In recognition of the resilience that drives the Olympic and Paralympic Games, LA28 is launching the LA28 Resilience Champions Fund, a grantmaking initiative designed to invest in a more resilient Los Angeles.
Donor Name: Community Partners
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA), Orange County (CA), Riverside County (CA), San Bernardino County (CA), Ventura County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/24/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Fund, administered by Community Partners will distribute to grants of up to $100,000 projects focused on building a more resilient Los Angeles, advancing proven locally led solutions, and creating lasting community benefit at the neighborhood level leading up to and beyond the Games.
Areas Of Funding
The LA28 Resilience Champions Fund will make grants that are in line with the following focus areas:
- Wildfire Resilience and Nature Restoration: Coming out of the devastating 2025 wildfires, LA28 will support projects that help build greater wildfire resilience and restore nature, such as planting fire resilient native plants, pursuing bio-remediation, retrofitting and/or resilient rebuilding of community spaces, increasing physical and community access to parks and natural areas, or other resilience and habitat restoration projects.
- Ocean Protection: With the Pacific Ocean as the iconic backdrop to sports like Sailing and Beach Volleyball, LA28 will support replicable solutions that enhance ocean health, such as habitat restoration, increasing community and physical access to coastal resources, pollution prevention strategies, upstream protection of creeks, rivers, and/or watersheds, community science and monitoring, or other ocean protection projects.
- Cooling Solutions: In the lead-up to welcoming the world in the height of summer, LA28 will support projects that help keep Los Angeles cool, such as supporting expansion of green infrastructure, shade structures, permanent cooling and/or water stations, indoor cooling/mechanical cooling, water features, micro-forests, heat health training, emergency communications and education, or other community cooling solutions.
Types of Grants
- Implementation Grants
- These grants support permanent physical or permanent place-based improvements aligned within one or more of the Fund’s focus areas, with priority consideration for applications that build on prior funding, approvals, or planning, and can be completed within the grant period. Mobile solutions (e.g., mobile shade structures) will be considered.
- Education & Engagement Grants
- These grants support neighborhood-scale or targeted efforts that focus on community education, outreach, and engagement aligned within one or more of the Fund’s focus areas. Funding should support education tied to a specific place/region, community, or implementation effort close to the Games footprint.
Funding Information
- Implementation Grants
- up to $100,000
- Education & Engagement Grants
- up to $50,000
Grant Period
May 2026 – April 2027.
Uses of Funds
Some examples of allowable expenses include:
- Personnel
- Supplies and materials
- Equipment
- Consultant or subcontractor costs
- Administrative/indirect costs (reasonable and clearly justified)
- Costs directly tied to convenings, workshops, or community engagement activities
- Local mileage and travel expenses
- Other costs necessary to complete the proposed deliverables.
Eligibility Criteria
- The LA28 Resilience Champions Fund accepts applications from nonprofit organizations, including community-based organizations and fiscally sponsored projects. Partnerships or coalitions may apply; however, the applicant organization must be a nonprofit organization or fiscally sponsored project.
- We welcome applications from organizations from the greater Los Angeles region, or collaboratives that include an LA-based organization, with a successful track record of centering community needs. Although your organization’s work may encompass multiple program areas, you may only be the lead applicant on one proposal per organization.
- All grant recipients will be required to abide by LA28 standard terms and conditions. Organizations that are currently contracting with LA28 are not eligible for funding. LA28 reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals at its sole discretion.
For more information, visit Community Partners.
