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
The New School Nov 2023 Website $200,000 To drive statewide collaboration and innovative policy initiatives, utilizing research-informed public advocacy and field organizing to foster a more equitable and inclusive California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Panorama Global Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To promote public-philanthropic partnerships that benefit low-income workers, families, and resilient communities in California, through an entity such as Hyphen. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
City and County of San Francisco Nov 2023 $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
President and Fellows of Harvard College Nov 2023 Website $200,000 To support a research survey and report on labor standards violations in the service sector in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Chinese Progressive Association Nov 2023 Website $550,000 To support the coordination of a statewide coalition of worker-led organizations seeking to advance a more inclusive and expansive safety net, through an entity such as Trabajadores Unidos Workers United. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
San Francisco Foundation Nov 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup, through an initiative such as ReWork the Bay. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Workforce Development Board of Solano County Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To build the internal capabilities of Solano County's Workforce Development Board to increase equity-centered service delivery, job quality, and deeper connectivity to community-based partners within the county's local workforce development ecosystem. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region