Liberty Hill, Santa Monica’s largest public foundation, has announced its awards to 15 Los Angeles County “upstart start-ups.”
The groups represent what the foundation considers promising new community organizations working to improve the lives of Angelenos from Santa Monica to East LA. The total amount awarded is $235,000 — a 15 percent increase over last year.
Six of the grants were awarded to groups working to improve the criminal justice system, including the implementation of Proposition 36 and assistance to ex-offenders and children of incarcerated parents.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 3, 2003. Read the original PDF.