Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. Sept 2023 Website $250,000 To strengthen nonprofit and foundation feedback practices to more systematically listen to and use constituent voice to improve nonprofit services and enhance impact in California, through an entity such as Fund for Shared Insight. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Sept 2023 Website $200,000 To support worker rights organizations in California to expand engagement of low-income workers, and devise mechanisms that lead to tangible financial benefits and stronger labor protections for workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 9 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
State Democracy Project Sept 2023 Website $250,000 To support existing projects of worker rights and labor organizations in California working on behalf of low-wage workers, while developing a strategic plan for long-term work in the state, through an entity such as Unemployed Workers United. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 9 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Alliance for Community Empowerment Sept 2023 Website $350,000 To support Pathways to Professions to increase access to vocational training and employment opportunities in the healthcare and human services sector for individuals impacted by the justice system. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Sacramento Area Congregations Together Sept 2023 Website $50,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro
Inland Empire Community Foundation Sept 2023 Website $1,200,000 To support the Inland Empire Black Equity Fund, a pooled fund designed to resource and build the organizational capacity of Black-led and Black-empowering organizations in the Inland Empire, through an entity such as the Black Equity Initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
PolicyLink Sept 2023 Website $2,000,000 To advance racial and economic equity on behalf of low-income Californians, including infrastructure projects across the state. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Power California Sept 2023 Website $2,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Asian Law Caucus Sept 2023 Website $2,000,000 To build economic security and justice for California workers, especially among low-income, immigrant, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
University of California, Berkeley Sept 2023 Website $1,800,000 To advance learning on low-wage work and support worker organizations in California through research and policy analysis, leadership development, student scholarship, and engagement on worker justice issues. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
University of California, Los Angeles Sept 2023 Website $2,600,000 To support workers' rights organizations in California with research, policy analysis, and youth development at the UCLA Labor Center. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Working Partnerships USA Sept 2023 Website $2,600,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Sept 2023 Website $3,500,000 To support the capacity and infrastructure of the CA Black Freedom Fund to strengthen the power of Black-led organizations, coalitions, and networks serving Black communities across California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
California Budget & Policy Center Sept 2023 Website $1,500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Freedman Consulting, LLC Sept 2023 Website $600,000 To support public-private partnerships in California by strengthening partnerships between philanthropy and state officials to deliver equitable outcomes, particularly for low-income Californians. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
GRACE Sept 2023 Website $1,600,000 To strengthen the capacity of the statewide CalEITC Coalition, advancing systems change and increasing cash support for low-income working households in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
University of California, Los Angeles Sept 2023 Website $1,200,000 To conduct research at the Latino Policy and Politics Institute that advances policy solutions aimed to address the systemic barriers working-class Latinos face in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Sept 2023 Website $1,750,000 To support Grow Apprenticeship California to deploy effective tools for upskilling workers to access registered apprenticeships and for leveling inequities within the employment marketplace. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
University Corporation At Monterey Bay Sept 2023 Website $1,950,000 To catalyze local efforts to create new pathways to quality jobs and economic mobility in Monterey County, through an entity such as the Monterey Bay Drone, Automation, and Robotics Technology (DART) Initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
San Joaquin Community Foundation Sept 2023 Website $7,550,000 To advance inclusive economic planning and pre-development in Stockton and the surrounding region, through an entity such as the Edge Collaborative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley