Congratulations to the organizations whose submissions earned the most votes in the 2016 My LA2050 Grants Challenge! We are thrilled to announce the Top 10 in each of the five goal categories: learn, create, play, connect and live.

One winner will be chosen from among the Top 10 in each category. Additional winners will be chosen irrespective of public voting until $1M has been granted. We are extremely excited to have the Annenberg Foundation as a funding partner, providing up to $250,000 in additional grants for tech and communications solutions.

Here's to you LA! Thank you for inspiring us with so many innovative ideas for making LA the best place to learn, create, play, connect and live.

The 2016 My LA2050 Grants Challenge winners will be announced on December 6, so stay tuned!

LA is the best place to LEARN

• Port of Los Angeles High School: COLLEGE, CAREER, and COMMUNITY: POLAHS Career Technical Education (CTE) Program
• Citizens of the World Los Angeles: Building Communities that Embrace Equity and Address Justice
• Wyota Workshop, Inc: Enhancing the Schoolyard to Promote Outdoor Learning
• California State University Northridge: CSUN's Recruiting Boot Camp Helps Students Gain the Skills to Get Their Careers Started
• City Year Los Angeles: Bringing STEM to City Year After-school Programs in Boyle Heights and Pico Union
• WISH Academy High School: The First High School in Los Angeles Area to Provide Inclusive Education
• The Pedagogical Institute of Los Angeles: Collaborative Teacher Project: Igniting Curiosity Through Innovative Classrooms & Teacher Mentoring
• Melrose Elementary PTO: Melrose Elementary Technology Program: Creating the Future Leaders of LA
• Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles: Altasea: Where STEM Meets the Ocean
• College Track: Developing Purpose-Driven Leaders to Transform LA
  
  

LA is the best place to CREATE

• Represent: FREE Acting and Media Arts School for Diverse Filmmakers!
• Chrysalis: Changing Lives Through Jobs: Create a #SecondChance for LA Through Employment
• The LadyParts Collective: Eliminating the Gray: Leveraging Theater to End Sexual Violence on College Campuses
• boxcar+muse: Taking boxcar+muse from Pop-up to Permanent to Permanent: Making Space for LA Women to Create, Connect, and Learn
• Cornerstone Theatre Company: Shared Space for Community Engaged Creative Practice
• Braid Theory, Inc: IGNITE22: A Tech Expo and Collaborative Experience Celebrating Innovations Shaping the 22nd Century
• Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media: If She Can See it, She Can Be It: Empowering Girls and Creating a Gender-Balanced Media Landscape
• Four Rings: Giving LA a Home to Recharge
• PEN Center USA: Emerging Voices Fellowship: Creating Diverse Literary Artists Through Mentorship
• 3-D Space, The Center for Stereoscopic Photography, Art, Cinema and Education: 3-D Space teaches 3-D Image Creation: From Analog Photography to Digital Virtual Reality
  
  

LA is the best place to PLAY

• Friends of King: LA Plays at King
• Santa Clarita Valley Adventure Play: SCV Adventure Play + Eureka Villa: Self-Directed Play Spaces and Playwork Initiative for All!
• City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks: Ocean Heroes - Saving Lives Daily as a Water Rescuer
• Blacklist LA Run Organization: BlacklistLA: On the Playground Where We Spent Most of Our Days
• Light and Life Christian Fellowship Community Center: LLCF Adventure Playground: Embracing play, discovering passions, and creating community!
• The Triforium Project: Restoring and reimagining the World's First 'Polyphonoptic' sculpture in downtown Los Angeles
• People for Parks: People for Parks' Community School Parks Go Kid Healthy!
• Clockshop & California State Parks: Laying the Groundwork for a Park on the LA River
• The Ron Finley Project: The Ron Finley Project presents Da FUNction - A Community Fun Fest
• Tickleberry Place: Tickleberry Place, a mobile PLAY, EXPLORE and LEARN pop-up

LA is the best place to CONNECT

• LA Derby Dolls: LA Derby Dolls: Promoting Social and Emotional Support Through Women's Team Sports
• Big Citizen HUB: SHARE: Big Citizen HUB: Building a pipeline of social change makers via leadership and community service
• Operation Gratitude: Operation Gratitude - Americans Saying “Thank You" To All Who Serve
• South Bay Center for Counseling: Co/Lab (Co/Llaboration): Resident-Driven, Co-Created, Social Change
• DUBLAB: DUBLAB FM in Los Angeles: Connecting LA Residents Through Freeform Radio
• Valley Relics: LIT is a Community Block Party with Curated Lights and Music Featuring Local SFV Talent
• L.A. Works: MusicWorks: Connecting Music-industry Pros to Underserved Kids for Social Transformation
• SAFE (Streets Are for Everyone): SAFE Support -- Helping for Those Affected by Traumatic Traffic Collisions
• Come Alive Long Beach: Community Collaboration For Low Cost Creative Summer Art Camps In Long Beach
• Get Lit-Words Ignite: Get Lit Players Go On a 'Lit for Literacy' Tour in Los Angeles' First Poetry Bus!
  
  

LA is the best place to LIVE

• BreastfeedLA: Creating a Food Friendly South Los Angeles
• PodShare: Building a Co-living Community for LA's Homeless Youth
• Friends of Glenfeliz: Glenfeliz: Helping LA Grow
• Theodore Payne Foundation for Wildflower and Native Plants: Grow Local: Plant Native! Youth Advocacy for Sustainable Landscapes at LA Public Housing
• Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles: Save A Life
• LA Compost: Building Community and Reducing Organic Waste via Community Compost Hubs Throughout LA County
• SeedLA: SHARE: SeedLA: Empowering Environmental Nonprofits
• Team Rubicon: Localizing Disaster Response to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century
• The River Project: Green Our L.A. River!
• The Sierra Club Foundation: The Future is Bright! A Clean Energy Future for LA