Underprivileged youth spent a summer in a paid opportunity to survey their own communities.

The federal Promise Zones initiative supports underprivileged urban areas across the country, bringing together local partners to expand economic opportunity.

L.A.’s Promise Zone covers the neighborhoods of Hollywood, East Hollywood, Koreatown, Westlake, and Pico-Union.

In 2016, in partnership with the LA2050 program and the Goldhirsh Foundation, the Fund supported the Young Ethnographers, a pilot summer jobs program for rising high school seniors living in the Promise Zone. Over six weeks, the students surveyed quality of life in their communities, picking up valuable college and career skills along the way.