Welcome to our gang!


Collaborators are the partnering organizations we involve to help make our initiatives happen, and include public agencies at regional, county, and municipal levels; educational institutions from K12 to higher ed; community and faith-based organizations, and business. Supporters provide the funding that’s necessary for project launch, and include individuals, foundations, businesses, and government.

Pando Collaborators

Amigos de los Rios
Arnold & Porter Kay Scholer, LLP
ArtCenter College of Design
Bringing Theory to Practice – PLACE
CalArts
California College of the Arts, Secret Project
Cal Lutheran University
Cal Poly University, Pomona
Cal State University, Fullerton
Cal State University, Long Beach, Immersive Design
Cal State University, Los Angeles
Research Lab
Cal State University, Northridge
Caltech, Sustainability
Careers by Design LA
Caruso Catholic Center
Chartwell
Citrus College
City of Claremont
City of Cudahy
Cobb Institute
COMMON
Counterforce Lab
CSO Strategic Taskforce
Five Points Youth Foundation
Harvey Mudd College
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Hinterland Institute
Huerta de Valle
JBohn and Associates
Kellogg’s
Land Institute
Los Angeles, Board of Public Works
Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Koretz (5th District)
Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti, Homelessness Initiatives
Los Angeles Clean Tech Incubator (LACI)
Los Angeles County Office of Sustainability
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Architecture
Los Angeles United Methodist Urban Foundation
Maryknoll Sisters
Moonwater Farm
Mount Saint Mary’s University
Natural Ivy Foundation
NCompass
New Perennials Project
Otis College of Art and Design, Creative Action
Pando Institute
Pasadena City College
Pasadena City College, Industrial Design and Design Fabrication Lab
Pico Union Housing Corporation
Pitzer College, Casa Ontario
Plante Moran, Religious Institutes Services Group
SCI-Arc
Second Home
Sisters of Social Service
SoCal Water$mart
Stephen White Middle School
Studio MLA
Studio Petrichor
Sustainable Claremont
UCLA, Extension
UCLA, Office of Sustainability
UCLA, School of Arts and Architecture
UCLA, School of Design Media Arts
University of Kansas, Think Wrong Institute
University of La Verne
USC, Iovine and Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation
USC, Office of Religious Life
USC, School of Architecture
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Western Aspen Alliance
What Design Can Do
Woodbury University, School of Architecture

Pando Sponsors 2025

Pando programs are made possible by:
John Buchanan
Andrew Tobias
Jill Apperson
Metropolitan Water District
Caltech

With the generous support of:
Athens Services
Alexandria Technology
Floe Financial Partners
Plante Moran
LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell
LA County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath
LA City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky
LA Metro
The Happold Foundation
Christine Johnson
Eugene Shirley and Ruey-Lung Hsiao

And the following:
Ed Bacon and Hope Hendricks-Bacon
Jay Farbstein and Bonnie Berman
Stephanie Landregan
Marcela Oliva
Rebecca Schmitt
Elizabeth Thompson
Pamela Brief
Tom Rau
And more…

Thank you!

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