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2015 Grants

Two-year general operating support to help 8,000 low-income, underserved youth with their creative and expository writing skills through in-school/after school tutoring and writing workshops.

One-year general operating support to build a safety net for foster children and strengthen multigenerational families in the foster care system.

Two-year program support for the Community Pathways Initiative that provides free year-round after school and weekend art workshops taught at accessible community sites in low-income neighborhoods in Pasadena and Boyle Heights.

Two-year program support to establish a full-time volunteer coordinator position to recruit and train senior volunteers to help meet the needs of the rapidly growing youth population in San Pedro and Wilmington.

Two-year capital support to build a new K-8 school to serve 700 students in the Greater MacArthur Park area.

One-year general operating support to recruit and train senior volunteers to serve and advocate for 1,000 children in the dependency court system.

Five-year capital support to develop the new Children’s Institute Watts Campus, which will serve 5,000 at-risk children, youth and family members annually in one of the most underserved communities.

Two-year general operating support to serve 11,000 primarily Latinos or African-American individuals living in poverty through: Teen Parent Family Services, Parent Education & Family Development, Youth Development and Child Abuse Prevention & Treatment.

One-year project support for 3 intergenerational projects: National Service Project, the National Survey, and the rollout of the Encore movement, specifically focusing on Los Angeles.

One-year program support to improve the quality of life and learning for more than 750 children and 750 low-income seniors through intergenerational arts-education and mentoring collaborations between affordable senior housing members and schools in Southern California.

One-year program support to launch an intergenerational mentoring program between seniors and youth with moderate to severe physical and mental disabilities in the South Bay.

Winner of the 2015 Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence.

One-year general operating support to provide a program that combines athletics, afterschool educational enrichment and community for low-income youth in the greater Anaheim area.

One-year general operating support to provide a comprehensive continuum of care for 31,000 homeless and low-income individuals from children to seniors in the San Pedro area.

Two-year general operating support for an organization that provides direct services to victims of domestic violence in eastern Los Angeles County.

One-year project support to deploy senior Community Corps to preschools in low-income communities where they will engage with children using a literacy curriculum to reduce the achievement gap.

One-year program support for the After School Enrichment Program, which will infuse more Foster Grandparents to serve 75 blind, visually impaired, and multi-disabled children with academic, health and social enrichment.

18-month program support to produce a multi-platform documentary exploring the live of Los Angeles’ seniors and their communities.

One-year program support for Empower L.A., a 15-week intergenerational culinary job training program that empowers emancipated foster youth and older adults transitioning out of incarceration to thrive in careers in the food service industry.

Winner of the 2015 Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence.

One-year program support to offer intergenerational seasonal programming that includes gardening, health and wellness, arts and culture and exercise classes at the new Coronado Nature Park & Community Garden in the Westlake/Pico Union area.

Program support for Arts for NexGen which provides rich opportunities for conversation and collaboration between multiple generations through artist-led workshops, storytelling, hands-on arts making and free general admissions to 130,000 individuals annually.

One-year program support for Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) that offers three underserved areas of Los Angeles an intergenerational experience in music-making after school and on Saturdays.

One-year support for the City of Los Angeles' Summer Night Lights program.

One-year general operating support to provide emergency food, clothing, medical, vision/dental care and job skills training to disenfranchised families and individuals with intergenerational volunteers in Northeast San Fernando Valley.

One-year general operating support to maintain intergenerational education programs through the Family Literacy Program.

One-year general operating support to an intergenerational care organization to improve the lives of seniors, children and their families in the West San Fernando Valley.

One-year program support to implement intergenerational mentoring and increase services to families in need to strengthen and empower them past mere survival.

One-year program support to provide Family Arts Nights, student performances, and other intergenerational arts events for a minimum of 5,000 children and adult attendees annually, as well as in-school arts education for 600 students.

Two-year general support to prepare more than 9,000 K-12th grade students in the Northeast San Fernando Valley to enter and succeed in college.

One-year general operating support to increase the number of intergenerational student and tutor matches to serve more than 3,000 homeless students throughout Los Angeles County.

Two-year general operating support for intergenerational engagement within the Los Angeles County child welfare system – specifically, on the ability of elders to provide for the direct care of foster children and to help navigate the complex systems of services.

One-year general operating support to serve 350 middle school students with mentors at inspiring workplaces through tailored, hands-on apprenticeships.

One-year general operating support for a marathon training/mentoring program bringing 3,200 at-risk youth and 500 adult volunteer leaders together throughout Los Angeles County.

General operating support over 3 years to bring high-quality arts education resources to the state's lowest performing elementary and middle schools.

Two-year support for three research-based intergenerational programs: Generation Xchange, TimeOut@UCLA and UCLA Alzheimer's and Dementia Care.

One-year program support for 500 foster youth to enter and graduate from college with supporting services which include mentoring, counseling, tutoring, financial resources identification, internship opportunities and access to an extensive alumni network.