With deep gratitude to the 25,000 of you who voted, we're excited to share the results of the 2021 My LA2050 Grants Challenge!
All 25 winning organizations are doing transformative work in Los Angeles and are worthy of your support over the next year and beyond! We invite you to congratulate them on social media, and if you're in a position to engage more, consider volunteering or donating.
And now…. meet the grantees! 🎉
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CREATE
$100K: On The Go LA
$50K: Las Fotos Project
$25K: People's Pottery Project
$15K: Fund for Guaranteed Income
$10K: Covenant House California
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LEARN
$100K: DIY Girls
$50K: New Earth
$25K: SEED Los Angeles
$15K: Alliance in Mentorship / MiMentor
$10K: Rivet School
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PLAY
$100K: Angel City Sports
$50K: Color the Water
$25K: CicLAvia
$15K: Sloane Stephens Foundation
$10K: East Side Riders Bike Club
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LIVE
$100K: Shower of Hope
$50K: City Plants
$25K: Healing California
$15K: Western Center on Law & Poverty
$10K: Westside Pacific Villages
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CONNECT
$100K: Children Now
$50K: Center for Restorative Justice Works
$25K: Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
$15K: human-I-T
$10K: The Civics Center
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A special thank you to our evaluation partner, Social Venture Partners Los Angeles, and our generous funding partners, Snap Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation, who will be awarding additional prizes to this year's submitters.
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VIDEO: THE MOMENT THEY WON!
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We reached out to the five winners of the $100,000 grants and recorded as we shared the exciting news. Watch the video to see their reactions! 📸 |
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KAREN EARL | CEO, Jenesse Center*
*2020 and 2016 My LA2050 Grants Challenge Winner
My favorite Los Angeles places and spaces...
PLAY: Adon is five! He's my nephew full of joy, running in the Fox Hills Park, acting and dancing throughout Los Angeles with a loving, intentional mom. May he forever be free – Black Boy Joy!
CREATE: With a blank canvas, working with Jenesse Center's AMAZING board, staff, and partners to envision and actualize love for families in our South Los Angeles community.
CONNECT: Where would I be without those who stand with me on this journey? Heroes and Partners from communities throughout the region including: South Los Angeles, Carson, Beverly Hills, Compton, Gardena, Downtown – all working with Jenesse to save the world!
LEARN: Jenesse is a proud member of the Culturally Responsive Domestic Violence Network lifting up marginalized communities, especially in South Los Angeles – Bringing issues AND solutions to the forefront.
LIVE: Walking trails with my fabulous nieces, LiLi and Aja - We love Kenneth Hahn Park and Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook. Such healing spaces! Then lunch at Manuela in Downtown LA!
Follow @LA2050 on Instagram to see a new Fave Five post every Friday from an impactful Angeleno.
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Multiple Positions Available, A Place Called Home
LAEP Transitional Planner, Los Angeles Education Partnership
Senior Social Worker, VA Medical Center
Program Officer, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation
Chief Development Officer, Huntington Medical Research Institutes
Middle & High School Programs Specialist, Young Storytellers
Multiple Positions Available, KCRW
Healthy Retail Specialist Consultant, SEE-LA
Multiple Positions Available, Inner City Law Center
Multiple Positions Available, Alliance College-Ready Public Schools
Database Operations Manager, The People Concern
Multiple Positions, Liberty Hill Foundation
Multiple Positions, Social Venture Partners Los Angeles (SVPLA)
Distance Learning Curriculum Consultants, Young Storytellers
Associate Director, The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles
Supervising Attorney, Mental Health Advocacy Services
AmeriCorps Member, Changeist
Multiple Positions Available, The Underground Museum
Manager, Programs, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Social Media Marketing Manager, Baby2Baby
Deputy Director of Community Engagement, California College Guidance Initiative
JV Volleyball Head Coach, The Archer School for Girls
Communications Coordinator, Harness
Environmental Education Coordinator, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
National Director of Mental Health & Wellness, College Track
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July 7, 1pm | The Campaign for College Opportunity: Lunch Break with Dr. Lande Ajose, Senior Policy Advisor for Higher Education for the Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
July 8, 11am | Mayors for a Guaranteed Income First Anniversary Summit
July 8, 6pm | OTIS College of Art and Design Presents: Alumnx Exploration Series: Victor Yates ('14 MFA Writing)
July 8, 6pm | Los Angeles Waterkeeper: The Story of Plastic
July 10, 7:30pm | 18th Street Arts Center Presents LEFT/RIGHT/HERE: An Outdoor Art Experience
July 14, 7pm | The Los Angeles Public Library Alzheimer's Series: Making Home Safe
July 16, 12pm | Los Angeles Scholars Investment Fund Redesign Listening Session
July 17, 2pm | The California African American Museum Zine Workshop
July 17, 6pm | Free Outdoor Screening of Playing With Fire (2019)
July 18, 11am | Aa Plaza de Cultura y Artes Presents: Molcajete Dominguero - An Outdoor Latinx Flea Market
July 19, 3pm | The Los Angeles Public Library: Python Programming for Beginners
July 20, 5pm | The California African American Museum In Conversation on Black Debutante Culture
July 21, 7pm | Picturing Mexican America with Marissa López, Professor of English and Chicano/a Studies, UCLA
Aug 4, 10am | 18th Street Arts Center Presents Borderless: Beirut
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