A Message From the Goldhirsh Foundation re: COVID-19

We hope that you, the people you serve, your teams, and your families are doing well and staying safe. We’re thinking of you.

It’s a challenging time. We understand that many of our grantees may have paused programs or pivoted to other activities in response to the current public health crisis. We want to help, so we invite current grantees to request new uses of existing budgets and funds. We have also postponed reporting requirements for all current grantees and have allowed organizations to extend the term of their grants. 

Finally, we extended the deadline for upcoming grant applications to the My LA2050 Grants Challenge to April 3. We have not changed our funding guidelines as we recognize that, moving forward, there will be an increase in need for funds for all types of social impact work. We are, however, planning to offer winning organizations the chance to amend their My LA2050 grant applications in June, with the information available then.

We so appreciate all of the work that you do each and every day. 

Special thanks to Southern California Grantmakers for being a leader in philanthropy and providing resources and directions to grantmakers during this time.

Sincerely,

Tara Roth

President, Goldhirsh Foundation