To increase funder engagement and build grantmaking practices in California that support vibrant and sustainable communities.

To support high-road jobs for diverse, low-income Angelenos with disabilities through advocacy, partnership, and coalition.

For the production and expansion of CalMatters’ Gimme Shelter podcast and related events about housing costs, production, and politics in California.

To leverage technology to improve farmworkers’ access to credible information and services at the state and federal level.

To support a racially just workplace democracy toolkit for worker advocates.

To support the ASCEND: BLO initiative in addressing systemic funding inequities and bolstering Black-led organizations.

To support three youth media organizations to engage in collective planning to strengthen Stockton's youth media infrastructure.

To support low to no-income underserved populations, including survivors of human trafficking and domestic violence, with IT pre-apprenticeship program, tools, and wraparound supports to access sustainable IT careers.

To continue to provide pathways for formerly incarcerated adults through a construction pre-apprenticeship program that expands career opportunities and connects individuals with supportive resources.

To develop the Capital in the Community Initiative, a revolving loan fund that supports Black and Latino entrepreneurs and sole proprietors interested in becoming employer enterprises, through an entity such as East Side Oakland Ventures.

To strengthen the field of evaluation and learning through knowledge development, convening, and dissemination.

To support an input and feedback process for the development of a civic and power building infrastructure center in California.

To improve organizational effectiveness through strategic planning, staff capacity building, and enhanced partnerships.

To support connecting at-risk community college students to a range of supportive services that lead to the attainment of high-road employment opportunities, through an entity such as Realization Project.

To design and begin implementation of a pledge with federal policymakers and local procuring agencies that will increase the share of procurement contracts small disadvantaged businesses receive in California, through an entity such as the HUB Initiative.

To establish a partnership with CA Forward that results in an infrastructure for the planning and implementation of a Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) program that delivers a robust, sustainable, and equitable recovery across California.

To develop an organizational structure that ensures a democratic, participatory, and community-led model.

To support women of color in the expanded learning workforce through an apprenticeship training pathway.

To support expanding career pathway opportunities to in-demand advanced manufacturing occupations for underserved communities in Los Angeles County.

To develop and assess effective ways to provide emotional wellness supports that build resiliency for front-line healthcare workers experiencing the sustained impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.