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ENCOMPASS was founded in 2004 by a small group of experts in intergroup relations, youth development and arts education. Founder Lori Nelson was joined by Juliana Serrano, Ben Wright, Dani Bedau, Peter Howard, Kevin Blake, DeLanna Studi, Jenna Delgado, Steven Jones, Tom Saenz, Angie Weimer, Rodney Lazar, Ellyn McCoy, Al Hassas and Zeke Zeidler. Most of the staff had worked together in youth programs at the National Conference for Community and Justice in Los Angeles for many years before leaving to form ENCOMPASS. Additional consultation and support was provided by Lecia Brooks, Jim Hilvert, Rose Portillo, Jill Aguilar, Sergio Marin, Daniel Loera, Diane Flinn and David Nevell. Seed funding was provided by the Herb Alpert Foundation, Malcolm Atterbury, Jr, and other individual donors.