Mission: Life Ready Through Sport

The LA84 Foundation is endowed with surplus funds from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Our mission is to serve youth through sport and to increase knowledge of sport and its impact on people's lives. The LA84 Foundation supports a wide array of youth sports programming. We award grants to youth sports organizations within the eight southernmost counties of California. We also conduct our own youth sports and coaching education programs, a number of which have become models for similar programs nationwide.

The LA84 Foundation operates the largest sports research library in North America, the Paul Ziffren Sports Resource Center. It is a state-of-the-art research facility and learning center dedicated to the advancement of sports knowledge and scholarship. The Foundation also maintains a sizable collection of historic sport art and artifacts much of which was inherited from the former Helms sports halls of fame.

The LA84 Foundation is a private nonprofit institution. The Foundation has committed more than $160 million to accomplish its mission since 1985. To date, two million boys and girls, and more than 1,000 youth sports organizations throughout Southern California have benefited from the endowment. They will be joined by many more in the years ahead.

Contact the LA84 Foundation

2141 W. Adams Blvd.                  Main phone: 323-730-4600, Library - 4646
Los Angeles, CA 90018            Home page: www.la84foundation.org

Visit the LA84 Foundation

If you are approaching LA84 westbound on the 10 Freeway, exit at Western Avenue. Turn south (left) onto Western and drive two blocks to Adams Blvd. Turn west (right) onto Adams. LA84 is two blocks west at 2141 W. Adams Blvd

If you are driving eastbound on the 10 Freeway, exit at Arlington Avenue. Turn south (right) onto Arlington and drive three blocks to Adams Blvd. Turn east (left) on Adams and proceed two blocks. LA84 is at the northeast corner of Adams and Gramercy at 2141 W. Adams Blvd. Adams Blvd.