LA2050 is a community-guided initiative driving and tracking progress toward a shared vision for the future of Los Angeles centered around five goals and tracked via more than 65 regional metrics. The main initiative of LA2050 is the LA2050 Grants Challenge, an annual open call for ideas to make LA the best place to learn, create, play, connect, and live with $1 million in grants awarded to local social impact organizations.
In total, LA2050 and funding partners have provided more than $15 million in funding to more than 125 winning ideas with the help of more than 600,000 online votes from Angelenos, plus at least another $6.25 million inspired by the Grants Challenge. LA2050 is a hub for social impact funding, information, inspiration, amplification, and connecting. In 2022 alone, Angelenos voted more than 60,000 times for the issues that mattered to them most via the LA2050 Grants Challenge. LA2050 also received a record-breaking 480 applications for funding.
This was done in part by working with more than 65 local youth ambassadors that got out the vote at their schools, neighborhoods, and with their friend groups. It also teamed up with ten local organizations and events, such as the Los Angeles Natural History Museum and the LA Times Festival of Books, to host GOTV events in their communities. The LA2050 Grants Challenge is largely funded by the Goldhirsh Foundation. This year LA2050 almost tripled its funding capacity to more than $2.6 million in grants to 37 winners.
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