Today, the Goldhirsh Foundation announced winners for its annual My LA2050 Grants Challenge, a $1M competition to source creative ideas about shaping the future of Los Angeles. The 12 winning organizations will receive grants ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 to implement projects in 2017 that make Los Angeles the best place to learn, create, play, connect, and live.

Goldhirsh Foundation gives $1M in grants via My LA2050 Grants Challenge

AltaSea, the marine research campus being built at San Pedro’s outer harbor, has received a $100,000 award for its STEM program through the My LA2050 Grants Challenge. Covenant House California also will receive $100,000, in partnership with a barber in Long Beach.

San Pedro, Long Beach Projects Win Grant Awards for 2017

The Daily Bruin covers two UCLA-affiliated groups that applied for the 2016 My LA2050 Grants Challenge.

UCLA Groups Enter Grant Competition to Improve LA for the Future

Mitú writes about the LA2050 initiative as they promote their submission for the 2016 My LA2050 Grants Challenge. Their proposal, the mitú Accelerator, seeks out the best and freshest Latino talent a chance to create the kind of content that has long been missing: Latino talent. The mitú Accelerator also offers mentorship of up and coming Latino content creators.

My LA2050 Wants to Make Sure Los Angeles Grows Creatively

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Tara Roth, president of the Goldhirsh Foundation, tells C-Suite Quarterly Magazine how she sees Los Angeles as the epicenter for innovation and social entrepreneurship.

Leading from the Heart, C-Suite Quarterly

This episode of USC Bedrosian’s LA#itself podcast features a conversation with Angie Jean-Marie, Social Innovation and Marketing Manager at the Goldhirsh Foundation, and her predecessor Shauna Nep, Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Fundamental. Jean-Marie and Nep discuss the origins for the the Goldhirsh Foundation’s crowdsourcing approach for philanthropy, the inherent opportunities and challenges, and how LA2050’s staff makes annual micro-adjustments to capitalize on Goldhirsh’s long-term funding agenda.

LA2050 and Crowdsourcing Philanthropy for LA’s Future, USC Price Bedrosian Center

“Paper Airplanes” is a public art installation that debuted in Grand Park on Tuesday, Sept 13, 2016. This installation was made possible by 2015 My LA2050 grant winner, Grand Park.

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