Income inequality

Poverty rate

Access to banks and financial institutions

Jobs per capita

Unemployment rate

Economic opportunities for those who have been incarcerated

Minority- and women-owned firms

Patents

High-growth startups

Manufacturing activity

Venture capital investment

Access to tech and creative industry employment

Arts exhibitions, events, and activations

Opportunities for the formerly-incarcerated

CREATE

By the year 2050, Los Angeles will be an international leader in innovation across sectors. We will play host to the largest concentration of working artists and high-quality arts establishments. We will be a center for entrepreneurial activity, creating jobs and generating wealth for a flexible, talented, and inclusive workforce. Our business community will reflect the diversity of our region, enhancing our national and international opportunities.

Housing affordability

Homelessness

Water pollution

Water-use efficiency

Renewable energy use

Air quality

Resilient communities

Tree canopy cover

LIVE

By the year 2050, Los Angeles will have the nation’s lowest poverty rate and income inequality. All families will have access to fresh and healthy food, high-quality health care, and safe housing, no matter where they live or how much money they make. Our communities will enjoy the benefits of a sustainable environment, from clear skies to clean water.

Public transit ridership

Transit-accessible housing and employment

Travel time to work

Immigrant integration

Government responsiveness to residents’ needs

Social & emotional support

CONNECT

By the year 2050, Los Angeles will be the most civically engaged region in the United States, with abundant platforms for residents to voice their opinions and influence elected officials and other decision-makers. Our region’s voting rates and volunteerism will lead the nation. An expanded, accessible transportation network will facilitate the easy flow of people and ideas.

Proficiency in STEM

Arts education

Enrollment in afterschool programs

Opportunity youth ("Disengaged youth" 16-24 not working or in school)

High school graduation rates

Suspension and expulsion rates

College matriculation

College graduates

K-12 STEAM education (Science, Tech, Engineering, Arts, Math)

Support for foster and systems-impacted youth

LEARN

By the year 2050, the education system in Los Angeles will be well-resourced and culturally-responsive. All children will have access to early education programs and all families will be engaged in their student’s learning. Students will graduate college- and career-ready, equipped to thrive in the workforce of the future. Our higher education facilities will advance research and spur innovation.

Access to open space and park facilities

Easy access to a safe park

Parks with intergenerational play opportunities

Perceived neighborhood safety

Students' sense of safety at and on the way to school

Prevalence of trauma and adverse childhood experiences

PLAY

By the year 2050, people from across Los Angeles will live in close proximity to vibrant park space and have easy access to high-quality, sustainable spaces for recreation. We will get active, explore the outdoors, and appreciate our natural environment. All residents will feel a sense of safety and belonging in their communities.

Employment in the tech industries

Employment in the creative industries CREATE

Social Justice Partners Los Angeles

The Goldhirsh Foundation, founder and organizer of the LA2050 Grants Challenge, providing $1,000,000 in grant funds.

Goldhirsh Foundation

The Annenberg Foundation, providing additional funding to winning organizations to support their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Annenberg Foundation

The Snap Foundation, supporting projects that develop pathways to the creative economy for underrepresented youth in Los Angeles.

Snap Foundation

All submissions, whether or not they are selected for a grant, will be featured in our 

. The Ideas Hub is a searchable database of the 1,800+ proposals for a better LA crowdsourced over eight cycles of the LA2050 Grants Challenge. 

Overview

Issues

Submitted Ideas

Resources

Partners

2nd District LA County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell

Angel City Sports

ASU in California

Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council

Children Now

CicLAvia

City Plants

Creative Acts

Crop Swap LA

Department of Neighborhood Empowerment

DIY Girls

dublab

East LA Rising

Grid110

Jenesse Center

Las Fotos Project

Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice

Los Angeles City CD5 - Councilmember Paul Koretz

Los Angeles County 2nd District - Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell

Los Angeles Walks

MiMentor

Sloane Stephens Foundation

The Eisner Foundation

UCLA Anderson School of Management

UCLA Grand Challenges

USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

VolunteerLA

We are grateful to the following organizations for helping spread the word about this year’s challenge:

(10) First Prize

(5) Second Prize

The LA2050 Grants Challenge is an open call for ideas to make Los Angeles County the best place to connect, create, learn, live, and play. Since 2013, we’ve granted more than $8 million to 110 impactful organizations with the help of hundreds of thousands of individuals casting votes.

For this year's Grants Challenge, we’re launching something new! We’re shifting the focus of our public voting from organizations to issues.

How will it work? First, Angelenos voted for the issues that matter most to them, online from April 18th to May 6th, 2022. Now, we've announced the results and opened grant applications to organizations with ideas to address the top-voted issues. Last, we'll evaluate all of the proposals and award a total of $1 million to 15 organizations. Each winning organization will receive grant funding of up to $75,000 and partnership from LA2050 to support its efforts.

Grant applications now open!

Introducing our top-voted issues, eligible for funding through this year's LA2050 Grants Challenge.

Sponsored Issues