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Today on the LA2050.org website, we launched a section titled, “

.” Please see the link in bio and go check it out!

LA2050 is committed to visual storytelling. The Gallery is full of examples of the artworks, graphics, illustrations, infographics, e-books, posters, tote bags, and much more created through the years by our talented Design Fellows.

They include: Lauren Song, Johnathan Huang, Mana

Megan Park, and Ashley Lukashevsky. Our 2023 IRL voting booths were designed by LeAnn Kelch Melendez.

Explore Our New LA2050 Design Gallery

As 2024 winds down, we’re celebrating all that the LA2050 community has accomplished over the past 12 months and 

Check out our special Pinterest-inspired look back, below.

We launched our 11th LA2050 Grants Challenge, with the aim of encouraging collective action and service through our theme of “Who can? You can!” 

And, Angelenos answered the call! Almost 15,000 of you cast more than 

 in 12 languages for the issues that mattered most to you to determine our funding priorities. But, that’s not all: for the first time, we also highlighted opportunities to make a tangible impact on those same issues and partnered with 24 organizations all across LA to host diverse 

. We were so inspired that more than 3,500 of you joined, contributing 

; 187 young people, ages 14 to 24, that dove headfirst into voting and volunteering as part of this year’s Grants Challenge.

Together with our funding partners, we granted more than 

 in collaboration with 70 community evaluators. On October 2nd, more than 100 social impact leaders gathered at the Hammer Museum for the 

 – the culmination of this year's Grants Challenge – to honor and encourage the nonprofits receiving grants. ⁠

 included Michael D. Smith, CEO of AmeriCorps; Jessica Yellin, founder of the nonprofit News Not Noise; LA County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis; California State Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas; and representatives of this year's funding partners.

We amplified opportunities to make an impact in LA through donating, gifting, and volunteering. 

$30,000 for 78 different local nonprofits 

via our LA2050 Ideas Hub match – thanks to your generosity! Last month, we also published our 

, encouraging you to use your holiday shopping for good with 80+ products and experiences sourced from local nonprofits, sustainable makers, cultural establishments, and BIPOC-owned businesses. We even partnered with actor Andrea Savage to produce a 

 featuring Andrea visiting four organizations from the gift guide, learning more about their work and products. And, throughout the year, we shared 

We sought to uplift local nonprofits through action-oriented events and helpful resources. 

 providing practical insight into how artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged in impact work; we followed that up with a series of six hands-on AI training sessions for grantees over the summer. In October, we programmed two panels for LA Tech Week – “Technology and Storytelling for Social Good” and “AI for Social Good” – to continue the conversation. And, in response to questions from a former LA2050 grantee, we released a 

guide to successful corporate-nonprofit partnerships

 based on interviews with leaders in the field.

We curated opportunities and resources for those interested in deeper engagement with our region’s impact sector. 

Over the past year, we posted hundreds of social impact job openings on the

. We released maps to help us get to know our region better – from sites 

annual e-book celebrating LA’s birthday

, we invited elected officials representing Los Angeles at the national, state, and local levels to share what they love about the city and their wishes for its future.

We continued to build our incredible LA2050 community, together.

 Our work to make LA the best place to live, learn, play, create, and connect is only possible because of YOU! To stay engaged as we move into 2025 together, be sure to connect with us on 

Our LA2050 Year-In-Review

Los Angeles, you answered our call for ideas to make LA the best place to 

 by 2050! Now the voting period for the 2015 

 has come to an end, and we're hard at work selecting the winners. Thanks to everyone who participated in various ways:

Thousands of you spread the word and showed your support by tweeting, commenting, and emailing,

We would especially like to thank all of those who submitted their ideas to the My LA2050 Grants Challenge this year. Your passion for innovation, opportunity, and change is what drives progress in our region. From climate solutions to college access and from job training to food justice, we are flooded with amazing solutions to tackle our greatest challenges.

Ten winning submissions will be selected based on their impact on the LA2050 goal areas, creativity and innovation, feasibility, and collaborative spirit. Five will be chosen from the top 10 voted of each category, and five more winners will be chosen from each category regardless of the number of votes they received. We cannot wait to announce the challenge winners and celebrate ALL of our submitters on December 8th!

We are grateful for the additional support from the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation which will be providing an additional $500,000 in grant funding to My LA2050 submitters, along with $100,000 from the 

. The additional $600,000 will be allocated based on feedback from the funders - it could mean extra bucks for larger projects, or divided amounts for more submitters.

In the meantime, we hope you will all continue to stay engaged with LA2050 and the amazing work that different organizations are doing in our community. Follow @la2050 on 

 for updates and happenings in the LA area!

In our third year of the My LA2050 Grants Challenge, we are even more confident that Angelenos hold the most creative answers to creating a thriving, equitable, sustainable Los Angeles. Thanks to YOU, we are on our way to a #BetterLA.

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