Introducing the 2022 PledgeLA Founders Fund Cohort
/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/2022-Foudners-Fund.mp4 AnnenbergTech and PledgeLA are thrilled to announce the 15 companies and their founders selected for the PledgeLA Founders Fund Summer 2022 cohort! This partnership between our PledgeLA initiative and Grid110 is the convergence of years of work that their respective teams have spent working to increase access within the startup community. The PledgeLA Founders Fund was created to directly address […]
Annenberg Snapshot: December 2021 – May 2022
Wallis Annenberg GenSpace Presents Aging Out Loud: Good for Business
Join our friends at Wallis Annenberg GenSpace for their upcoming virtual event this Wednesday, May 18 at 11 AM PT, exploring how to support the recruitment, retention, and success of older workers. Don’t miss the fantastic insight from Wallis Annenberg GenSpace’s special guest, Judge Judy, as part of their Fireside Chat. GenSpace is excited to bring together experts […]
Annenberg Foundation Supports LA2050’s Annual Grants Challenge
The Annenberg Foundation is again partnering with LA2050 to help support social impact organizations that are making Los Angeles a better place to live. The annual LA2050 Grants Challenge is underway to award $1 million to 15 organizations that are making progress on LA2050’s five goals of making LA the best place to connect, create, […]
Wallis Annenberg GenSpace Opens to the Public
/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/GS-ribbon-raising-final.mp4 The doors of Wallis Annenberg GenSpace are now open to the public and offering new pilot programs! GenSpace is an innovative community center designed for older adults that offers a wide range of classes and programs to support health, creativity, connection, and fun. Come visit today! GenSpace is located inside the beautiful Audrey […]
LA’s Univisión Continues Highlights of AnnenbergTech and PledgeLA’s Founders Fund
The leading TV station in LA, Univision 34, featured PledgeLA’s Founders Fund several times this month to highlight the opportunity it provides Latinx and Black entrepreneurs. PledgeLA provides $25,000 in non-equity funding to 20 Latinx and Black business owners in LA County annually through its Founders Fund. In addition to the funding, founders receive […]
PledgeLA’s Founders Fund Impact Featured on Univisión 34
Yesterday, 2021 Founders Fund alumna Guadalupe Tlatenchi, CEO of GTLA Apparel Development, and AnnenbergTech‘s Calvin Selth were both featured in a special segment with Norma Roque on Univisión KMEX 34 in Los Angeles. Check out the segment today! In case you’re not a Spanish speaker, you can find an English transcript of the segment below. […]
Champions Live Here Spotlight: IHADLA, RightWay Foundation, UPI, Urban Scholar Academy, URBAN TXT, and Village for Vets
The Champions Live Here legacy program honors 56 local nonprofits with grant awards, professionally produced marketing materials, and public recognition of their work in the lead up to Super Bowl LVI. Following the Super Bowl, these organizations will join us for a special session of Annenberg Alchemy nonprofit training! For our final Champions spotlight, […]
Introducing Annenberg Alchemy for Black-led Organizations
Launching today as a direct result of the murder of George Floyd and the nationwide movements for change that continue to this day, Annenberg Alchemy for Black-led Organizations is an expansion of the Annenberg Alchemy Program that began in 2006. Since then, more than 3,000 nonprofit leaders have participated. Annenberg’s newest Alchemy capacity building and leadership development program is focused on serving Black-led nonprofit organizations and their leaders located in the five-county region of Southern California with budgets up to $1 million.
Supporting the Friends & Family Accelerator Program
The Annenberg Foundation is proud to be a founding supporter of Slauson & Co. and Grid110‘s Friends and Family Accelerator Program, geared towards helping early-stage entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses. Introducing the Friends & Family Winter 2022 Cohort: 1000 MORE is an app that removes barriers to civic empowerment for communities who have traditionally […]