The 2020 My LA2050 Grants Challenge has started!

My LA2050

Rise, Inc.

Rise is a student-led nonprofit working to ensure that all students can earn a higher education by advocating for policies that make public higher education free.

2019 Winner
Fulfillment Fund

Our mission is to make college a reality for students growing up in educationally and economically under-resourced communities.

2019 Finalist
Santa Monica College

Santa Monica College is an educational leader and innovator in west Los Angeles that fosters personal and intellectual exploration while students learn to contribute to the local and global community.

2019 Finalist
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles provides professionally supported, one-to-one mentoring for underserved children and youth throughout Los Angeles County.

2018 Finalist
UNITE LA

UNITE-LA works to transcend silos/barriers between government, business & education systems to ensure all youth have access to high quality education and the next generation is prepared to succeed.

2019
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools

The Partnership for Los Angeles Schools’ mission seeks nothing less than to transform schools and revolutionize school systems to empower all students with a high-quality education.

2019
Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson

Our mission is to offer our young people a safe environment where they can be themselves, dedicated adults who respect them, and outcome-based programs that empower youth to become lifelong learners.

2019
College Track

From 9th grade through college graduation, College Track’s 10-year program empowers students from low-income communities to transcend the limits of their circumstance and earn a college degree.

2016
EveryoneOn

EveryoneOn is committed to eliminating the digital divide by making high-speed, low-cost Internet, computers, and free digital literacy training accessible to all unconnected people in the U.S.

2016
College Bridge

College Bridge's mission is to increase college access and success for underrepresented students in Los Angeles County.

2016
Wisdom Arts Laboratory

Wisdom Arts Laboratory encourages and nurtures the imagination, critical thinking skills, and citizenship of our students and instructors through art and science education.

2016
Proyecto Pastoral

Proyecto is the backbone org. for Promesa Boyle Heights (PBH), a collaboration of families, educators & orgs working to ensure all children in BH have access to strong schools & support systems.

2016
Los Angeles World Airports

Los Angeles World Airports Internship Program provides students opportunities to develop the skills to work in the aviation industry.

2016
I Have a Dream Foundation

Provides at risk youth the education and enrichment to make it to and through college and find jobs

2016
Future Fields

Future Scouts is a series of urban creative laboratories that prepare youngsters, teens and adults with tools, frameworks and models helpful to navigate an increasingly complex world.

2016
ConnectEd

ConnectEd partners with school, district, and community leaders to transform education through career pathways so that all students, regardless of background, can succeed in college, career, and life.

2016
MAPS 4 College

This organization maps the transitional process of students’ from college to the workforce by considering factors of college preparation, volunteerism, internships, and networking.

2015
C5 Youth Foundation of Southern California (“C5LA”)

C5LA inspires high-potential youth from under-resourced environments in LA County to pursue personal success, prepare them for leadership roles in college, work and community, and to motivate them to become role models for others.

2015
LA's Promise

Our mission is to graduate every student attending an LA's Promise neighborhood school college and career ready.

2015
"I Have a Dream" Foundation - Los Angeles (IHADLA)

Since 1987, IHADLA has worked to break the cycle of poverty in Los Angeles’ most disadvantaged communities, working with the same students for 10+ years & providing them with a free, year round program of educational, emotional, & cultural support.

2015
The Ripple Effect

The Ripple Effect is a nonprofit that assists youth in their educational and career endeavors despite their cultural, social and/or economic background.

2015
Southern California College Access Network, a Project of Community Partners

SoCal CAN is an alliance of over 60 organizations that together make college graduation a reality for low-income, first generation youth in Los Angeles.

2015
Career & College clubs

Career & College Clubs prepares middle students for success in high school, college, and life.

2015
ApplicantLab

Leveling the admissions playing field via an online series of interactive tools that guides individual users through a customized path to write great college essays, get strong recommendations, etc.

2015
i.am.angel Foundation

Founded by will.i.am, the i.am.angel Foundation aims to transform lives through STEAM education, inspiration and opportunity.

2014
Alliance College-Ready Public Schools

Alliance is the largest charter school network in LA, providing a college prep education to 11,300 low-income students at 26 schools.

2014
College Summit Southern California

College Summit is dedicated to transforming the lives of low-income youth by connecting them to college and career.

2014
Pullias Center for Higher Education

The Pullias Center for Higher Education is dedicated to improving access to college for low-income and historically under-represented students. The academic arm of our Center has focused on: (1) researching how students, families and schools defin...

2013
MUSEK

The program is fairly new and underfunded. However, all students who have been enrolled in the program for the 2012-2013 cycle- have been accepted to a 4 year university. These students come from diverse backgrounds. Some students were significant...

2013
Lambda Theta Nu Sorority, Incorporated

As a non-profit organization we cater to the female youth through our programming. Through our philanthropy "TIJERAS," cutting through to enhance education opportunities, we fundraise hundreds of dollars every year to donate to another non-profit ...

2013
Educating Young Minds

EYM alumni are attending and graduating from colleges from around the nation like Stanford, Cal Tech, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Los Angeles, Cal State Northridge, Clark Atlan...

2013
California Community Foundation (CCF)

Since implementation in May 2012, our five service partners have enrolled 105 BLOOM youth into their respective programs. We are planning to add at least four more service partners in June 2013. We will continue to add partners over the next coupl...

2013
Bright Star Schools

Since opening, Bright Star's schools have earned some of the highest API scores in Los Angeles, making our organization one of the preeminent schools for any child in Los Angeles. It is the daily attention to our core values that has helped Bright...

2013
Boys & Girls Club of Mar Vista Gardens

The Boys & Girls Club of Mar Vista Gardens has only just recently opened on January 28th. To date, 264 young people from the housing community have registered as Club members (out of 600 school age residents). Other highlights from the past two mo...

2013

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