Favored Nations (nonprofit)

Favored Nations was registered by Noah Centineo and Josh Heller in 2019[1] and launched in early 2020, with the main office operating from Los Angeles, California.[6][7] The organization gained significant media attention and attracted a number of celebrities and influencers to philanthropic cause.[10][7][8]

Favored Nations uses social media networks and e-commerce to raise funds for its charity activity.[11] The nonprofit also designs for sale a variety of merchandise in collaboration with celebrities and influencers[12] and then acts as an intermediary between donors and charities, where each donor can contribute to a charity from the list of nonprofit organizations including Black Lives Matter, HeadCount,[13] Policing Equity, Know Your Rights Camp, Color of Change, The Bail Project and the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, among many others.[4][6] As of 2021, the majority of funding is distributed among four main program areas: COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, Educational Development, Civil Rights Movements and Charity Partner Support.[8][14]

It was founded by Noah Centineo (born 1996), an American actor who currently serves as CEO, and Josh Heller (born 1987), an American entrepreneur and actor. He is a co-founder of Favored Nations, where he serves as Chief Marketing Officer. Heller has been instrumental in a number of the nonprofit's campaigns, including COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund,[11] Voting Campaign and Black Lives Matter Support.[3]

The nonprofit's most notable campaigns and initiatives include COVID-19 Relief Fund, Black Lives Matter Support, in which Centineo and Lana Condor act out scenes from the popular Netflix movie series,[6][15] March for Democracy in collaboration with the HeadCount,[8][13] and an Art House gallery in Los Angeles, aimed to getting Generation Z to the 2020 US presidential elections.[3][16]