OUR WORK

Our Mission:

We create opportunities for unrecognized, talented youth.

Our current initiatives: 

Since 2022, the John N. Calley Foundation has partnered with LA2050 and the Goldhirsh Foundation to fund innovative projects aligned with our mission. Through this initiative, we have allocated more than $3,000,000 to exceptional organizations that serve youth and young professionals in Los Angeles, including but not limited to:

• 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

• Garden School Foundation

• Adventures to Dreams Enrichment

• Chicas Verdes

• LA Compost

• Connecting Compton

• Lost Angels Children’s Project

• Mentor for Change

• Lunch Bunch Community Foundation

• Ryman Arts

• The Village Family Services

Other examples of our current grantmaking:

• University of Southern California, Board Scholars Program

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

Our past programs and partners: 

• Ghetto Film School - Los Angeles

• SEED Los Angeles

• Humanitas, Groceries for Writers

• Community Garden Program

• The Calley Foundation Impact Fellowship

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