Grants


Community Investment Grant Program


The Port of Los Angeles Community Investment Grant Program creates funding opportunities for community events, programs and projects that benefit surrounding harbor communities and promote the goals of the Los Angeles Harbor Department. The Port's goal is to partner with non-profit organizations that have similar interests and goals, creating mutually supportive relationships. 
 
Funds come from the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department’s annual budget, which is entirely self-supported from shipping and lease revenues, not taxpayers. The overall program funds, as well as its component categories, vary each fiscal year. There is no guarantee that funds allocated in any one fiscal year will be the same as another – either for the overall program, component categories or successful applicants. 
 
Grant applicants must reapply each fiscal year. Applicants must represent nonprofit organizations, tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3), and provide documentation of their exempt status at the time of application.
 
The grant application period for FY 2024/25 is now closed. 
 
The grant application period for the next round of grants (FY 2025/26) will be announced in 2025.
 
Grant recipients for FY 2024/25 are listed below, in alphabetical order.

FY 24/25 Grant Recipients
Avalon Arts & Cultural Alliance

Avalon Arts & Cultural Alliance

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor

Cabrillo Beach Boosters

Cabrillo Beach Boosters

Cabrillo Beach Youth Sailing

Cabrillo Beach Youth Sailing

CicLAvia

CicLAvia

EXP

EXP

Friends of Banning Museum

Friends of Banning Museum

Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

Friends of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Friends of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum

Friends of the Rotary Club of Wilmington

Friends of the Rotary Club of Wilmington

Gang Alternative Program

Gang Alternative Program

Grand Vision Foundation

Grand Vision Foundation

Greater LA Scouts of America

Greater LA Scouts of America

International Bird Rescue

International Bird Rescue

International Seafarers Center 

International Seafarers Center 

LA Choreographers & Dancers

LA Choreographers & Dancers

LA Conservation Corps

LA Conservation Corps

Los Angeles Maritime Institute

Los Angeles Maritime Institute

Little Italy of Los Angeles Association

Little Italy of Los Angeles Association

Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society

Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society

Los Angeles Sailing Foundation

Los Angeles Sailing Foundation

Marine Mammal Care Center

Marine Mammal Care Center

NAMEPA

NAMEPA

Pacific Battleship Center

Pacific Battleship Center

Pacific Unicomm Corporation

Pacific Unicomm Corporation

 
 
 
Sail LA/Wilmington Youth Sailing Center

Sail LA/Wilmington Youth Sailing Center

San Pedro Art Association

San Pedro Art Association

San Pedro City Ballet

San Pedro City Ballet

San Pedro Waterfront Arts District

San Pedro Waterfront Arts District

South Bay Center for Counseling

South Bay Center for Counseling

Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation

Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation

Tianguiz Cultural

Tianguiz Cultural

U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII/Lane Victory Maritime Center

U.S. Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII/Lane Victory Maritime Center

Wilmington YMCA

Wilmington YMCA