The Fresnoland Nov 2021 Website $250,000 To support reporting on economic equity in the San Joaquin Valley. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
MIT Nov 2021 Website $300,000 To support CoLab’s work to narrow the racial wealth gap through coalition building and policymaker education in order to leverage growth in the health care sector in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Oakland Public Education Fund Oct 2021 Website $300,000 To improve access to public benefits for Californians, through an entity such as AssistHub. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Valley Community Foundation Oct 2021 Website $120,000 To support the Education Lab, providing coverage of and engagement on education issues critical to the advancement of the Central Valley. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Partnership for Public Service Oct 2021 Website $300,000 To expand Partnership West, a network for California-based leaders and practitioners focused on enhancing federal leadership skills, bolstering talent pipelines into agencies, and creating community across levels of government and sectors. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Independent Arts & Media Oct 2021 Website $50,000 To combat misinformation among low-income Latino and Mayan immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area, through an entity such as El Tímpano. Focus Area: Media Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
California Forward Oct 2021 Website $300,000 To support organizational capacity and program expansion to advance efforts to assist in the planning and implementation of the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) across the state. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation Oct 2021 Website $50,000 To support the scaling and merging of a talent development agency that supports returning citizens access to livable wage work, through an entity such as Turning Basin Labs. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Healthcare Career Advancement Program Education Association Oct 2021 Website $250,000 To create equity-focused Registered Apprenticeship partnerships in Healthcare in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Faith in Action Network Oct 2021 Website $75,000 To support organizational shifts in response to structural challenges facing California, through an entity such as PICO CA. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
El Pajaro Community Development Corporation Oct 2021 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Tides Center Sept 2021 Website $250,000 To advance strategies and solutions that support low-income Californians, through an entity such as End Poverty in California. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Power California Sept 2021 Website $800,000 To build a movement of informed and engaged young people of color through nonpartisan voter and civic engagement across California. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc. Sept 2021 Website $500,000 To provide technical support to the four regional Better Careers Design Group backbone organizations and teams to implement their community-driven solutions Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
East Bay Community Foundation Sept 2021 Website $500,000 To support entrepreneurs of color based in historically disinvested neighborhoods in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
PowerSwitch Action Sept 2021 Website $1,500,000 To support coalition work that expands engagement of low-income workers and elevates their voice in policy discussions that affect their lives and communities. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
PolicyLink Sept 2021 Website $1,000,000 To support the advancement of equity and inclusion through the California Winning on Equity initiative that integrates policy advocacy, research, strategic communications, and capacity building. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Chinese Progressive Association Sept 2021 Website $975,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus Sept 2021 Website $1,200,000 To defend and strengthen workers’ rights and benefits in California, especially among low-income, immigrant, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim and South Asian workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
New Venture Fund Sept 2021 Website $1,000,000 To develop an initiative to strengthen the immigrant justice movement in California, through an entity such as We Are Home. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide