Giving Design

07/17/2026

We recently partnered with The Arc Los Angeles & Orange Counties, a nonprofit organization supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families through advocacy and community-based services. The organization focuses on building life skills, promoting independence, and creating opportunities for inclusion through offerings such as employment training, education, and community integration programs. With a long history of service, the organization is part of a broader national network dedicated to advancing the rights and well-being of people with disabilities.

​Giving Design will work with The Arc to develop concepts that enliven and reinvigorate the spaces their staff and clients use on a daily basis. We will then provide renderings to bring life to these concepts in The Arc's fundraising package, giving potential donors a glimpse of the exciting improvements planned for the interior program and exterior event spaces.

Thank you to our new volunteer, Susie Vickery, pictured below with Gary Goldberg and Christine Hardin. Susie joined us for Giving Design's recent site visit to The Arc's headquarters in Downey, CA.

06/19/2026

This week, Giving Design brought together a distinguished group of designers, architects, and community-minded professionals to explore innovative design solutions for Hollywood Cares Foundation's future Peer Respite Center in Stockton, CA, and The Arc's current facility in Downey, CA.

Giving Design is partnering with Hollywood Cares Foundation to envision a new Peer Respite Center in Stockton that will provide behavioral health services, supportive housing, and crisis stabilization resources for young adults facing mental health and substance use challenges. We are also collaborating with The Arc- Los Angeles and Orange Counties to reimagine and revitalize its longtime Downey facility, creating inspiring spaces that enhance programs and opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

The ideas, expertise, and enthusiasm shared during these sessions will help shape environments that foster healing, dignity, inclusion, and opportunity. We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed their time and talents in support of these important initiatives and look forward to advancing these projects in partnership with our donors, volunteers, and community supporters.

Thank you to Gary Valinsky, Ken Downing, Andrew Reilman, Susie Vickery, and Nora Sarkissian, along with our virtual participants who joined via Zoom.

06/02/2026

Giving Design is excited to announce our most recent updates, including that our services have assisted non-profit organizations in raising over 100 million dollars. Please click this link to learn more: https://viewstripo.email/bdf826ab-454d-4554-b55c-4c79768d016f1776457648358

01/26/2026

Giving Design shares our warm congratulations to our client, Dr. Carolyn Rowley, on the incredible milestone of 25 years as the founder and leader of Cayenne Wellness Center.

This past Saturday, the 25th Anniversary Gala was a beautiful evening of reflection and celebration, honoring Cayenne’s impact as a statewide lifeline for individuals and families living with sickle cell disease. Here's to many more years of fierce advocacy, education, and wellness programs that continue to strengthen the health and well-being of Sickle Cell Warriors.

All donations support mental wellness programs for Sickle Cell Warriors.
Donate to make an impact: cayennewellness.org/donate-2/

12/01/2025

Giving Tuesday is tomorrow!

Want to join me in supporting a good cause? This Giving Tuesday I'm raising money for Giving Design and your contribution will make an impact. Whether you donate $5 or $500, every donation helps. Thank you for your support.

Our mission is to connect the skills and resources of our design community with those who might not otherwise have access to design’s positive impact. We recognize that design requires experience, skill and knowledge that ordinarily comes at a high price. We acknowledge that, for many, design seems like a luxury. We believe strongly that thoughtful design improves quality of life and imparts a sense of wellbeing to those who experience it. We know that the design community is populated with generous and involved practitioners who are committed to expanding access to good design for everyone, especially for those to whom it may seem beyond reach.

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Want to join me in supporting a good cause? This Giving Tuesday I'm raising money for Giving Design and your contribution will make an impact. Whether you donate $5 or $500, every donation helps. Thank you for your support. I've included informati...

11/26/2025

11/11/2025

On Thursday, November 6th, Giving Design hosted a Volunteer Appreciation and Celebration Mixer at the beautiful MillerKnoll showroom. This special event brought together the civic-minded architecture and design community to honor the dedication of our amazing volunteers and to celebrate the meaningful impact of Giving Design’s launch of several community benefit projects.

A heartfelt thank you to MillerKnoll for generously hosting us in such a beautiful and inspiring space, and to all of our sponsors and supporters who helped make the evening possible — including Paul Brayton Designs, Crossville Tile, Gerflor, and Stacy Nochenson for bringing delicious desserts, all contributing to a meaningful celebration.

We’re so grateful for the shared commitment of this community to help provide good design to those who might not otherwise have access. Here’s to another year of creativity, collaboration, and giving back!

08/26/2025

Giving Design is proud to share Gary Goldberg’s contribution to AIA's 7th year of Purposeful, "Prevention, Attention, and Intervention: Linking Modalities of Behavioral Health." Giving Design is continually impressed by Gary’s sustained leadership in guiding Purposeful's founding principles and ongoing mission.

AIA Purposeful 2025 challenged conventional approaches to behavioral healthcare facilities. Speakers invited attendees to reimagine architecture and design strategies that decrease stigma and isolation, while increasing patient accessibility and dignity, family involvement, and community integration.

Giving Design is proud of everyone putting work into the embrace of adaptable, resilient models for behavioral healthcare facilities—especially needed during this time of public health cuts and rapid expansion of needs.

07/09/2025

We are pleased to announce that Women For Good - Thousand Oaks has selected Giving Design to receive a donation. We are so grateful to Stephanie Ramirez for nominating us. In addition, we extend our gratitude to each member of this giving circle for recognizing the value of Giving Design's community-benefit services. If this news has inspired you to personally contribute to Giving Design's mission, please add to the funds raised by donating here: https://www.grapevine.org/nonprofit/d6SBg80/Giving-Design.

06/11/2025

Giving Design’s phenomenal success, and the value we bring to those we serve, is built on the contributions of time and energy by our amazing volunteers. Today we shine a spotlight on Juan Villarreal, and the huge benefit his architectural skills and talents have made in our work with the non-profit service organization, SSG. Juan has taken on a key role in Giving Design’s project team as we work to help SSG bring much-needed behavioral health care services to our community. Thank you, Juan!