Michael Latt Legacy Fund Names 2026 Leading With Love Grantees

The Michael Latt Legacy Fund has unveiled the third class of recipients for its Leading With Love grant program, staying true to the late entertainment marketing executive’s passion for backing creatives and changemakers whose work drives real cultural and social progress.

The nonprofit emerged from Latt’s death, honoring an executive who spent his career leveraging his Hollywood connections to lift up artists, filmmakers and community-focused organizations. The fund keeps that legacy alive by investing in creatives whose projects embody the principles Latt championed throughout his life.

The Leading With Love program rests on a simple but powerful idea: storytelling and creative work can be catalysts for building communities and sparking social change. With this year’s announcement, the fund marks its third group of grantees selected through the initiative.

Since its creation, the fund has stayed focused on Latt’s core belief that bringing people together creates opportunities for artists and organizations to make a wider impact.

Rather than chasing conventional success metrics, the program zeros in on creators whose work mirrors Latt’s values community, hope, connection and positive transformation.

Latt was a well-connected figure who bridged gaps between Hollywood’s creative community, activists and nonprofits. He believed entertainment could be weaponized for good a tool to amplify urgent causes and give marginalized voices a real platform.

Since his passing, the Michael Latt Legacy Fund has doubled down on that vision, launching initiatives that equip artists and organizations working at the intersection of creativity and social impact.

The Leading With Love grants exemplify this approach. By funneling money directly to both emerging and established creatives, the program aims to help these artists develop projects that resonate with audiences while sparking meaningful dialogue and community transformation.

This year’s recipients signal that Latt’s imprint on the entertainment and creative worlds remains strong. Their selection underscores the fund’s unwavering commitment to artists who merge genuine creative ambition with a drive to make a tangible difference.

The new cohort also makes a statement about independent funding. When creatives get financial backing from sources like this fund, they gain the freedom to pursue projects that might never secure backing through traditional channels.

As the Michael Latt Legacy Fund enters its third year of grantees, Latt’s vision lives on through the storytellers and community builders now equipped to bring their ideas to life.