Home Depot donates $250,000 to youth programs across Greater Los Angeles

Home Depot is putting $250,000 into youth programs across Greater Los Angeles, a move tied to the U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup opener in Los Angeles and aimed at Boys & Girls Clubs of America programs in Southern California. The money will support soccer programming, workforce development opportunities and other community-based Club activities, giving the donation a direct link to skills, not just goodwill.

The timing fits a bigger marketing push around FIFA World Cup 26. FIFA named Home Depot the Official Home Improvement Retail Supporter for the tournament in North America in December 2024, and the company worked with David Beckham in March 2026 on fan activations around the event. U.S. Soccer House opened in Venice Beach on June 11, one day before the donation announcement, adding another visible World Cup presence in Los Angeles.

For store leaders, the more important thread is how Home Depot keeps tying brand moments to community-facing work. The Home Depot Foundation says it works to improve the homes and lives of U.S. veterans, train skilled tradespeople and support communities hit by natural disasters. Since 2011, the foundation says it has invested more than $650 million in veteran causes and improved more than 70,000 veteran homes and facilities.

That broader strategy matters inside the stores as much as outside them. Home Depot says Path to Pro is a $50 million commitment to closing the skilled labor gap, with training, hands-on experience, scholarships and entrepreneurship programming for youth, high school students, underserved communities and separating service members. In March 2026, the foundation also announced $1 million in Path to Pro Education Grants, with awards up to $10,000 for schools and nonprofits.

Home Depot’s scale helps explain why these local partnerships carry weight. The company operates more than 2,300 retail stores across the United States, Canada and Mexico, and in markets like Southern California it depends on neighborhoods where homeowners, contractors and builders overlap. A donation to Boys & Girls Clubs can help keep those relationships warm, while also feeding the longer pipeline of future associates, trades workers and community partners the company says it wants to build.