West Los Angeles Youth Club
West LA Youth Club (WLAYC) is a nonprofit community basketball organization based in the Sawtelle/Japantown area of West Los Angeles; the site states it was founded after World War II and fields boys teams in the Crescent Bay Optimist (CBO) League and girls teams in the Japanese American Optimist (JAO) League. The website lists leadership, contact email ([email protected]) and a physical location at 2003 Corinth Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Local Los Angeles-area youth or individual scholarship recipients, or small community youth sports programs whose activities align with the foundation’s scholarship focus.
Good Fit
- • Requests for small scholarship awards to individual students from Los Angeles.
- • Programs focused on youth sports, youth development, or community-based extracurriculars in the Sawtelle/West LA area.
- • Being nominated or otherwise preselected by someone in the foundation’s known local network.
- • Clear, short-term needs that match previously awarded small-dollar scholarship amounts.
Geography
Observed grants in the latest years are entirely in California, with city-level entries pointing to Los Angeles; the footprint is locally concentrated.
Recipient Variety
The latest year shows seven distinct recipients (all scholarship awards), and across observed years the foundation funded multiple independent individuals rather than a single beneficiary; for a micro-foundation this represents a moderate spread.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of recipient turnover exists, but filings and the foundation’s default application explicitly indicate it funds only preselected recipients, so unsolicited new applicants are unlikely to enter the portfolio despite the presence of a website.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
