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Learn more about the grant funding available through this year's LA2050 Grants Challenge.

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We are thrilled to share the results of public voting in this year’s LA2050 Grants Challenge. We received more than 60,000 votes from 8,000 participants across Los Angeles County. Voting took place online over a three-week period, from April 18th to May 6th, 2022, and was available in both English and Spanish.

During the voting period, Angelenos were asked to vote for the issues that they care most about and determine what issues would be eligible for $1 million in grant funding.

Here are the issues that Los Angeles voted to fund:

Support for Foster and Systems-Impacted Youth

We are excited to announce that the Snap Foundation, one of this year’s LA2050 Grants Challenge funding partners, is generously sponsoring the “Access to Creative Industry Employment” issue area. The Snap Foundation is looking for projects that develop pathways to the creative economy for underrepresented youth in Los Angeles ages 6 to 24.

If you represent a nonprofit organization, for-profit company, or government agency and you have an idea for how to make an impact on one of the 11 issues listed above, we invite you to 

Applications are available through June 17th, 2022. Ten organizations will be awarded first-place prizes of $75,000 and five will be awarded second-place prizes of $50,000.

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LA2050 Grants Challenge Results – The issues YOU voted to fund!

Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health

Children's Medical Services Family Resource Guide

Guide for how to navigate COVID-19 for cancer patients and survivors

National Child Trauma Stress Network's COVID-19 Resources

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