We’re just two weeks away from the launch of our 2024 Grants Challenge!
This year, we aren’t just asking you to vote for the issues that matter most to you. For the first time, we’re also highlighting opportunities to volunteer and make a tangible impact on those same issues.
LA2050 is partnering with 24 organizations to host a range of volunteer activations across the LA region, from April 2nd to May 8th. You can clean up a local beach, help a former foster youth move into their first home, assemble lunches for those in need, beautify an elementary school garden, and much, much more!
If you've been looking for more opportunities to give back, we've got you!
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VOLUNTEER ACTIVATIONS HOSTED BY:
A Sense of Home • Bob Baker Marionette Theater • Cabrillo Marine Aquarium • CicLAvia • Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights • Defy Ventures • Friends of Ballona Wetlands • Friends of the Los Angeles River • Garden School Foundation • Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association • Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles • Heal the Bay • Healing California • Heart of Los Angeles • Inclusion Matters by Shane's Inspiration • Inner City Law Center • L.A. Works, Inc. • LA-Tech.org • Library Foundation of Los Angeles • Living Through Giving Foundation • Lopez Urban Farm • North East Trees, Inc. • Para Los Niños • Pasadena Village
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ICYMI: We doubled the number of volunteer activations – from 12 to 24 – due to the volume of impressive applications we received. Thank you to all of the organizations that submitted!
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HILLARY COHEN | CEO and Co-Founder, Every Day Action
My favorite Los Angeles places and spaces...
PLAY: If you are looking for an amazing workout that is also fun and inspiring, Melissa Feuchtinger at Motivate Cycle Club’s Porter Ranch location leads one of the most fun cycle rides I have ever participated in.
CREATE: The Ledge Theater in Los Feliz recently hosted a fundraiser for Every Day Action. It was hosted by the amazing improv team, Power Sauce, and featured some amazing local comedians.
CONNECT: Bra Network is a Los Angeles based community that connects women entrepreneurs by providing a space for women to support women while also providing networking events, resources, and tools to make females more effective as leaders and within their businesses.
LEARN: The Griffith Observatory is one of my favorite places in LA to explore both inside and out. The hikes up and around have some of the most stunning views in LA and the Samuel Oschin Planetarium show is always inspiring.
LIVE: About My Father's Business Homeless Outreach is a fellow Los Angeles nonprofit helping the unhoused by distributing emergency supplies weekly. Their founder, Kathy Huck, works 24/7 helping others and is constantly looking for ways to help the LA community.
Follow @LA2050 on Instagram to see new Fave Five posts from impactful Angelenos.
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👋 Have a job opening you want to be featured? Submit it here!
JOB OF THE WEEK! Urban Forestry Manager, North East Trees
Manager of National Programs, The Civics Center
Grants Development Coordinator, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
Multiple Positions, CHIRLA
Grant Writer, Skirball Cultural Center
Multiple Positions, The Archer School for Girls
General Manager, RELAC
Director of Development, Women In Film
Multiple Positions, A Place Called Home
Director of Development, The Accelerated Schools
Multiple Positions, TreePeople
Project Manager, Community Corporation of Santa Monica
Deputy Director, California Science Center
Multiple Positions, Partners in Diversity
Director of Development and Communications, PACE
Multiple Positions, Door of Hope
Executive Associate to Transform, Partnership for Los Angeles Schools
Multiple Positions, Chrysalis
Senior Associate, The Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy
Chief Development & Marketing Officer, JVS SoCal
Multiple Positions, Catalyst California
Executive Director, The Children's Collective Inc.
Development Assistant, Hands for Hope
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24 LA2050 VOLUNTEER ACTIVATIONS
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Apr. 1-5, 9 am | Amplify Access to Tech Jobs with LA-Tech.org
Apr. 3, 6:15 pm | Support Second Chances w/ Defy Ventures
Apr. 4, 4 pm | 34th Kenneth Owler Smith Symposium
Apr. 5, 2 pm and Apr. 6, 7 am | Celebrate Invention at the LA Maker Faire w/ LAPL
Apr. 6, 9 am | Join “Salvia Mi Tierra” w/ North East Trees, Inc
Apr. 13, 9 am | Create New Home Kits for the Formerly Unhoused w/ L.A. Works
Apr. 13, 10:30 am | Bring Free Intergenerational Music to Communities w/ HOLA
Apr. 17, 5 pm | Unleash Your Inner Artist for May Day w/ CHIRLA
Apr. 20, 8 am | Restore Native Habitat w/ Friends of the Los Angeles River
Apr. 20, 9 am | Get Your Hands Dirty w/ the Garden School Foundation
Apr. 20, 9 am | Splash into Action this Earth Day w/ Cabrillo Marine Aquarium!
Apr. 20, 9:30 am | Support Inclusive Play w/ Inclusion Matters by Shane’s Inspiration
Apr. 20, 10 am | Beautify the Los Angeles Coastline with Heal the Bay
Apr. 20, 10 am | Double the Sustainable Harvest at Lopez Urban Farm
Apr. 21, 6 am | Support Free Community Arts w/ Bob Baker Marionette Theater
Apr. 21, 9 am | Transform Venice Blvd. into a Pop-Up Park for the Day w/ CicLAvia
Apr. 22, 9 am | Craft Animal Enrichment Items w/ the Los Angeles Zoo
April 24, 10 am | Help Our Unhoused Neighbors w/ Inner City Law Center
Apr. 27, 8 am | Help Provide Free Dental and Vision Care w/ Healing California
Apr. 27, 9:30 am | Earth Day Community Habitat Restoration w/ Friends of Ballona Wetlands
Apr. 27, 10 am | Pack Lunches for Neighbors in Need w/ #HashtagLunchbag!
Apr. 27, 10 am | Support New and Expecting Mothers with Para Los Niños
Apr. 27, 10 am | Help Older Adults Use Technology with Pasadena Village
Apr. 27, 11 am | Furnish a Former Foster Youth’s First Home w/ A Sense of Home
May 4, 8 am | Build Homes and Dreams w/ Habitat LA (register with code LA2050)
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EVENT OF THE WEEK! Mar. 22, 5 pm | Applications Due: LA2050 Youth Ambassador Program
Mar. 19, 1 pm | PACE Webinar: Grants for Business Owners
Mar. 20, 5 pm | City of West Hollywood: Drag Artists Roundtable
Mar. 21, 6 pm | Trailblazers in Conversation: Fesia Davenport
Mar. 23 | SoCal Museums Free-For-All 2024
Mar. 23, 11 am | Behind the Scenes: Printmaking with Gemini G.E.L.
Mar. 27, 7 pm | New Women Auteurs of Contemporary World Cinema: Tiger Stripes
Mar. 28, 6 pm | Zócalo Public Square: Can a Football Stadium be a Black History Museum?
Mar. 28 - 31, 8 am | Spring Fling Featuring Big Bunny
Mar. 30, 11 am | North Hollywood Chandler Community Ride
Apr. 6, 1:30 pm | What is a Western? Film Series: Borderline
Apr. 9, 7:30 pm | Rebecca Morris: UCLA Department of Art Lecture
Apr. 11, 11 am | SJPLA Wellbeing Series: Mindfulness with Mel Mah
Apr. 17, 7:30 pm | Intersections: Armenian Classical Composers
Apr. 18, 8 am | LANI Community Forum 2024
👋 Have an event you want to be highlighted? Submit it here!
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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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