The organizations receiving the latest Foundation grants January 27, 2010 are: 

· Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Beyond the Bell Branch -- $561,980 will bring the LA84 Foundation/Beyond the Bell Middle School Sports Program to all 87 LAUSD middle schools.

· LA’s BEST (Better Educated Students for Tomorrow) $300,000 -- will enable LA’s BEST to offer softball, basketball, flag football and track and field, serving 11,000 youngsters at 172 elementary schools.

· Kids In Sports -- $450,000 to fund activities at 14 sports clubs that provide sports programs for youth in underserved areas of LA County.

· Southern California Tennis Association -- $150,000 to provide tennis instruction and equipment to 8,500 youngsters at more than 100 sites throughout Southern California.

· The YMCA of Greater Long Beach -- $100,000 to assist in the renovation of their gymnasium and for sports equipment.

· Friends of EXPO Center -- $79,379 to provide learn-to-swim lessons during the school day to more than 4,000 youth from elementary, middle and high schools in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum area.

· After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles -- $75,023 will assist to enhance its sports program at three charter schools in Central Los Angeles, two in Bell Gardens and one in El Monte.

· The Junior Posse Youth Equestrian Program -- $70,000 for equipment and uniforms.

· Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito -- $50,000 to increase from 8 to 13, the number of middle schools in North San Diego County at which it provides after-school sports programs.

Organizations receiving assistance to enhance existing youth sports programs include:

P.F. Bresee Foundation -- $35,000

Boys and Girls Clubs of San Fernando Valley -- $23,000

Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. -- $21,000

YMCA of Anaheim -- $20,000.

 

Small Grants Program, 13 organizations will receive at least $8,000:

Harbor City- Harbor Gateway Boys & Girls Club -- $10,000

Inner City Education Foundation ( Los Angeles) -- $10,000

Jubilee Consortium (Los Angeles) -- $10,000
Metropolitan Pony Baseball (Los Angeles) -- $10,000

Redlands Baseball Softball for Youth -- $10,000
Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club -- 10,000

Toberman Neighborhood Center, Inc. (Los Angeles) -- $10,000

USGLL  (Long Beach) -- $10,000

West Angeles Community Development Corporation -- $10,000

Wilshire Softball Association (Los Angeles) -- $10,000

Youth N Motion Academy Incorporated (Los Angeles) -- $10,000

Boys and Girls Club of Capistrano Valley -- $8,000

YMCA of Santa Monica-Westside -- $7,500

About LA84 Foundation:  The LA84 Foundation is celebrating 25 years of service to the youth of Southern California.  The 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 $189 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 convenes numerous forums for the exploration of the most pressing issues in sport.  For additional information, please visit www.LA84Foundation.org.