Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To invest and build capacity for Black-led organizations focused on Black power building and economic mobility in the greater Monterey Bay region. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2023 Website $500,000 To expand inclusive apprenticeship programs and workforce development through an equity framework for historically under-resourced low-income Inland Empire residents, through an entity such as LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Inland Empire Community Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To support the capacity and infrastructure of Inland Economic Growth and Opportunity (IEGO) and promote good quality job creation as part of the California Jobs First initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
CivicMakers Dec 2023 Website $100,000 To support human-centered design in workforce development with the Workforce Transformation Corps Fellows to facilitate organizational and systemic or policy change within five California workforce development boards. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Building Skills Partnership Dec 2023 Website $500,000 To improve job quality and career advancement opportunities in California for low-wage property service workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Pilipino Workers Center Dec 2023 Website $900,000 To support a network of worker-owned cooperatives for low-wage and immigrant homecare workers, and stronger enforcement of labor protections in the residential care industry. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Faith in the Valley Dec 2023 Website $500,000 To build the organizational capacity of Faith in the Valley to pilot a shared ownership model in a BIPOC-led climate enterprise. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
California Black Power Network Dec 2023 Website $734,000 To support voter and civic engagement among low-wage workers in partnership with worker rights organizations. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Social Science Research Council Dec 2023 Website $100,000 To produce and disseminate a Portrait of Los Angeles County 2025 focused on equitable access to well-being and opportunity in LA County. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Change Matrix Dec 2023 Website $75,000 To support capacity building for Expanding the Bench to increase knowledge and practice of culturally responsive and equitable evaluation in California. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
University of California, Los Angeles Dec 2023 Website $300,000 To support UCLA Labor Center's evaluation of ORALE’s Undocumented Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Project. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
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