This year's 480 LA2050 Grants Challenge submissions are up now on la2050.org!
Today, we’re taking a look back at how we arrived at this point. From April 18th to May 6th, we opened the Grants Challenge by asking Angelenos to vote for the issues they cared about most, to help us determine our funding priorities for the year. The response was inspiring —
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Thank you to all who participated and helped us to demonstrate the power of community grantmaking. We'll announce the winning organizations in September.
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To spread the word about voting, we partnered with 10 organizations to host a lineup of LA2050 Listens events, from Zócalo Public Square's panel exploring the question “Can We All Live In the Best Version of Los Angeles?” to People's Yoga's free classes themed around the LA2050 goal categories and Color the Water's beach days. Together, these events engaged thousands of Angelenos in voting to determine the issues that would be funded through this year's Grants Challenge.
LEARN MORE ABOUT LA2050 LISTENS →
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LA2050 YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
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Our first-ever LA2050 Youth Ambassador cohort also helped to activate voters in this year’s Grants Challenge. Together, the 78 Youth Ambassadors, ages to 14 to 24, engaged more than 1,000 participants! At our wrap-up celebration, one of our Youth Ambassadors, Diana S., shared: “Being able to tell voters about what the survey was interested them more. This is everyone’s community and being able to have an impact on that motivated them.”
READ ALL ABOUT OUR YOUTH AMBASSADORS →
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JOHNATHAN HUANG | Design Fellow, LA2050
My favorite Los Angeles places and spaces...
PLAY: I've recently been taking walks up the side of Ernest E. Debs Regional Park in my free time, and it's such a lovely, quick, but slightly challenging, walk up to a beautiful little pond. It is a great way to decompress. Also, there are always so many adorable dogs!
CREATE: One of my favorite places to be is at Green & Bisque Clayhouse in Pasadena. For all skill levels of potter, if you just want to take a day class for fun with a friend, or if you are an experienced potter looking for guest lectures/specialty firings, G&B has really brought together the creative community of ceramicists in LA for me.
CONNECT: Living right along the Gold Line, I always try to take the Metro to places when I can, as it's a great way to get to many places if you want to just take it slow and enjoy passing through the diverse neighborhoods of LA. Also, Union Station is always a beautiful place to be in. They recently ran a campaign of portraits commissioned by local LA artists that hung in the station and made me smile every time I walked by.
LEARN: I moved to Los Angeles to study Illustration at ArtCenter College of Design. The Hillside campus is a beautiful building designed by Craig Ellwood that has been deemed by the city of Pasadena as a historic landmark, so artist or not, I'd recommend everyone visit at some point to see a cool structural feat and some amazing artwork in the galleries.
LIVE: I love the proximity of LA to the Angeles National Forest, as I am an avid hiker and I love the mountains. It's so fun to explore all the different trails up there, making sure to always carry a bag to pick up any litter on the trail that I see.
Follow @LA2050 on Instagram to see new Fave Five posts from impactful Angelenos.
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JOB OF THE WEEK
Photography Teaching Artist, Venice Arts
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Administrative Assistant, WriteGirl
Multiple Positions Available, Museum of Contemporary Art
Multiple Positions Available, A Place Called Home
Executive Director, Reform LA Jails
Multiple Positions Available, New Media Ventures
Middle School Volleyball Head Coach, The Archer School for Girls
Grant Administrator, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
Office Manager, Hollywood Cinema Production Resources
Director of Operations, Team Prime Time
Development Manager, Arlington Garden in Pasadena
Multiple Positions Available, Door of Hope
Project Manager, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
Director of Development and Communications, artworxLA
Foundation Manager, City Scholars Foundation
Development Associate, A Noise Within
Director of Programs, Connections for Children
Early Learning Organizer, Proyecto Pastoral
Multiple Positions Available, Foundation for California Community Colleges
Executive Director, Arts Bridging The Gap
Garden Educator, EnrichLA
Senior Campaign Representative - Building Electrification, Sierra Club
Director of Finance & Operations, BuildAbility
Family Engagement Manager, STEM Preparatory Schools, Inc.
Teaching Artist, Dramatic Results
Multiple Positions Available, Boys & Girls Club of Metro Los Angeles
Program Coordinator - The Rebel Garden Project, RuckusRoots
Development and Events Manager, Coalition for Clean Air
IT Coordinator, STEM Prep Schools
Chief Strategy Officer, Audience and Community, The Broad
Multiple Positions Available, Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Changeist AmeriCorps Member, Changeist
Lactation Consultant Program Manager, BreastfeedLA
PR & Marketing Specialist, Baby2Baby
Director of Events and Donor Engagement, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools Foundation
Administrative Assistant, Communities In Schools Of Los Angeles
Director of Major Gifts, Adventist Health Glendale Foundation
Executive Assistant, Healthline Youth Counseling
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July 28, 8 pm | Skirball Cultural Center Sunset Concerts - Rocky Dawuni Feat. KCRW DJ Francesca
July 29, 6 pm | Art + Olfaction Awards: Meet the Finalists and Winners
July 30, 2 pm | City Terrace Art Walk
July 30, 2 pm | Los Angeles Public Library - Reptile Family
July 30-31 | LITLIT - The Little Literary Fair
July 31, 9 am | Bike Day at L.A. State Historic Park
Aug 2, 3 pm | Los Angeles Public Library - DJ 101 With DJ Hapa
Aug 11, 12 pm | 18th Street Arts Center - Arts Communications Essentials | Session 3: Crafting Your Elevator Pitch
Aug 13-14 | Getty 25 Celebrates Crenshaw
Aug 14, 8 am | Los Angeles Audubon - Franklin Canyon Bird Walk
Aug 18, 12 pm | 18th Street Arts Center - Creative Roundtable: Nicholas Barlow
Aug 18, 7 pm | California African American Museum - In Conversation: Essence Harden and Leigh Raiford @ Art + Practice
Sept 27, 7 pm | Zócalo Public Square - How Should We Prepare For Aliens to Arrive on Earth
Oct 15, 9 am | Natural History Museum Educator Workshop
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Find funding resources on our Goldhirsh Foundation website, which is regularly updated with a diverse range of grant opportunities!
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