ABC7 Report: Mayor Karen Bass hands out $300 gift cards to needy Los Angeles families for holiday help
ABC7 Eyewitness News reports on The Mayor's Fund's work on the GIVEN program.
Mayor Karen Bass Announces Direct Cash Assistance Program
In Partnership with the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles and FamilySource Centers, GIVEN Will Help 5,000 Families in Need this Holiday Season
Small Business Relief Grant Program
Helping small local businesses survive the pandemic.
Street Vendor Technical Assistance Pilot
Helping street vendors navigate permitting processes and ensure public health compliance.
GIVEN
Providing direct cash assistance to low-income families during the holiday season.
BIG:LEAP (Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot)
Basic Income Guaranteed: Los Angeles Economic Assistance Pilot (BIG:LEAP) provides financial relief to over 3,200 Los Angeles based families via a monthly payment of $1,000.
Economic Development for COVID Relief
The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles continues its COVID-19 relief efforts with a focus on economic development.
Earn Learn Play
Providing access to job, educational and recreational opportunities for youths aged 14-24.
Summit of the Americas
The Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles is proud to partner with the City of Los Angeles as the host city for the Ninth Summit of the Americas.
Here’s How the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles Supported the City During COVID
Article posted at Inside Philanthropy by Martha Ramirez, March 14, 2022. Read the article here. It’s been more than two years since COVID-19 upended the world. In that time, we’ve seen numerous examples of people coming together to support each other, with one of the more notable trends being cross-sector collaboration. In Los Angeles, many of these public-private partnerships have been successful. As Inside Philanthropy has written before, philanthropists and private companies have come together to try to close the digital divide, establish an education recovery fund for students in the second-largest school district in the country, and support immigrants. [...]
Small Chambers of Commerce Emergency Relief Grants
Supporting small Chambers of Commerce serving local businesses.
LA College Promise Works
Empowering young Angelenos to pursue higher education while helping them to start the careers of their dreams with the skills and experience to succeed.
Evolve Entertainment Fund
Los Angeles is the world’s entertainment hub, and it’s also one of the world’s most diverse cities. Evolve Entertainment Fund supports a cross-sector initiative to help the entertainment industry embrace that diversity and its creative potential.
Brand LA + LA Original
Los Angeles is a creative capital for the entire world. Brand LA and LA Original showcase this city’s diverse makers and boundless creative energy.
EY-Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)
Boosting small business and entrepreneurship with private sector expertise and public sector reach by supporting Entrepreneurs-in-Residence annually with the support of EY.
Small Business Portal
To make doing business in L.A. easier for entrepreneurs and small operations, an L.A. Business Portal was created, and then translated into Spanish, for individual entrepreneurs and business owners to plan, start, manage, and grow local businesses.
U.S. China Climate Summit
A 2015 summit brought together local and regional leaders from the U.S. and China to set goals and confirm emissions targets. MFLA acted as sole fiscal sponsor for the event.