Once again, this year, we have decided to shift our approach to gifting during the holiday season. Instead of shopping and shipping, we’re giving back and donating to local charities in the cities Company 3 and our sister companies Powerhouse VFX, Method Studios, Encore VFX, and SDFX Studios calls home.

The charities we have selected reflect our ongoing dedication to amplifying community voices and building a robust and equitable launchpad for future generations of creative talent. Engaging with a diverse and far-reaching network of creative perspectives remains at the forefront of our mission, and we’re thrilled to be partnering with a roster of organizations who support and empower this vital work.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Exceptional Minds is an academy and studio preparing young adults on the autism spectrum for careers in animation, visual effects, 3D gaming and other related fields in the industry. They provide technical and work readiness training customized to help students achieve their full artistic and professional potential.

Exceptional Minds is comprised of a vocational academy, post graduate program, and professional post-production studios.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Kids in The Spotlight (KITS) is a black-led, Los Angeles County-based organization that helps foster youth heal and grow from trauma through the power of storytelling and filmmaking. In the KITS flagship Script-to-Screen program, foster youth ages 12-22 write, cast, and star in their own short films, telling their stories their way. KITS envisions a pipeline of Black and brown leaders in positions of decision-making power. By building the pipeline, KITS pursues the restoration of economic stability and generational wealth for Black and brown youth.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Vancouver, Canada

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank was set up as a temporary relief to the hunger crisis in 1983, but the need still exists today. They receive no ongoing government funding and exist solely through the generosity of the public, their industry partners, and applicable grants.  Each month they provide healthy food to around 14,000 individuals and families in need, and 118 Community Agency Partners across Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and the North Shore. Their mission is to provide healthy food to those in need.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Toronto, Canada

The Parkdale Community Food Bank is a grass roots organization, founded by volunteers in November 2007, after the threatened closure of the 25 year old Saint Phillips Pantry.

Their mission is to ensure access to barrier free food, with choice, dignity and respect for all. No questions asked, they provide food to anyone who seeks assistance from their program. They believe that access to high quality, healthy food is a human right.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Atlanta, GA

re:imagine/ATL was founded in 2014 by Susanna Spiccia. Her initial vision was to bring together youth from different backgrounds and provide them with an opportunity to learn from each other through the art of storytelling. Over time, the organization’s vision, programs, and impact have expanded to include a commitment to providing youth with educational opportunities that build their real-world skill sets, both technical and soft, to prepare them for careers in the entertainment and media industries.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: London, UK

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity. Together with their partners, they support more than 14,000 homeless young people each year. They provide accommodation, mental health support and life skills to get vulnerable young people back into education, training and employment. They want to end youth homelessness in the UK.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Pune, India

Spherule Foundation started in the year 2016 with a vision to work primarily to bring deep-rooted sustainable change in people & lives, with a vision is to create an equal, just and sustainable society.

They work for the less fortunate & economically weaker sections of society, developing educational & sustainable programs for the urban and rural communities with a focus on Women Empowerment, Health & Education.

They are doing various awareness sessions, initiatives, workshops and seminars in schools, colleges, orphanages, slums, villages and communities all across India.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Reel Works mentors, inspires, and empowers underserved NYC youth to share their stories through filmmaking, creating a springboard to successful careers in media and beyond.

They match teens 1:1 with professional filmmaker mentors to tell their stories and have their voices heard. It’s a powerful combination that changes young lives and creates films that have been seen by tens of millions of viewers worldwide.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Ghetto Film School (GFS) is an award-winning nonprofit founded in 2000 to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great storytellers.

With locations in New York City, Los Angeles and London, GFS equips students for top universities and careers in the creative industries through two tracks: an introductory education program for high school students and early-career support for alumni and young professionals.

GFS annually serves over 8,000 individuals, 14-34 years of age.

Learn more about this non-profit organization here.

Seasons of Giving

In addition to the above our London and Vancouver offices also both raised over $1,000 in donations for Backpack Buddies and City Harvest through in office events. The donations from London went to City Harvest helped to create over 70kg in food donations, by re-distributing food that would otherwise be wasted. Then the donations from Vancouver went to Backpack buddies, which helps to supply children with a backpack of food for the weekend. As well as donating to Backpack buddies, 9 employees packed 721 bags of food to be sent to schools across the lower BC mainland.

Alongside the above, our team in Pune (India) did a clothing donation drive for a local homeless shelter called Dharamveer Shambhuraje Anathalaya. Our team in Pune all came together to gather the clothes required and donated them directly to the shelter. Dharamveer Shambhuraje Anathalaya provide food and shelter to homeless people and children who don’t have any guardian to look after. It is also a home to cows whom their owner has abandoned.