Empowering Pasadena's at-risk youth, one cup at a time.
Our cafe would not exist without the faithful work of our small coffee cart, which we lovingly named Rosebud. For years, Rosebud traveled around LA, empowering formerly homeless and transitional-aged youth as they practiced their newfound craft: serving an amazing cup of coffee.
Rosebud's work has led us to establish a permanent café in Pasadena (named after our little cart), as well as our non-profit, Coffee with a Cause. Today, Rosebud Coffee continues to persist in our mission of crafting coffee, community and cause.
We invite you stop by, sip our coffee, chat with our baristas, and find out what it means to be a part of #coffeewithacause.
2013-2017
$75,000 raised in donations to start the youth training program
20 local, transitional age youth (TAY) trained, totaling 3,840 hours of training
$46,080 in wages paid to youth trainees through the support of non-profit partners
14 youth transitioned to permanent employment
Rosebud Coffee opened in 2017
2018-2021
15 TAY youth trained, totaling 2,880 hours of training
90% of participating youth secure employment following our job skill training program
8 youth transitioned from trainees to employees at Rosebud
$49,542 in wages page to youth baristas by Rosebud
Partnerships built with 5 local non-profits to identify candidates from the over 2,274 (and rising) homeless and thousands of low-income TAY youth in LA county
2022-2023
8 transitional age youth employed
$13,127 in wages paid to youth baristas by Rosebud
Our non-profit, Coffee with a Cause, formed
Partnerships built with 4 other local businesses to provide internship opportunities, with more in the works
Up to 20 youth currently accepted to the program each quarter for job skill training and internships, with hopes to increase each year