Lion's Heart is a national non-profit, teen-based volunteer program headquartered in California. The organization has several chapters in other states, such as Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin. It was founded in 2004 as a non-profit, non-fundraising group designed "to inspire teens to have a positive impact in their communities through leadership and participation in volunteering, providing needed resources for causes that ignite their passions." Lion's Heart enrolled approximately 5,600+ members as of 2016. The organization has grown steadily to more than 10,000 past and present members as of May 2018. Lion's Heart offers teenagers the opportunity to perform community service without fundraising, gain valuable leadership skills, and create an online shareable portfolio for college applications and internships. The organization enrolls teens who are in 6th through 12th grades. Teen members of Lion's Heart have amassed over 900,400 hours of service to local communities in 28 states in the U.S. since its inception in 2004. Lion's Heart has become noted in California due to their presence among volunteer groups. Organization Each geographical chapter of Lion's Heart has a group for each gender and grade level. Each group has 3-20 Members, along with one parent who is the Class Coordinator and works as a chaperone. They also now offer individual membership for teens who choose to stay on their own. The Members elect their own officers, lead their own meetings, decide together what community service they want to perform, and who they want to help. Each 'class' is required to meet six times during a year. Every volunteer in Lion's Heart is encouraged to perform at least 30 hours of community service every year. While the organization is mostly based around group activity, many members choose to do their community service on their own. The corporate office of Lion's Heart, located in Irvine, California, receives many volunteer requests from nonprofits and those opportunities are passed along to each chapter by the organization's Volunteer Outreach team who also finds and curates unique opportunities for them adding to the enrichment of the local opportunities. The members, both individual and group, have a calendar in their account profile with all volunteer opportunities within 20 miles of their location listed for them that they can choose from. National presence in the United States Presently, as of May 2018, Lion's Heart has 516 groups in 220 chapters across 28 states