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55 Los Angeles Nonprofits Receive Nearly $3 Million Through Community-Driven LA2050 Grants Challenge

Fifty-five Los Angeles-area nonprofit organizations have received grants totaling nearly $3 million through the 2025 LA2050 Grants Challenge, an annual demonstration in participatory grantmaking and open call for ideas to build a more vibrant, thriving, and equitable Los Angeles.
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Goldhirsh Foundation Q&A: How 9 Dots is Using AI to Amplify Impact

For almost the past two years, the Goldhirsh Foundation has offered free AI (artificial intelligence) consulting, training, and workshops to LA’s impact community.⁠⁠ The work is led on the Foundation’s behalf by Jen García, Goldhirsh Foundation’s AI EIR (executive-in-residence).
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AI for Impact: We Partnered with OpenAI; and a Use Case by Defy Ventures

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Goldhirsh Foundation Q&A: Talking AI With the LAFD

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AI For Impact Monthly: July 2025

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Press

News Media Covers LA2050 Grantee Showcase

News Media Covers LA2050 Grantee Showcase

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Los Angeles Business Journal: Leaders of Influence: Nonprofit & Philanthropy 2025

Los Angeles Business Journal: Leaders of Influence: Nonprofit & Philanthropy 2025

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Necessary Ventures: Tara Roth from the Goldhirsh Foundation and Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen

Necessary Ventures: Tara Roth from the Goldhirsh Foundation and Minnie Ingersoll from TenOneTen

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The New York Times: Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards (LA2050 Mentioned)

The New York Times: Growing Food Instead of Lawns in California Front Yards (LA2050 Mentioned)

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Helping Hand Pasadena Village Receives a LA2050 grant

Helping Hand Pasadena Village Receives a LA2050 grant

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'A Critical Node' Grid110 receives Goldhirsh Foundation grant

'A Critical Node' Grid110 receives Goldhirsh Foundation grant

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Speaking Engagements

LA2050 Grantee Showcase, Tara Roth and LeAnn Kelch-Melendez

LA2050 Grantee Showcase, Tara Roth and LeAnn Kelch-Melendez

National Conference on Citizenship, Tara Roth

National Conference on Citizenship, Tara Roth

OpenAI AI Nonprofit Jam, Tara Roth

OpenAI AI Nonprofit Jam, Tara Roth

The Rare Beauty Mental Health Summit, LeAnn Kelch Melendez

The Rare Beauty Mental Health Summit, LeAnn Kelch Melendez

ProVisors Nonprofit Affinity Group Panel on Philanthropy, Tara Roth

ProVisors Nonprofit Affinity Group Panel on Philanthropy, Tara Roth

SCG's Family Philanthropy Conference, Tara Roth

SCG's Family Philanthropy Conference, Tara Roth