Alamitos Bay is our living classroom, our place of discovery, and our home.
For nearly 30 years, Algalita has called Long Beach home. Today, some of our most meaningful work is happening right outside our door, in the waters of Alamitos Bay.
The Bay is where young people paddle out for the first time and discover what's living beneath the surface. It's where students collect plankton, investigate microplastics, and learn to see their local environment differently. And through our program, Clean Bay Collective, it's where community members are testing water quality, observing wildlife, tracking environmental change, and building a shared understanding of the Bay over time.
We believe the people who live here should have a role in understanding and caring for these waters.
That's why we're bringing together young people, neighbors, educators, and scientists to learn from Alamitos Bay. Through hands-on education, community science, and long-term monitoring, we're asking questions about how the Bay works, how it's changing, and how what we learn can guide meaningful stewardship and restoration in the years ahead.
100% of every donation made through our Long Beach Gives campaign will support Algalita's work in and around the waters of Alamitos Bay—from the Clean Bay Collective and youth field experiences to scientific equipment, community events, stewardship, and future restoration efforts.
Your donation doesn't just fund science.
It puts the tools of science into the hands of the community.
It helps a young person look through a microscope and discover an entire world in a drop of Bay water. It helps a neighbor collect data from a place they've walked past for years. It helps us build a record of this ecosystem over time—and turn what we learn into action.
Alamitos Bay has given us an extraordinary place to learn, explore, and discover.
Now we're investing in its future. And we're inviting Long Beach to do it with us.
🎟️ WIN TWO TICKETS TO SEE JACK JOHNSON!
Donate to Algalita through Long Beach Gives between now and September 25 and you'll be entered for a chance to win two tickets to Jack Johnson's SURFILMUSIC Tour in Los Angeles on October 11, 2026!
Every donation made through our Long Beach Gives page during the entry period counts as an entry. The winner will be selected at random and contacted after the entry period closes.
Algalita inspires young people and communities to understand the environmental challenges around them, ask better questions, and use science, creativity, and action to shape a better future.
Founded in Long Beach in 1994, we believe some of the most powerful learning happens when people connect deeply with the places they call home. Through hands-on environmental education, community science, and youth leadership, we give people the tools to investigate real-world problems and become active participants in solving them.
Today, Alamitos Bay is at the heart of that work. It is our living classroom and living laboratory—a place where students, community members, educators, and scientists can learn together, build knowledge over time, and turn what we discover into meaningful stewardship.
We believe people protect what they understand, value, and feel connected to—and that lasting environmental change begins by building that connection.
Organization name
Algalita | Community Science for Alamitos Bay
Tax id (EIN)
33-0657882
Operating Budget
Medium ($100,000 - $999,999)
Mission Category
Environment
City Council District
District 3
Address
148 N Marina DriveLos Angeles County, CA, US
Orange County, CA, US