OUR WORK

Our Mission:

We create opportunities for unrecognized, talented youth.

Our current initiatives: 

In 2022 and 2023, the John N. Calley Foundation partnered with LA2050 and the Goldhirsh Foundation to fund innovative projects aligned with our mission. Through this initiative, we have allocated $600,000 between eight exceptional organizations that serve youth in Los Angeles.

• Arts for Healing and Justice Network

• BEAM - The Art of Problem Solving

• Fernando Pullum Community Arts Center

• First Place for Youth

• Friends of Girls Academic Leadership Academy

• Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation - Young Innovator’s Accelerator

• Los Angeles Maritime Institute

• Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles

Our other current grantmaking:

• Humanitas, Groceries for Writers

• Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Arts Education Collective

Our past programs and partners: 

• Ghetto Film School - Los Angeles

• SEED Los Angeles

• Community Garden Program

• The Calley Foundation Impact Fellowship

• COVID-19 responsive funding: LA Students Most in Need Fund, Los Angeles COVID-19 Fund