LA28 Resilience Champions Fund

FUND OVERVIEW

The Fund, administered by Community Partners, will distribute grants of up to $100,000 to 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. 

Deadline to apply is March 24, 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 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. 

GRANT TYPES

Implementation Grants  (up to $100,000) - 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 (up to $50,000) - 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.    

ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS 

• Registered nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, including community-based organizations and fiscally sponsored projects.
• Partnerships or coalitions; however, the applicant organization must be a registered nonprofit, tax-exempt organization or fiscally sponsored project

APPLICATION TIMELINE 

• Application Opens: February 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
• Application Deadline: March 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM
• Award Notifications: April – May 2026
• Grant Period: May 2026 – April 2027

BEFORE YOU APPLY 

Please review the most recent Frequently Asked Questions here.