Snap Foundation provides grants to ensure nonprofit organizations and collectives are well-resourced to support strong outcomes for youth and local communities across Los Angeles. Our grant-making and grant-giving is split between responsive and strategic initiatives.
Strategic initiatives are long-term, experimental initiatives that focus on field and community building. These can be broken down into:
Opportunities for youth to develop and appreciate creativity: exposure to arts, general skills development, and creative education.
Opportunities for youth to learn about career opportunities and pathways: specific skills development, career exposure, mentorship, internship and externship programs, and more.
Opportunities for youth to directly gain employment in the creative economy: training and certification programs, and programs supporting placement, hiring, and advancement.
Responsive initiatives are short-term, urgent initiatives that are dependent on time-sensitive community needs. The requirements are that it must:
