Recent Grantees
• THINK Together ($76,040) -- provide after-school sports programs at 17 middle schools in the following school districts: Baldwin Park Unified, Bassett Unified, El Rancho Unified, Little Lake City School District, Lynwood Unified, Mountain View School District and the South Whittier School District. • Woodcraft Rangers ($75,000) offer free basketball and soccer sports programs after school at 41 elementary and middle schools in Los Angeles County. • YMCA of the East Valley/Redlands Family Branch ($75,000) -- assist with the building of a new indoor aquatics facility to serve about 6,000 youth who live in the communities of Redlands, Highland, Yucaipa, Loma Linda, Mentone, Beaumont, Colton, Calimesa, Grand Terrace and San Bernardino. • Inter Tribal Sports Inc. ($60,000) -- assist with officials, uniforms and equipment for sports programs primarily for Native American youth on or near Indian reservations in remote, rural areas of San Diego, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. • Boys and Girls Club of Venice, Inc. ($23,000) -- assist them in providing sport programs to 700 youth in Venice, Mar Vista, Palms, Marina Del Rey and Culver City. • The Assistance League of Southern California ($22,482) -- provide a basketball and swimming program to youth in the Hollywood area. • Boys & Girls Club of Burbank Inc. ($18,505) -- fund a soccer program serving 400 boys and girls in the communities of Burbank, Sun Valley, Glendale, North Hollywood and La Crescenta. • Challengers Boys & Girls Club ($15,000) -- fund for its soccer program engaging approximately 100 girls and boys in South Los Angeles. Additional grants: • Central Coast Junior Golf, Inc. ($10,000, Santa Barbara) |
About LA84 Foundation
The LA84 Foundation was established to manage Southern California’s share of the surplus from the highly successful 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Foundation received $93 million at its inception. Since it began operations in 1985, it has invested $199 million in sports programs serving more than two million youth in the eight Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara and Ventura. Its headquarters is located in the historic Britt House near downtown Los Angeles where it houses the world’s premier sports library and meeting facilities. The Foundation provides grants to youth sports organizations, manages programs, including a coaching education program, and convenes numerous forums for the exploration of the most pressing issues in sport. For additional information, please visit www.LA84Foundation.org.