to work, and health services. Receiving this award allowed me to be proactive in my personal life as well as my work life where I support residents across South and East Los Angeles seeking wellness support."
Program Overview
The Miller-Wolf-Phillips Award for Community Impact is supported by three generous donors and honors the late Bertha Wolf. It provides at least six young people ages 18-25 (with a DOB on or after January 1, 2000) an award of at least $7500 each while they work at a nonprofit organization in Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino Counties only) during the 2026 calendar year. This award recognizes and seeks to support outstanding community members in entering the nonprofit workforce while resourcing a living wage. We hope this award supplements income for expenses such as childcare, rent, healthcare, student loan payments, or vehicle/transportation-related costs.
The MWP award is issued by the Liberty Hill Foundation, and the application cycle is administered by VIVA Strategy.
Additional Info
Please check out our Frequently Asked Questions document for more information. If you still have questions, email us at miller-wolf@vivastrategy.net.
Due to overwhelming response to this program, phone inquiries will not be accepted. Please feel free to share this broadly with your networks.
Note: We ask that you do not use AI to complete your application responses.
Application Timeline
May 2026
June - July 2026
July 31, 2026
Applications due by May 18, 2026 at 11:59pm PT.
VIVA conducts eligibility screening of completed applications on a rolling basis.
Selection process takes place. The selection committee will review your application, we'll follow up if we need any more information, and finalists will be chosen.
Awardees announced. Those applicants selected to receive the award will be notified by July 31, 2026.
