My LA2050

We are pleased to announce the ten winners who will each receive $100,000 to implement their projects:

• Arts & Cultural Vitality – Hammer Museum
• Education – 826LA
• Environmental Quality – Community Health Councils, C-Lab (Columbia University), 596 Acres
• Health – Public Matters
• Housing – TRUST South L.A.
• Income & Employment – ELACC & LURN
• Public Safety – Homeboy Industries
• Social Connectedness – CicLAvia
• Wild Card – Mission Asset Fund
• Wild Card – No Right Brain Left Behind & Green Dot Public Schools

Spearheaded by the Goldhirsh Foundation, LA2050 believes in the power of Angelenos to shape the future of our region. LA2050 has looked at the health of the region along the following key indicators: arts & cultural vitality, education, environmental quality, health, housing, income & employment, public safety, and social connectedness. And we’ve made informed projections about where we’ll be in the year 2050 if we continue on this current path.

What does a successful Los Angeles in 2050 look like to you? The My LA2050 challenge invites you to dream of the most innovative and creative ways to tackle Los Angeles’ biggest problems. With your help, we will shape the LA story anew – and build the LA2050 of our aspirations.

Tell us how your idea will improve Los Angeles and positively impact one or more of the eight indicators. Can your idea increase communities’ access to parks? Can your project improve how Angelenos connect with each other? Submit an application for your chance at $100,000 to make your idea a reality in 2013.

Submissions are open from February 26th (noon Pacific Standard Time) to March 28th (noon Pacific Daylight Time). Your application will go through a moderation process to ensure that your project adheres to all challenge rules. From April 2nd (noon Pacific Daylight Time) to April 17th (noon Pacific Daylight Time), we’ll open it up to public voting. Rally your colleagues and friends to get behind your effort and join the public in selecting the winners.

Connect with LA2050 on LA2050.org, Twitter and Facebook and join the conversation via #LA2050.

Submission tips:

• Complete the submission form here.
• Share how your idea will impact the indicator you are focusing on. If you’ve chosen education, you might describe how your idea will improve graduation rates; if you’ve chosen social connectedness, you might explain how your idea will increase voting rates or volunteerism. Although the LA2050 report used specific metrics to conduct its analysis, please do not limit yourself to these metrics.
• Describe how the $100,000 award will enable you to implement your idea.
• Include a photo or video that represents your idea or organization. Photos should be in JPG, PNG, or GIF format, at least 570 × 345 pixels and no larger than 10MB. To include a video, use a YouTube URL.
• Check out the LA2050 report for additional information.

Voting tips:

• Voting begins on April 2nd (noon Pacific Daylight Time) and closes April 17th (noon Pacific Daylight Time).
• Each person can vote once.
• A leaderboard featuring the top ten voted in each indicator is posted here (all rankings will be estimates until the challenge is finalized after April 17)
• In order to vote, you must be at least 18 years old and a US resident.
• In order to vote, log in with your GOOD account. If you don’t have a GOOD account, it’s free to join. All you need is an email address or a Facebook account to register. You will be emailed a link that you need to click in order to validate your address.
• We suggest using either Firefox or Chrome browsers to cast a vote.

If you have any questions, please review these FAQs or send us an email at maker@goodinc.com.

• This Challenge is open for submissions from February 26th (noon Pacific Standard Time) to March 28th (noon Pacific Daylight Time).
• US-based non-profit and for-profit organizations with projects serving Los Angeles County are eligible to apply.
• Funds for the project must be spent by December 31st, 2013.
• Submitted projects must serve a location in Los Angeles County.
• Ongoing projects are eligible for submission.
• Of the top ten voted projects in each indicator, the Goldhirsh Foundation will choose one project per indicator to receive $100,000 to implement their idea.
• Two additional projects in any indicator will also be chosen by the Goldhirsh Foundation to receive a $100,000 grant to implement their project.
• Projects will be featured on this page and public voting will be open from April 2nd (noon Pacific Daylight Time) to April 17th (noon Pacific Daylight Time).
• All applications will be selected using the following criteria: impact on the indicators, feasibility, creativity and innovation, and community support (measured by number of public votes).
• In order to vote, log in with your GOOD account. If you don’t have a GOOD account, it’s free to join. All you need is an email address or a Facebook account to register. You will be emailed a link that you need to click in order to validate your address.
• All winners of the My LA2050 Challenge will be grantees of the Goldhirsh Foundation and will be required to participate in at least one check-in with a Goldhirsh Foundation team member per month.
• Read all the rules.