Grants

Year

Grant Program

Category

Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Provide masks and goggles, teas, acupuncture, yoga classes
Year
2012
Grant Program
Healthy Harbor Grant Program
Funding
$8,000.00
Category
Health Risk,
Community Safety,
Air Quality
Community Served
Wilmington
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Education and train community members in resiliency and disaster preparation. Educate and train high school students through the teen CERT program.
Year
2014
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$5,000.00
Category
Youth Development,
Workforce Development,
Community Safety
Community Served
Wilmington
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Implement and continue health talks, health fair, indoor/outdoor plants, group exercise programs, acupuncture and herbal symptom relief
Year
2014
Grant Program
Healthy Harbor Grant Program
Funding
$22,000.00
Category
Health Risk,
Education,
Green Space,
Community Safety
Community Served
Wilmington
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Continuation of development of HeLP program, providing various yoga classes and practices to help residents mitigate any health effects derived from port emissions
Year
2015
Grant Program
Healthy Harbor Grant Program
Funding
$10,000.00
Category
Health Risk,
Green Space
Community Served
Wilmington,
San Pedro
Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
Donate masks and groceries to low income and chronically ill residents
Year
2020
Grant Program
Covid-19 Relief
Funding
$3,000.00
Category
Health Risk
Community Served
Wilmington
Cabrillo Avenue Elementary School
Port of LA Boat Tour, Study of Harbor Jobs Students will observe time lapse filming of a 12 hour period of maritime commerce in harbor will reveal the previously unseen details of harbor activities. Students will go on harbor tourto actually observe first hand.measures of success: class activities about port experiences-writing, drawing, discussion. Students bring Changing Tides posters tothe Community: And have Community Dialog. nstall exhibition: host reception at South Bay Contemporary -401 S Mesa, San Pedro (the Loft) measures of success: Attendance of students, parents and community members to celebrate the project in a public art gallery setting.
Year
2015
Grant Program
Harbor Schools STEAM Initiative (HHSI)
Funding
$16,000.00
Category
Youth Development
Community Served
San Pedro
Cabrillo Beach Youth Sailing
Extend scholarships to at-risk youth to develop water and sailing skills, purchase marine equipment
Year
2014
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$50,000.00
Category
Youth Development,
Marine/Ecology
Community Served
Wilmington,
San Pedro
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Preserve the local wetlands environment and educate the public about the role of the wetlands, educate and mentor students in scientific research through the Young Scientists Program and help youth prepare for careers, especially in science-related fields. Provide access to education, recreation and research to economically disadvantaged communities.
Year
2014
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$6,000.00
Category
Marine/Ecology
Community Served
Wilmington,
San Pedro
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Professional CMA staff will design and deliver the experiences in collaboration with Dana MS teachers. The program includes science and marine conservation, through the Three Sea Search Programs where in depth laboratory and field activities in the Cabrillo Beach Coastal Park will take place. There is also a Engineering program focused on robotics where ROV's will be used as an educational tool in demonstrating engineering and scientific methodologies. Three Aquatic Nursery Programs- "Lab Research and the Scientific Method": STEAM students will learn about animal research and husbandry work, as well as scientific research and reporting methods, while working on growing young sea animals in the Nursery. Objectives of this Program include how to raise local southern California marine life species from youngest available stages to settlement or juvenile stages; how to investigate development and husbandry needs to keep animal thriving and growing in captivity; training young scientists on husbandry methods and research into the growth of local species.
Year
2015
Grant Program
Harbor Schools STEAM Initiative (HHSI)
Funding
$15,000.00
Category
Youth Development
Community Served
San Pedro
Clean San Pedro
A comprehensive mitigation project along the major traffic corridors, streets and pedestrian ways providing local and regional visitors access to the Los Angeles Waterfront. The project consists of improvements to new and existing green-__buffers, tree planting and tree-__care, blight removal and on-__going cleanup efforts. The project includes a substantial training and education component, with a focus on youth.
Year
2014
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$4,000.00
Category
Aesthetics
Community Served
San Pedro
Clean San Pedro
Tree care program for 1100 street trees to be planted in near port areas
Year
2017
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$50,050.00
Category
Green Space,
Aesthetics,
Land Use
Community Served
Wilmington,
San Pedro
Clean San Pedro
Cleanup program along public streets, involve community in betterment and environmental/marine education
Year
2014
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$40,000.00
Category
Health Risk,
Workforce Development,
Aesthetics
Community Served
San Pedro
Coalition for a Safe Environment
Conducted 2 on-line Google searchesforLos Angeles and Wilmington specific Emergency Preparedness Plansand Community Emergency Evacuation Maps, one in January and a second in June.As a result of the research we discovered that LA Mayor Eric Garcetti has his own special website which contained a map of the Port of Los Angeles Tsunami Evacuation Routes and Signs which was completed in 2014 of which we were not aware of. The Wilmington and San Pedro communities are identified. We also discovered that there was brochure titled TSUNAMI Emergency Information.
Year
2016
Grant Program
Community Benefit Grant Program
Funding
$35,000.00
Category
Community Safety
Community Served
Wilmington
Coalition for Clean Air
Participatory research to establish a greater understanding of air pollution, and its effects among Dana Middle School youth
Year
2015
Grant Program
Healthy Harbor Grant Program
Funding
$68,000.00
Category
Education,
Youth Development
Community Served
San Pedro
Coalition for Clean Air
Installation of air quality monitors and workshops to train local participasnts.
Year
2016
Grant Program
Healthy Harbor Grant Program
Funding
$50,000.00
Category
Health Risk,
Air Quality,
Community Safety
Community Served
Wilmington,
San Pedro