The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF) is committed to making a meaningful impact on underserved youth in Los Angeles' most challenged neighborhoods. Leveraging the Dodger brand and fan base, LADF focuses on direct community engagement and partnerships to support its three main pillars: Sports + Recreation, Education + Literacy, and Health + Wellness. Through these efforts, it aims to provide significant opportunities and resources to empower the next generation.
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation's Annual Grant Program offers financial support to organizations aligned with its three core pillars. The foundation distributes grants three times a year and engages in various activities to promote and support the work of its grantees. These activities include co-hosting events, digital promotion, and in-stadium "Giving Moments" to showcase grantees' efforts. The program specifically supports causes within education, such as improving literacy and STEM engagement; healthcare, by addressing disparities and providing vital services; homelessness, through prevention and immediate support services; and youth development, with a focus on social and emotional learning and engaging girls in sport.
LADF prioritizes support for initiatives demonstrating a profound positive effect on their beneficiaries. This entails initiatives that mark a substantial improvement in education, healthcare, homelessness solutions, and social justice throughout Los Angeles. Applicants are requested to furnish measurable indicators to evaluate the program's effectiveness.