Surdna's Board met in February to approve 70 grants totaling $11,554,125 in the areas of Sustainable Environments, Strong Local Economies, and Thriving Cultures.

Grants included: support to the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy to establish a large-scale program to enable energy efficiency measures for hundreds of thousands of residential and commercial buildings served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and to provide training for career path green jobs;  The Safe and Sound Campaign, to pilot a culinary arts workforce development program for young adult ex-offenders in Baltimore that will provide on-the-job training, coupled with evidenced-based therapeutic interventions and other services, to help young people build skills and transition to good-paying jobs with career ladders; and the New York City-based Arts Engine which serves as a critical nexus for independent media makers and activists -helping them find each other and more effectively use the work of media artists to reach social change goals.

Click here for the complete list of grants.