In the last few months, we've introduced you to our newest cohort of grantees and their incredible work. Today, we wanted to take a moment and update you on the impact made by last year's My LA2050 Grants Challenge winners with their collective $1 million in grant funding.
Our 2020 grantee cohort represents the best and brightest in our region. These 25 organizations have worked tirelessly to serve Los Angeles through the challenges of COVID-19 – demonstrating incredible resilience, compassion, and kindness.
Check out a few highlights below, and head to the LA2050 Blog to read all 25 updates.
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Safe Parking LA served more than 400 people experiencing vehicular homelessness with an average stay of six months and transitioned more than 100 of its clients into housing.
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Public Matters directly engaged 45 University Park families in drawing attention to traffic violence and building residents’ capacity to advocate for safe, people-friendly streets.
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Reading Partners provided 12,793 one-on-one virtual tutoring sessions to more than 430 students across Los Angeles with the support of nearly 500 volunteer tutors.
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Creative Acts expanded its Art Attacks! program to all seven LA County Juvenile Camps and Halls, achieving 100 percent voter turnout of participants in the 2020 election.
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Jenesse Center, Inc. responded to a 40 percent increase in the number of calls to its crisis hotline, most likely due to an increase stressors that lead to domestic violence incidents.
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LA Forward launched the LA 101 guide to help Angelenos understand how local government really works, and how they can make a difference with their friends and neighbors.
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SANDRA CANO | Executive Director, City Year Los Angeles
My favorite Los Angeles places and spaces...
PLAY: LA sports have become a favorite outing, especially with all the activities within the games, whether it be the seventh-inning stretch at Dodgers Stadium or the music blasting during breaks at an LA Sparks game at Staples Center.
CREATE: Before the pandemic, my daughter (a natural-born artist/actress/musician) and I went to see Shakespeare in the Park at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park. I'm so excited that they're up and running again! Can't wait to go again.
CONNECT: Downtown is the home of gathering to share your voice! Walking the streets of Grand, Hope, Hill, and many others marching with like-minded folx as we bring light to important causes.
LEARN: Having received my Bachelor's and Doctorate Degrees at UCLA makes me a little biased to learning in LA. Even as I walk on campus or share a snack with the aggressive squirrels at the foot of Janss Steps, I feel the rush of all those days learning and engaging in intriguing conversations with my colleagues.
LIVE: Nothing beats lugging a cooler, picnic basket, and sand toys with my niece and nephews or family friends at one of our many beaches. I am always taken aback when I speak to folx from other states that have never seen the ocean. So much in LA that we can't take for granted!
Follow @LA2050 on Instagram to see a new Fave Five post every Friday from an impactful Angeleno.
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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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Athletics Program Manager, A Place Called Home
Development Manager, Swipe Out Hunger
Program Support Specialist, Young Storytellers
Multiple Positions Available, Covenant House California
Executive Director, Microenterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California
Multiple Positions Available, Door of Hope
Executive Director, Harness
Communications Manager, Californians Together
Data Analyst/Developer, UCLA California Center for Sustainable Communities
Multiple Positions Available, The Archer School for Girls
Assistant Director, Strategic Relations, UCLA Grand Challenges
Copywriter, Meteorite
Development Coordinator, 826LA
Health Educator, SEE-LA
Family Support Service Worker, Los Angeles Education Partnership
Multiple Positions Available, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Multiple Positions Available, KCRW
Multiple Positions Available, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Multiple Positions Available, Our House Grief Support Center
Accounts Payable Specialist, My Life Foundation
Data Management Coordinator, City Hub and Network for Gender Equity, The Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles
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Through Oct. 24 | Chinese American Museum: The 150th Anniversary of the Chinese Massacre of 1871, Eight Days of Virtual Programming
Oct. 21, 12pm | USC Price Social Innovation Speaker Series Featuring Papia Debroy and Kate Naranjo
Oct. 21, 4pm | California African American Museum: Dress and Power with Kennedi Carter and Taylor Renee Aldridge
Oct. 22, 7pm | LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes: Chicano Culture Sculptor with Ruben “Funkahuatl” Guevara, Musician, Singer-Songwriter and Author
Oct. 23, 9am | LA Audubon: Beginner’s Bird Walk at Will Rogers State Historic Park
Oct. 23, 10am | Community Coalition Presents The Barber Shop Lounge: A Conversation Amongst Black Men
Oct. 25, 3pm | LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes: Chirmole with Socorro and Dora herrera (Yuca’s Restaurant)
Oct. 25, 4pm | LA Public Library: Sew Your Own Monster Doll
Oct. 26, 6pm | LA Public Library: Expressions LA Virtual Poetry Readings and Open Mic
Oct. 27, 4pm | LA Public Library: Dia De Los Muertos - Face Painting Workshop
Oct. 30, 5pm | Día de los Muertos Celebration at Third Street Promenade
Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 | Aquarium of the Pacific: "Scarium of the Pacific"
Oct. 31, 12pm | LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes: DÍa de Los Muertos - Coco (2016) - Outdoor Entertainment, Workshop and Screening
Nov. 2, 10am | Lessons from the First Internet Ages Symposium
Nov. 2, 12pm | UCLA Luskin Housing, Equity, and Community Series Presents Eviction Prevention and Rent Relief: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nov. 4, 12pm | Social Justice Partners LA Open House
Nov. 6, 6:30am | WalkUnitedLA 5k Walk/Run
Nov. 6, 9am | LA Audubon: Open Wetlands at Ballona Salt Marsh
Nov. 6, 10am | Sierra Club California 2021 Summit
Nov. 6, 11am | California African American Museum - Self Care: Yoga
Nov. 14, 6pm | Jenesse Center: Raise Your Voice for Peace
Nov. 16, 11am | DISRUPT the Fowler: DEFER
Dec. 5, 9am | CicLAvia - South LA presented by Metro
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