The organizations receiving the latest Foundation grants June 18, 2008 are:

· Friends of Expo Center -- $500,000 - to help complete a multi-million dollar renovation of the recreation facilities in Expo Park. The grant will be used to build a state-of-the-art multiuse sports field for thousands of youth participating in a variety of field sports.

· A Better LA -- $100,000 - a non-profit co-founded by USC football coach Pete Carroll and Lou and Diane Tice of The Pacific Institute. The funding will be used to hire the sports staff to run sports activities for an eight-week pilot program being launched by the mayor’s Office of Gang Reduction and Youth Development this summer, in partnership with the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks, Los Angeles Police Department and Department of Cultural Affairs

· East Los Angeles Community Youth Center (ELACYC) -- $40,442 - grant will help pay for personnel, athlete expenses and equipment for the ELACYC’s aquatics, basketball and boxing programs.

· Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times -- $28,450 - the grant will help fund its popular equestrian program which gives youth a heightened sense of accomplishment and self-esteem by learning how to ride and care for horses.

· San Diego Adaptive Sports Foundation (SDASF) -- $25,000 - the funding will cover personnel, athlete expenses and equipment for SDASF’s youth basketball, rugby and tennis programs which enable every youngster to realize some level of personal success by accommodating all abilities.

· Special Olympics - Southern California -- $30,000 - in partnership with Los Angles Unified School District (LAUSD), is offering track and field, soccer and basketball curricula at 14 LAUSD schools for children who are intellectually challenged.

· Riding Emphasizing Individual Needs and Strengths (REINS) -- $10,000 - the grant will fund its therapeutic horsemanship program in San Diego County that provides physical, mental and emotional therapy through carefully supervised horseback riding to 150 youth with a wide range of disabilities.

· LETMESAIL, INC. -- $5,000 - for equipment and athlete expenses for its fall 2008 youth flag football program held at College of the Canyons’ Valencia campus.


Additional grants:

AAF/Rose Bowl Aquatics Center, Pasadena - $71,190
Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Brea-Placentia-Yorba Linda - $50,000
Hollenbeck Police Activities League - $62,148
International Rescue Committee, Inc., San Diego - $29,424
LK Foundation, South Los Angeles - $25,897
Los Angeles Sports Foundation, East Los Angeles - $33,788
Mission Bay Performance Paddlers, San Diego - $26,250
Olympicos Soccer Club Inc., San Diego County - $21,480
Salvation Army - Southern California Division/Compton Corps
    Community Center - $81,860
Search to Involve Pilipino Americans, Los Angeles - $25,500
St. Vincent Medical Center Foundation, West Lake/Pico Union-area
    of Central Los Angeles - $65,000 Students Run LA - $186,250
West Covina Judo Dojo Inc. - $28,866
Baldwin Park Youth Athletic Association - $10,000
Duarte Hawks Youth Football Corp. - $10,000
Highland Youth Football - $10,000
La Habra Pop Warner Football - $10,000
Lancaster Youth Football - $10,000
Lincoln Heights Youth Association - $10,000
Los Angeles County Education Foundation - $10,000
Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce Charity Foundation - $10,000 Neighborhood Junior Tennis Program, San Fernando Valley - $10,000
Pasadena Pop Warner, Inc. - $10,000
Peter Knight Youth Football, East Palmdale - $10,000
SBC Community Mission Services Corporation Inc.,
    Orange County - $10,000
South Valley Football Panthers - $10,000
Temple City Youth Football - $10,000
Tri-City Falcons Youth Football and Cheerleading Inc. - $10,000