Community Outreach: Los Angeles
Print this Article | Send to Colleague
Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners Approve another $350,000 in Community Grants
10 local organization and school programs will receive funding as part of the latest round of Harbor Community Benefit Foundation (HCBF) grants, approved by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. Totaling $350,000, the grants are funded from the Port of Los Angeles Community Mitigation Trust Fund, and administered exclusively by the San Pedro-based HCBF.
To date, the HBCF has distributed $4.1 million in grants to fund projects designed to address port impacts on aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, health risk and land use for the harbor area communities of San Pedro and Wilmington.
"From planting trees to preserving marine life, these funded programs are one of many ways that the Port of Los Angeles and its community partners are helping to create and promote a more sustainable and healthy environment, both within the port and across the entire harbor area region," said Vilma Martinez, a former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina who now serves as president of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission.
Five of the organizations receiving grants will be planting trees or conducting related activities to reduce local air quality impacts. These organizations include the Los Angeles Community Garden Council, the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Port of Los Angeles High School and Sharefest Community Development.
Other grants will support internship programs for the Foundation for Marine Animal Husbandry, as well as for International Bird Rescue. The board also approved funds for Park Western Place Elementary School and The Beacon House Association of San Pedro to develop programs to minimize impacts on marine life. The Friends of Los Angeles Maritime Museum will use its grant to develop a visitor evacuation plan to mitigate safety impacts to resident and visitors.
HCBF is an independent 501(c) (3) that administers the Port Community Mitigation Trust Fund, the product of an environmental settlement between community advocates and the Port of Los Angeles. HCBF’s work includes independent research, community capacity-building and engagement and competitive grant programs. To date, the Port of Los Angeles and HCBF has awarded a total of $4.1 million for local projects, including funding for a noise mitigation study ($185,000), Healthy Harbor Grants ($1.868 million), Community Benefit Grants ($1.461 million), the Harbor Schools STEAM Initiative ($300,000) and a land use study ($300,000).
10 local organization and school programs will receive funding as part of the latest round of Harbor Community Benefit Foundation (HCBF) grants, approved by the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. Totaling $350,000, the grants are funded from the Port of Los Angeles Community Mitigation Trust Fund, and administered exclusively by the San Pedro-based HCBF.
To date, the HBCF has distributed $4.1 million in grants to fund projects designed to address port impacts on aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, health risk and land use for the harbor area communities of San Pedro and Wilmington.
"From planting trees to preserving marine life, these funded programs are one of many ways that the Port of Los Angeles and its community partners are helping to create and promote a more sustainable and healthy environment, both within the port and across the entire harbor area region," said Vilma Martinez, a former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina who now serves as president of the Los Angeles Harbor Commission.
Five of the organizations receiving grants will be planting trees or conducting related activities to reduce local air quality impacts. These organizations include the Los Angeles Community Garden Council, the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, Port of Los Angeles High School and Sharefest Community Development.
Other grants will support internship programs for the Foundation for Marine Animal Husbandry, as well as for International Bird Rescue. The board also approved funds for Park Western Place Elementary School and The Beacon House Association of San Pedro to develop programs to minimize impacts on marine life. The Friends of Los Angeles Maritime Museum will use its grant to develop a visitor evacuation plan to mitigate safety impacts to resident and visitors.
HCBF is an independent 501(c) (3) that administers the Port Community Mitigation Trust Fund, the product of an environmental settlement between community advocates and the Port of Los Angeles. HCBF’s work includes independent research, community capacity-building and engagement and competitive grant programs. To date, the Port of Los Angeles and HCBF has awarded a total of $4.1 million for local projects, including funding for a noise mitigation study ($185,000), Healthy Harbor Grants ($1.868 million), Community Benefit Grants ($1.461 million), the Harbor Schools STEAM Initiative ($300,000) and a land use study ($300,000).
Back to AAPA Seaports Advisory
