CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Cultural Grants for Family and Youth?

$31.2M across 3,274 payments, July 12, 2017 to September 9, 2026 — 2,462 purchase orders and 434 vendors, run by Cultural Affairs.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: CULTURAL GRANTS FOR FAMILY AND YOUTH

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 10 fiscal years across 2,462 separate purchase orders. A single payment in the register shows none of that — the commitment outlives any one order, and the orders are how it gets renewed.

$31.2MTotal spent
2,462Purchase orders
434Vendors
3%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$2.7M
FY2018-19
$2.8M
FY2019-20
$3.9M
FY2020-21
$2.7M
FY2021-22
$3.4M
FY2022-23
$4.9M
FY2023-24
$3.5M
FY2024-25
$3.2M
FY2025-26
$3.1M
FY2026-27 *
$989K

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $780K.

Who was paid

The 25 largest of 434 vendors on this line.

Under which orders

The 39 largest of 2,462 purchase orders booked to this line.

2 payments · March 15, 2022 to January 20, 2023

3 payments · September 29, 2021 to August 25, 2022

4 payments · November 21, 2024 to August 19, 2025

1 payment · November 14, 2025 to November 14, 2025

2 payments · October 26, 2022 to February 9, 2023

2 payments · December 5, 2023 to August 30, 2024

3 payments · October 4, 2023 to September 11, 2024

2 payments · December 20, 2022 to July 13, 2023

2 payments · June 3, 2020 to January 25, 2021

1 payment · December 11, 2019 to December 11, 2019

3 payments · March 29, 2019 to September 23, 2019

1 payment · July 11, 2022 to July 11, 2022

1 payment · June 21, 2021 to June 21, 2021

2 payments · January 28, 2020 to April 22, 2021

1 payment · March 6, 2018 to March 6, 2018

2 payments · March 7, 2018 to October 3, 2018

2 payments · February 7, 2019 to September 18, 2019

1 payment · September 29, 2021 to September 29, 2021

1 payment · October 25, 2018 to October 25, 2018

2 payments · February 26, 2020 to July 20, 2020

2 payments · March 2, 2022 to August 24, 2022

2 payments · January 13, 2021 to October 13, 2021

2 payments · March 17, 2021 to February 16, 2022

2 payments · April 20, 2021 to July 18, 2024

2 payments · April 24, 2018 to October 3, 2018

2 payments · January 3, 2020 to August 26, 2020

2 payments · April 23, 2020 to October 6, 2020

2 payments · March 2, 2020 to October 6, 2020

1 payment · August 2, 2021 to August 2, 2021

2 payments · February 6, 2019 to October 4, 2019

1 payment · May 12, 2021 to May 12, 2021

1 payment · August 25, 2017 to August 25, 2017

1 payment · April 24, 2020 to April 24, 2020

2 payments · October 7, 2025 to April 14, 2026

2 payments · February 23, 2022 to September 2, 2022

2 payments · February 7, 2020 to October 23, 2020

2 payments · May 9, 2022 to August 31, 2022

1 payment · August 2, 2021 to August 2, 2021

1 payment · May 19, 2020 to May 19, 2020

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Grouped by account_name, the budget line a payment is booked against — populated on every row, and the most useful field for understanding what a payment actually bought. Back to the checkbook.