FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 26, 2023

Contact:
Luisa Montes,
Communications Officer
415-356-9940
lmontes@irvine.org

June 26, 2023 – The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors approved 10 grants totaling $31.4 million last week. The Foundation also approved $3.6 million in grants this quarter that did not require board approval.

The grants primarily support the Foundation’s four initiatives focused on working Californians (Better Careers, Fair Work, Just Prosperity, and Priority Communities) and Irvine investments in Housing Affordability. More information about all grants can be found in the Foundation’s database here, and the board-approved grants include:  

Better Careers 

Jewish Vocational & Career Counseling Service 

A two-year grant of $1.5 million for general operating support.  

San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc.  

A two-year grant of $1.4 million to build organizational capacity and support the SkillCraft program to advance manufacturing training pathways for Californians living on low incomes. 

Fair Work 

Center on Policy Initiatives  

A three-year grant of $1.83 million to support low-income Black workers in San Diego through the Center on Policy Initiatives and the San Diego Black Worker Center.  

Chinese Progressive Association  

A three-year grant of $2.4 million for general operating support.  

Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (C.O.P.E.)  

A three-year grant of $1.65 million to support Black workers living on low incomes in the Inland Empire through C.O.P.E and the Inland Empire Black Worker Center.  

Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California 

A three-year grant of $1.7 million for general operating support.  

Just Prosperity 

California Calls Education Fund  

A two-year grant of $2 million for general operating support.  

Public Policy Institute of California  

A two-year grant of $2 million for general operating support.  

Priority Communities 

Central Valley Community Foundation  

A two-year grant of $10.4 million to support the implementation of five core projects that improve economic mobility and job creation in Fresno, as identified through the Developing the Region’s Inclusive and Vibrant Economy (DRIVE) initiative.  

Latino Community Foundation  

A two-year grant of $4 million to advance economic justice and build civic power for Latinos.  

Housing Affordability  

Common Counsel Foundation 

A three-year grant of $2.5 million to support the Fund for an Inclusive California, a statewide pooled funding initiative of the Common Counsel Foundation to build the power of communities of color and Indigenous and immigrant communities to advance housing justice and equitable development.