Novaworks Foundation Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Humboldt Area Foundation Dec 2023 Website $150,000 To support the Klamath River Restoration Fund, which aims to harness public funding to support Tribal- and local community-driven restoration and climate resiliency priorities in the Klamath River Basin. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: North Coast and State
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
National Immigration Forum Dec 2023 Website $200,000 To support English language learners in the workforce by providing industry-contextualized English language training in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To strengthen the long-term sustainability of Black-led and Black-empowering organizations in Southern California, through an entity such as the Black Equity Collective. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Community Coalition Dec 2023 Website $300,000 To strengthen Community Coalition's organizational infrastructure to increase the leadership capacity of community residents dedicated to improving economic mobility for working families in South Los Angeles and communities across California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 4 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
True North Organizing Network Dec 2023 Website $215,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 9 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup, through an entity such as LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
University of California, Berkeley Nov 2023 Website $187,000 To support research and analysis on opportunities to leverage federal policy commitments related to direct care on behalf of California workers and consumers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Democracy at Work Institute Nov 2023 Website $550,000 To support worker cooperative development and viability in low-wage industries in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund Nov 2023 Website $300,000 To explore the workforce status and needs of worker rights and community organizing groups in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
National Domestic Workers Alliance Nov 2023 Website $625,000 To support research, worker engagement, and education to strengthen public and private systems of care, including through an entity such as Caring Across Generations. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 13 months Region Served: Statewide
Inland Empire Labor Institute Nov 2023 $560,000 To advance workforce development, worker rights, quality job creation, and climate justice in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
CalMatters Nov 2023 Website $250,000 To support a series of stories exploring public and private efforts to create new economic and social mobility opportunities in California. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
La Cooperativa Nov 2023 Website $200,000 To support efforts to increase quality job training programs for farmworkers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles Nov 2023 Website $750,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
University of California, Berkeley Nov 2023 Website $300,000 To strengthen capacity and infrastructure of civic and community-based organizations in Orange County by developing and implementing narrative strategies that empower low-wage workers and address economic inequality in the region. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Power California Nov 2023 Website $300,000 To support the growth and strengthening of local-to-statewide narrative infrastructure and capacity among Million Voters Project local partners, fostering multiracial democracy, government of care and inclusion, and corporate accountability. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Merced County Workforce Development Board Nov 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Visión y Compromiso Nov 2023 Website $250,000 To support advancing workforce development and economic equity, and strengthening internal infrastructure to ensure long-term sustainability. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide