University of California, Riverside Nov 2023 Website $600,000 To support the UCR Inland Empire Labor and Community Center's capacity to address critical issues facing workers in the region. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Emerging Markets Development Corporation Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To support a strategy to mitigate gentrification and build wealth for working families in two inland California communities, Fresno and San Bernardino, using Neighborhood Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT). Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Neighborhood Housing Services of Los Angeles County Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To support land reclamation as a tool to advance economic mobility, through an entity such as Where Is My Land. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Latino Media Collaborative Nov 2023 Website $140,000 To strengthen Latino media outlets to cover issues relevant to low-income workers and their families. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Jobs With Justice Education Fund Oct 2023 Website $570,000 To support the Jobs with Justice Education Fund to engage workers and coalitions that improve employment conditions and opportunities for low-income workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Tides Center Oct 2023 Website $220,000 To support organizational strategic planning, fund diversification, and capacity-building investments, through an entity such as The LeadersTrust. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Engage R+D, Inc. Oct 2023 Website $91,000 To support documentation and learning on the role of financial and technical assistance on the operational health of worker rights organizations. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc Oct 2023 Website $855,000 To support a developmental evaluation of activities to advance just policies and systems in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Community Change Oct 2023 Website $325,000 To support a partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and worker rights organizations, including in California, to strengthen labor protections for low-income workers, through an entity such as Workshop. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Hopewell Fund Oct 2023 Website $200,000 To support nonprofit organizations in Southern California to explore compensation standards for community organizers, through an entity such as All Due Respect. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
California Immigrant Policy Center Oct 2023 Website $250,000 To support research and field learning that informs efforts to improve job quality in low-wage industries. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Inland Southern California United Way Oct 2023 Website $250,000 To support a guaranteed income pilot in Riverside and San Bernardino. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Destination Crenshaw Oct 2023 Website $500,000 To support Crenshaw Creative Economy Programs to sustain a multifaceted creative economy in Crenshaw that supports the development and long-term employment of local Black workers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Fenton Communications, Inc. Oct 2023 Website $188,000 To build the communications skills of Priority Communities sub-grantees through trainings and coaching. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Flintridge Center Oct 2023 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Year Up, Inc. Oct 2023 Website $750,000 To support the expansion and impact of innovative workforce development services in California for opportunity youth. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
Healthcare Career Advancement Program Education Association Oct 2023 Website $800,000 To build and sustain high-quality healthcare registered apprenticeships in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Partners Oct 2023 Website $450,000 To improve job quality for low-wage workers in California nonprofits by catalyzing understanding of and investment in the nonprofit workforce among philanthropic and public funders, through an entity such as Fund the People. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 15 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
LeadersUp Oct 2023 Website $500,000 To support transitioning LeadersUp from direct services to an intermediary model catalyzing inclusive economic growth in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
California Community Foundation Oct 2023 Website $450,000 To support learning and evaluation of efforts to strengthen grassroots leadership, narrative change capabilities, and revenue generation through the Powerful Innovations for Voter Organizing and Transformation (PIVOT) Pooled Fund. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide