Community Investment Grant Program
The Port of Los Angeles Community Investment Grant Program creates funding opportunities for small to large 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 nonprofit 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 tax-payers. 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.
The grant application period for FY 2022/23 is now closed.
FY 2021/22 Large Grant Recipients ($100,000 or more)
EXP
Preparing the Next Generation Workforce
Los Angeles Maritime Institute
TopSail Youth Program
FY 2021/22 Medium Grant Recipients (between $5,001-$99,999)
AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles
The Blue Hour: Ocean of Inclusion
Angels Gate Cultural Center
PORTALS – Angels Gate Cultural Center Exhibition and art activation at the Port of Los Angeles
Cabrillo Beach Youth Sailing
Community Sailing Program for Youth
Fiesta Corazon del Puerto
Fiesta Corazon del Puerto
Friends of Banning Park
Virtual Phineas Banning Birthday Celebration and Victorian Christmas
Friends of Banning’s Landing
Various Programming
Friends of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Gala and event sponsorship; enhanced Whale Fiesta
Friends of the Rotary Club of Wilmington
Various Program Sponsorships
Harbor Gang Alternatives Program
GAP & POLA Keep it Clean
International Bird Rescue
50th Anniversary and 2021 Southern California Native Bird Rescue, Rehabilitation and Crisis Response
International Seafarers Center
International Seafarers Hospitality Program
LA Conservation Corps
San Pedro Waterfront Beautification
Los Angeles Sailing Foundation
Port of Los Angeles Harbor Cup - Cal Maritime Invitations Intercollegiate Regatta
Port of Los Angeles High School (POLAHS)
Career Technical Education: Marine Transportation
San Pedro City Ballet
San Pedro City Ballet Celebrates the Port of Los Angeles
San Pedro War Memorial
San Pedro War Memorial
South Bay Center for Counseling
Clean Wilmington
Think Earth Environmental Education Foundation
Think Watershed Project
The Volunteer Center South Bay-Harbor-Long Beach
Operation Teddy Bear
FY 2021/22 Small Grant Recipients ($5,000 and under)
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Los Angeles Harbor’s 16th Annual ILWU / PMA Luncheon
NAMEPA
Planet and Ocean Discovery Series (PODS) - Coastal Habitats Program
San Pedro Art Association
2021 Harbor Wide All Grade Student Art Competition and Exhibit
San Pedro Waterfront Arts District
Arts District Storm Drain Art
Toberman Neighborhood Center
Clean Drains, Clean Seas (CSCS) Educational Series
Wilmington YMCA
3rd Annual YMCA 5K at the Wilmington Waterfront Park