RIOT BRIEFS : Foundation Provides $240,000 to Promote Social Change
A foundation that specializes in making “seed” grants to experimental ventures for social change has given $240,000 to groups addressing problems underscored by the spring riots.
The Santa Monica-based Liberty Hill Foundation made the grants through its Fund for a New L.A. The largest donation to the fund was $185,000 from Comic Relief. Other donors were the Jewish Fund for Justice, the McKay Foundation and the Urban Foundation of the First United Methodist Church.
Grants ranging from $10,000 to $35,000 were made to 14 community organizations. They include the Asian Pacific Dispute Resolution Center, the Black Awareness Community Development Organization, Comite pro Paz en el Barrio, the Korean Immigrant Workers Assn. and the United Neighborhood Organization.
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