APPLICATION
LA28 RESILIENCE CHAMPIONS FUND - ROUND 2
Thank you for your interest in the LA28 Resilience Champions Fund.
FUND OVERVIEW
The LA28 Resilience Champions Fund will distribute grants of up to $100,000 to organizations working to build a more resilient Los Angeles and leave behind a positive legacy that benefits Angelenos long after the Games. Upcoming deadline: October 30, 2026.
FUND FOCUS AREAS
Applicant organizations should have a proven track record of accomplishment and visible impacts in one or more of the Fund’s 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 community and physical 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.
Funds will be awarded in February 2027, and funded activities must be completed by January 31, 2028.
For a complete set of Fund guidelines, eligibility criteria, timeline, and frequently asked questions, please visit: www.communitypartners.org/LA28resiliencechampionsfund