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CREATE ·2025 Grants Challenge
HMA: Where Careers. Music. Mentors. Hope.
Hopeless Music Academy offers free, in-depth training in both music creation and music business to under-resourced youth in the San Fernando Valley, a combination rarely available at no cost. A collab between long-standing orgs Hopeless Records, New Directions for Youth, and caedance the Artist, the multifaceted program connects students with real music industry professionals & hands-on experience. This grant will help us grow our innovative programming & create lasting pathways into the music industry for those who would otherwise be excluded.
LEARN ·2020 Grants Challenge
After School Program
New Directions for Youth is asking for 100,000 from LA2050 in support of its robust after school programming. NDY offers after school programming for at risk low income youth at no cost. At New Directions, youth are able to participate in a multitude of various programs designed specifically for their needs. NDY offers tutoring, homework help, GED preperation, STEM programming classes, computer classes, art, music, dance, yoga, fitness, meditation, and music programming instruction.
LIVE ·2016 Grants Challenge
NDY Health & Recreation Center: Creating a Healthier and Resilient Los Angeles
The NDY Health & Recreation Center will provide health and fitness programs for high-risk youth and families while providing job training and employment for underserved youth in the community.