Resources
The Goldhirsh Foundation is committed to supporting social innovation. Below find a number of resources around social innovation, impact investing, and fundraising.
Financial Capital Opportunities
Amplifying opportunities for social innovation
| Organization | Description | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Clean Power Alliance | "The 2024 Community Benefits Grant (CBG) funds non-profit organizations advancing clean energy, sustainability, and resiliency." | September 15th, 2024 |
| Governor's Office of Emergency Services | “The purpose of the CSNSGP is to provide funding support for target hardening and other physical security enhancements to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs, or mission.” | September 23rd, 2024 |
| CA Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery | “The purpose of the grant is to issue up to $1,500,000 annually in the form of grants for beverage container recycling and litter reduction programs to promote increased recycling of beverage containers throughout California and reduce beverage container litter in the waste stream.” | September 24th, 2024 |
| CA Department of Fish and Wildlife | “The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has established a competitive grant program, to support and advance the recovery and rehabilitation of injured, sick, or orphaned wildlife, and conservation education.” | September 25th, 2024 |
| Governor's Office of Emergency Services | “The SL Program assists local organizations address cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems, and improve security of critical infrastructure and resilience of the services these entities provide to their communities.” | September 27th, 2024 |
| The Haynes Foundation | "The Foundation will support planning grants and research-to-action grants which, in addition to adding significantly to knowledge and understanding of issues, show promise of influencing policies and practices and improving the lives of people and our communities." | September 30th, 2024 |
| LA County Department of Arts and Culture | "OGP 1, 2, and 3 applicant organizations may request support for any one of the project categories including sustainability, organizational capacity, artistic capacity, and accessibility." | October 1st, 2024 |
| Algalita | Rolling | |
| Amgen Foundation | Rolling | |
| Angell Foundation | Rolling | |
| Annenberg Foundation Grants | Rolling | |
| CA ABP | Rolling | |
| California Air Resources Board | Rolling | |
| City of Los Angeles Office of the City Clerk | Rolling | |
| Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation | Rolling | |
| First 5 LA | Rolling | |
| Ford Fund Grants | Rolling | |
| Global Innovation Fund | Rolling | |
| LA City Council Offices | Rolling | |
| LA County Supervisor Offices | Rolling | |
| LA Young Creatives Fund | Rolling | |
| National Institutes of Health | Rolling | |
| Oakland Black Business Fund | Rolling | |
| Perenchio Foundation | Rolling | |
| QueensCare Charitable Grants | Rolling | |
| RSF Social Finance | Rolling | |
| S. Mark Taper Foundation | Rolling | |
| The Ahmanson Foundation | Rolling | |
| The California Wellness Foundation | Rolling | |
| The Eisner Foundation | Rolling | |
| The Green Foundation | Rolling | |
| The Nathan Cummings Foundation Grant | Rolling | |
| The Ralph M. Parson Foundation | Rolling | |
| The Rose Foundation | Rolling | |
| Tory Burch in Partnership with Upworthy | Rolling | |
| U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Rolling | |
| U.S. Department of Agriculture | Rolling | |
| United Way of Greater Los Angeles | Rolling | |
| USC Marshall Greif Incubator | Rolling | |
| USC Marshall Venture Fund | Rolling |
Would you like to add something to the list? Email us at team@goldhirshfoundation.org.
Speaking Engagements
Past and Upcoming Team Goldhirsh Speaking Engagements
- IYA Venture Showcase, Tara Roth
- VC Alliance with Upfront Ventures, Tara Roth
- LA2050 Artificial Intelligence for Social Good Workshop
- Arizona State University’s Women’s Power Index Launch, Tara Roth
- Investing with a Purpose - Skoll Scholar Summit, Tara Roth
- A Compelling Case for Support: Raising Funds for Societally Impactful Innovations - UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, Tara Roth
- A Conversation with Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design Students, Tara Roth
For inquiries please email us at team@goldhirshfoundation.org.
Publications & Tools
1. Publications around capital development
From capital development to crowdsourcing technologies, we are always learning. Here is a list of publications we found helpful.
- A Sense of Purpose
- Space to Lead (2017)
- The Op-Ed Project: Op-Ed Writing Basic Tips and Tricks
- Crowdsourcing: Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Philanthropists (2015)
- Evolution of an Impact Portfolio: From Implementation to Results (2014)
- The Man With the $13 Billion Checkbook (2019)
- 10 Reasons Not to Measure Impact - and What to Do Instead (2018)
- Community Engagement Matters (2016)
- Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviours That Fuel Public Innovation (2019)
- The Creativity Bubble (2014)
- What Every CEO Needs to Know About ‘Superstar’ Companies (2019)
- Stockton’s Basic-Income Experiment Pays Off (2021)
- How Women Are Changing the Philanthropy Game (2021)
- Column: Stockton study shows that universal basic income can be life-changing (2021)
- How to Find the Right ESG Fund (2021)
- What is the “fourth sector” of the economy?(2021)
- Doughnut economics in Amsterdam (2021)
- Hitting net zero by 2050 could add $1 trillion to the U.S. economy (2021)
- Impact investing and Native America (2021)
2. Book Recommendations
Our team is always learning and sharing. Here is a list of some of the books we recommend.
- Hidden Genius: The secret ways of thinking that power the world's most successful people
- Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
- The Upside of Your Dark Side
- The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies
- The End of the Suburbs
- Contagious
- The Airbnb Story
- Personal History
- How Luck Happens
- The Library Book
- Winners Take All
- Lean Impact
- The Power of Habit
- 21 Lessons For the 21st Century
- Think Again
- Pyschology of Money
3. Innovative tools we love
We are constantly learning about new and innovative tools to help nonprofits and for-profits succeed in their latest ventures. Here is a partial list of tools we love: