• Goldhirsh Foundation
    $500,000 through November, 2023

    to support the LA2050 Challenge in identifying economic mobility opportunities for opportunity youth

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: September, 2022
  • Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles
    $500,000 through March, 2025

    to support the Youth Development Department in creating youth advisory councils for YouthSource Centers across Los Angeles

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: September, 2022
  • Youth Transition Funders Group
    $50,000 through January, 2023

    for the Youth Transition Funders Group, a project of the Youth Policy Institute of Iowa, to support the Economic Well-Being Work Group

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: September, 2022
  • Liberty Hill Foundation
    $550,000 through August, 2023

    to support a planning process for Ready to Rise and mapping of the Los Angeles landscape

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: September, 2022
  • The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
    $1,000,000 through July, 2024

    to support the design of an employer engagement strategy to ensure restaurants can hire, retain and advance opportunity youth in the restaurant and food service industry

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2022
  • The Forum for Youth Investment
    $1,800,000 through August, 2025

    to build the capacity of the opportunity youth field to create a transformational vision to reconnect opportunity youth

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2022
  • Childrens Bureau of New Orleans
    $1,625,000 through December, 2025

    to implement a new peer-to-peer healthcare career pathway for opportunity youth in New Orleans that will increase access to mental health services

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2022
  • A Better Balance
    $650,000 through August, 2024

    to support on-going efforts to advance policies supportive to workers, such as paid sick time and paid family and medical leave, especially in Louisiana

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2022
  • Disability Rights Louisiana
    $65,000 through August, 2023

    to support financial literacy and inclusion for formerly incarcerated opportunity youth with disabilities in New Orleans

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2022
  • Youth Empowerment Project
    $240,000 through August, 2024

    to support workforce training for opportunity youth in New Orleans and organizational advocacy capacity

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2022