Sheikh/Impact

Five years. 💛

Our 5th Anniversary celebration was a beautiful reminder that this work has always been about community. To every client, partner, and friend who’s trusted us, collaborated with us, and cheered us on — thank you.

Here’s to the next chapter and even bolder impact ahead.

As we close out the year, we’re filled with gratitude.

It’s been an honor and a privilege to work alongside so many extraordinary organizations — helping them build capacity, strengthen systems, and expand impact.

At Sheikh/Impact, we’re proud to serve as a trusted thought partner to the change-makers who inspire us every day.

Thank you for the collaboration, trust, and purpose you’ve shared with us throughout the year. Here’s to continued partnership, fresh ideas, and even greater impact in 2026.

Please note that our office will be closed for the holidays starting Monday, December 22, 2025, and we will return on Monday, January 5, 2025. We intentionally pause annually to allow our team to rest and recharge, ensuring we enter 2026 ready to continue supporting our clients with the critical work they lead.

We appreciate your partnership and wish you a restorative, joyful holiday season. We look forward to reconnecting in the new year. If you need urgent support during this time, please contact [email protected].

In today’s LA Times, our CEO, Amber Sheikh, is quoted in an article highlighting our region’s real and deeply concerning possibility of budget reductions that could force thousands of our neighbors back into homelessness. This is not a projection any of us take lightly. When resources shrink, the human impact is immediate — and often irreversible.

As Chair of the LAHSA Commission, Amber believes it’s essential that the public understands both the scale of the challenge and the difficult decisions in front of us. Transparency is not always comfortable, and it is certainly not always welcomed. But it is necessary. Our community deserves an honest accounting of what these cuts mean: fewer outreach teams on the street, fewer beds available, fewer pathways into stability for people who are already at the margins.

Transparency also requires that we share both our challenges and our progress. The homelessness response system is complex, but our obligation is straightforward: to communicate honestly, to act decisively, and to ground our decisions in data, accountability, and humanity.

We cannot confront a crisis of this scale by softening the truth or obscuring consequences. We must face it directly — with urgency, clarity, and a unified commitment to preventing people from falling back into homelessness. I remain steadfast in advocating for the resources our region needs and in ensuring the public understands the real impact when those resources fall short.

Read the full article here:

Expected loss of federal funds could push thousands of L.A. County households into homelessness Local officials say more than 14,500 L.A. County households in subsidized, permanent housing could be forced into homelessness, mostly because of federal cuts.

Huge congratulations to our longtime client and friend, The Arts for Healing and Justice Network Executive Director, Ledesma — this year’s The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company Champion for Youth Justice Award honoree!

Elida’s leadership in youth justice and the arts is powerful, transformative, and deeply worthy of celebration. Thank you, Elida, for the deep, grounded, and generous work you do for young people and communities across Los Angeles.