LA2050 and Crowdsourcing Philanthropy for LA's Future

This episode of LA#itself features a conversation with Angie Jean-Marie, Social Innovation and Marketing Manager at the Goldhirsh Foundation, and her predecessor Shauna Nep, Senior Philanthropic Advisor at Fundamental. Jean-Marie and Nep tell us about LA2050, the Goldhirsh Foundation's ambitious grant crowdsourcing "initiative driving and tracking progress toward a shared vision for the future of Los Angeles." We discuss the origins for the novel crowdsourcing approach for philanthropy, the inherent opportunities and challenges, and how LA2050's staff makes annual micro-adjustments to capitalize on Goldhirsh's long-term funding agenda. As you can imagine, there are a lot of moving parts.