2026 AWARDS CELEBRATION


In June 2026, ACOF’s annual Awards Celebration will once again bring together a vibrant community of active and influential people in the corporate, public, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors committed to ending homelessness. Join us to celebrate the inspiring achievements of ACOF’s 2026 honorees and hear directly from ACOF tenants about the stability and hope that permanent supportive housing creates. Stay tuned for this years honorees, host, and much more.
EVENT SPONSORSHIP
Join us as a 2026 event sponsor- you’ll be making a public commitment to a better future for people and communities in the five counties that ACOF serves. As a sponsor, you will receive public acknowledgment, tickets to the event, and various other benefits.

TICKETS
Tickets on sale now! Purchase yours today and be a part of the ACOF 2026 Awards Celebration experience.

DONATE RAFFLE PRIZES
If you have a product, event, or service that you’d like to promote, we’d welcome your involvement as a raffle prize donor. Please contact us at funddevelopment@acof.org or 213-480-0809 x 262

YOUR IMPACT
When you support this event, you’ll be helping to maintain and grow ACOF’s impact, which includes 53 apartment communities supporting more than 3,300 tenants with affordable housing and wraparound serv ices to help people to build stability and thrive after navigating homelessness and living with mental illness. And we’re always growing, with a pipeline of 6 new projects which will deliver 410 new housing units.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 SPONSORS
PRESENTING
U.S. BANK
PLATINUM
EPIC INSURANCE BROKERS & CONSULTANTS
GOLD
BETH GARFIELD & WALLY KNOX
PHIL & CINDY FEDER
RAFFLE
UNITED BUILDING COMPANY, INC
SILVER
ALPHA CONSTRUCTION, INC
AMJ CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
BRONZE
ADVENTIST HEALTH WHITE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
AM/PM MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
ALLEN & JESSICA FREEMAN
ANNE-MARIE JONES
BANK OF AMERICA
MARC BINENFELD & JULIE MILLER
CENTURY HOUSING
CHASE
CITY NATIONAL BANK
CRAIG LAWSON & CO., LLC
ENTERPRISE
DORA & GREY GALLO
GUBB & BARSHAY
MONIQUE LAWSHE
LUMENT
MERRITT COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION
MITCH B. MENZER & WENDY WOLF
OFFICE42 ARCHITECTURE
RELATED CALIFORNIA
WALTON CONSTRUCTION, INC.
WESTERN COMMUNITY HOUSING
PLATINUM
LAST YEAR’S EVENT
On June 4, 2025, A Community of Friends hosted our Awards Celebration to recognize the contributions of three inspirational community leaders and raise funds to support ACOF’s transformative mission. This year, we honored three exceptional individuals: Los Angeles City Council President The Honorable Marqueece Harris-Dawson; CEO of Downtown Women’s Center Amy Turk; and ACOF Tenant Cristal Couoh. The event, held at Candela La Brea, was supported by our generous sponsors, whose contributions make it possible for ACOF to grow and maintain its impact. Read more

PLATINUM
EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants
U.S. Bank
GOLD
Beth Garfield & Wally Knox
S.L.Leonard & Associates, Inc.
SILVER
Alpha Construction Co, Inc.
AMJ Construction Management
Philip & Cindy Feder
Walton Construction, Inc.
BRONZE
Adventist Health White Memorial
Bank of America
Barker Management, Inc.
Century Housing
Chase
City National Bank
Dora & Grey Gallo
Enterprise
Gubb & Barshay Attorneys At Law
Jemmott Rollins Group, Inc.
J.P.Morgan
Marc Binenfeld & Julie Miller
Merritt Community Capital Corp
Mitchell B. Menzer & Wendy Wolf
Monique Lawshe
Office 42 Architecture
Practice
Related
United Building CompanyPLATINUM
