California Community Foundation Dec 2024 Website $250,000 To build a unified, multi-sector coalition of organizations via We Are California to advance an inclusive vision for racial, economic, and climate equity in California, through the Democracy Fund. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 3 months Region Served: Statewide
Voice of OC Dec 2024 Website $118,000 To support civic news focused on the information needs of low-income and communities of color in Orange County. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Proteus Fund, Inc. Dec 2024 Website $635,000 To advance economic justice for disabled Californians by strengthening foundations' capacity to implement disability inclusion strategies, through an entity such as the Disability and Philanthropy Forum. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2024 Website $3,250,000 To increase California’s access to equity-centered apprenticeships, through an entity such as LAUNCH. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Borealis Philanthropy Dec 2024 Website $2,500,000 To support a participatory grantmaking process to resource California-based disability-led and serving grassroots organizations building power at the intersection of disability and economic justice. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
National Domestic Workers Alliance Dec 2024 Website $4,100,000 To ensure labor protections and improved conditions for domestic and home care workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Fresno Community Development Financial Institution Dec 2024 Website $2,000,000 To strengthen the collaboration of Fresno’s small business providers and improve business development for entrepreneurs of color. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Education First Consulting Dec 2024 Website $1,500,000 To develop a statewide infrastructure for PK-12 teacher/educator registered apprenticeships in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Inland Empire Community Foundation Dec 2024 Website $7,000,000 To support a community-driven collaborative that improves economic conditions for low-income residents in San Bernardino, through an entity such as Just San Bernardino Collaborative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Global Philanthropy Partnership Dec 2024 Website $25,000 To support the growth, diversification, and impact of California's Emergent Learning Community through planning, engagement, and content development, through an entity such as The Emergent Learning Community Project. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Pukúu Cultural Community Services Dec 2024 Website $100,000 To support the organization's ongoing efforts to assess and better understand the community's evolving needs. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management Dec 2024 Website $500,000 To support the Community Economic Mobilization Initiative's Technical Assistance Resource Center (TARC) to build the capacity of nonprofit partners. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Global Impact Dec 2024 Website $158,000 To streamline approval of clean energy projects while ensuring benefits for affected residents, including California Native American tribes. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Working Partnerships USA Dec 2024 Website $425,000 To strengthen the ecosystem of worker organizations and stakeholders to advance equitable workplace technologies. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 25 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Brookings Institution Dec 2024 Website $300,000 To coordinate state leaders and agencies to advance equitable regional development and good infrastructure jobs in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 19 months Region Served: Statewide
Aspiration Dec 2024 Website $232,800 To support the publication and dissemination of three papers focused on a framework and concepts of structural racism and racial equity in California and a broader communications strategy, through an entity such as Forward Change. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Define American Dec 2024 Website $250,000 To advance research, resources, partnerships, and content that promotes authentic immigrant narratives in California. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund Dec 2024 Website $1,000,000 To strengthen security and operations capacity for nonprofit organizations serving low-income communities in California. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
California Immigrant Policy Center Dec 2024 Website $250,000 To scale grassroots communications and messaging capacity to build immigrant narrative power in California and beyond, through an entity such as CoLAB. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
American Business Immigration Coalition Dec 2024 Website $150,000 To engage California businesses in policy advocacy and partner with community organizations to highlight the economic benefits of common-sense immigration solutions. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide