Love it and/or hate it, the Triforium is finally going to live up to everything it was envisioned for—as a gathering place, as an interactive public artwork, as a blazing rainbow beacon of downtown as a place of progress and vitality. The sculpture is getting a triumphal return to the tune of $100,000, won through the LA2050 grant competition. The money will be used to replace the mostly burnt-out bulbs behind the handmade Italian glass prisms with working LEDs, update the wiring and computer system that runs the thing, and develop an app people can use to compose music for the Triforium to play.

The Most Controversial Public Sculpture in the City Is Getting a $100,000 Upgrade

The Goldhirsh Foundation announced winners for its annual My LA2050 Grants Challenge Tuesday, a $1 million grant 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 designed around themes that make Los Angeles the best place to learn, create, play, connect, and live.

Goldhirsh Foundation Awards $1 Million in Grants to 12 L.A.-Area Organization

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.

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