LA2050 Grants Challenge
1,182 ideas to improve LA!
The submission window is now closed, and we’re reviewing this year’s proposals. You can explore all 1,182 in the LA2050 Ideas Hub, a searchable database of 5,100+ community-driven ideas from across LA.
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Funding & Prize Partners
The Goldhirsh Foundation, founder and organizer of the LA2050 Grants Challenge, providing $1 million in grant funds to organizations working on the top-voted issue areas.
The Annenberg Foundation, addressing the critical issues of our time through innovation, community, compassion, and communication since 1989.
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, funding organizations working with young people to decrease income inequality, find quality jobs, or advance within careers. 
The Elbaz Family Foundation, investing in organizations working on environmental and educational causes.
The Fox Foundation, supporting nonprofit sector innovation, sustainability, and success by investing in mission-based earned income ventures.
The John N. Calley Foundation, supporting organizations with outstanding applications that consider youth.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, funding proven programs that level the playing field and investing in solutions driven by the communities we serve.
The R&S Kayne Foundation, investing in people and collaborating with communities to empower positive change.
The Snap Foundation, supporting projects that develop pathways to the creative economy for underrepresented youth in Los Angeles.
Evaluation Partner
Social Justice Partners Los Angeles (SJPLA), serving as our external evaluation partner. SJP is a membership organization that connects community leaders to nonprofits to tackle Los Angeles’ toughest challenges. All proposals are reviewed, scored, and evaluated by members of SJPLA.Outreach Partners
We are grateful to the following organizations for helping spread the word about this year’s Grants Challenge:
LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell, District 2
LA County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, District 3
LA City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, District 1
LA City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, District 13
LA County, Chief Sustainability Office
LA County Department of Arts and Culture
LA City Department of Neighborhood Empowerment
9 Dots
ACOF Fund Development
AHEAD With Horses Inc.
Al Otro Lado
Algalita
Amigos de los Rios
Anese & Associates
Arts Culture Entertainment
Arts for Healing and Justice Network
Asian American Professional Association
Atwater Village Neighborhood Council
Black Math Collective
Boyle Heights Chamber
Braille Institute
Bridge the Digital Divide
Bridge to Enter Advanced Mathematics
California Dance Institute
Central American Historical and Ancestral Society of California
Changeist
Children Now
Chosen Generation Fellowship Church
CoachArt
Coffee With A Cause
Connect 2 Rise Inc
Covenant House CA
Dance Resource Center
Dennis Wright Agriculture and Technology
Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum
East Side Riders
Every Day Action
Everybody Dance LA!
EXPOSE
Farm Habit
Flavors From Afar
First Place for Youth
Food Access Los Angeles
Foster Nation
Friends of the Los Angeles River
Fulfillment Fund
Get Lit!
Girls Club LA
Good Habits
Grades of Green
Granada Hills Charter
Grid110
Hacker Fund
Harbor Connects
Heal the Bay
Healing & Justice Center
Healing California
Heart of LA
Home of Kings and Queens
ICAN California Abilities Network
ICON CDC
Inclusion Matters by Shane’s Inspiration
Inclusive Action for the City
Inner City Law Center
KIPP SoCal Public Schools
Korean American Coalition Los Angeles
Kultur Mercado
LAIT911 FIRE
Las Fotos Project
League of Women Voters, Greater LA
Liddo Grannies Touch
Lineage Performing Arts Center
Little Tokyo Community Council
Los Angeles Climate Week
Los Angeles County CHW/P/R Consortium
Los Angeles Maritime Institute
Los Angeles Music and Art School
Los Angeles Neighborhood Institute
Luskin Summit 2025
Mata Consulting, LLC
Meals in Motion
Michelson 20MM Foundation
Mujeres Unidas Sirviendo Activamente
National Foster Youth Institute
NationBuilder
Neococo
North East Trees
North Hollywood West Neighborhood Council
One Degree
Our Generation Cares
Para Los Niños
Parenting for Liberation
Pasadena Village
People's Pottery Project
Phenomenal Angels of the Community
Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council
Ready to Succeed
Red Hen Press
Redeemer Community Partnership
Resilience Rising
Rising TIDE @ MKEC
Rosebud Coffee
Safety In Color
ScholarMatch
Second Nurture
Sisters of Watts
SJPLA
Skatepark Association
SoCal East Student Athlete Academy
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs
Stronger Than the Struggle
Stopping Cry’s
Streets Are For Everyone
SoLa Impact
Somos Familia Valle
Surf Bus Foundation
Survivor Justice Center
Thai CDC
The Civics Center
The Emily Shane Foundation
The Helpful Homegirls
The Nonprofit Partnership
The RightWay Foundation
The Village Family Services
The Young Shakespeareans
Thrive in Joy Nick Fagnano Foundation
Tiyya Foundation
Trust for Public Land
U.S. Africa Institute
USC Joint Educational Project
Vida Mobile Clinic
We Grow LA
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
You Run This Town Foundation
Zócalo Public Square