Charitable Organization with a Purpose

Real change begins close to home—classrooms, neighborhoods, shelters, and every place where people live and learn. The Lula Foundation turns empathy into action, empowering communities to create a kinder world.

The name, LULA, honors the quiet acts of care that often go unseen — small gestures of kindness that ripple through families, classrooms, shelters, and neighborhoods.

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Empathy Education

Hands-on lessons and workshops that help students practice empathy, kindness, and mindful communication.

Programs
Classroom lessons • Workshops
Audience
K–12 • Educators

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Animal Welfare

Partnerships with shelters and rescues to support humane education, care, and adoption programs.

Programs
Humane education • Care partnerships
Focus
Compassion • Responsibility

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Animal care and humane education
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Community & Environment

Neighborhood kindness projects and environmental learning that build connection and stewardship.

Programs
Community outreach • Environment
Outcomes
Belonging • Stewardship

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Community and environmental stewardship
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Values

  • Empathy first — teach, model, practice
  • Kindness for people, animals, and the earth
  • Community connection and belonging
  • Transparency and responsible stewardship
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About the Foundation

Founded to make compassion practical, the Lula Foundation operates exclusively for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3).

Our leadership brings together educators, caregivers, and community builders to design projects that help empathy grow into action.

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Nature and community