Center on Policy Initiatives June 2023 Website $1,830,000 To support low-income Black workers in San Diego, through the Center on Policy Initiatives and its fiscal sponsorship of the San Diego Black Worker Center. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Public Policy Institute of California June 2023 Website $2,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
California Calls Education Fund June 2023 Website $2,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Immigrant Defenders Law Center June 2023 Website $500,000 To provide legal services and other support services to immigrant families in federal custody in California. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 18 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
FSG, Inc. June 2023 Website $638,000 To support the Talent Rewire Southern California Employer Action Lab. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial
National Skills Coalition June 2023 Website $850,000 To expand access to quality jobs in California through capacity-building and networking. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project June 2023 Website $400,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage farmworkers and provide food relief for Indigenous migrants in the Central Coast region. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes June 2023 Website $50,000 To support the Gloria Molina Empowerment Fund to provide an in-depth look at Supervisor Molina's impact in Los Angeles. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
National Employment Law Project June 2023 Website $570,000 To strengthen the recovery of low-income workers' wages through support for the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Restaurant Opportunities Centers June 2023 Website $400,000 To support engagement, training, and organizing of low-income restaurant workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Inland Empire Community Foundation June 2023 Website $230,750 To support a strategic planning process in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Community College League of California June 2023 Website $1,000,000 To advance economic mobility and shared prosperity through statewide advocacy and policymaker education focused on workforce development and training, through an entity such as EDGE Coalition. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Jobs for the Future, Inc. June 2023 Website $1,000,000 To support the High Road Training Fund which provides support to job seekers and workers in overcoming barriers to social mobility with services, such as job placement, job retention services, and case-managed wraparound services. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 38 months Region Served: Statewide
Southern California Public Radio June 2023 Website $400,000 To support community engagement in journalism on economic security and advancement. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Youth Leadership Institute May 2023 Website $250,000 To support a statewide fellowship and youth policy magazine to train low-income youth in media production. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center May 2023 Website $450,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Community Initiatives May 2023 Website $500,000 To support the Low-Wage Worker Empowerment Initiative, providing low-wage, allied health care workers with union scale wages, benefits, and upskilling, through an entity such as AlliedUP. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Warehouse Worker Resource Center May 2023 Website $200,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers in the warehouse industry, through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees May 2023 Website $300,000 To expand learning and coordination among funders to lift up the socioeconomic issues and perspectives impacting low-income immigrants and refugees in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Chinese Progressive Association May 2023 Website $260,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers, through an entity such as Trabajadores Unidos Workers United, a member of the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region