Root & Rebound July 2021 Website $300,000 To advance economic opportunity for justice-impacted residents in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Fresno counties. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Freedman Consulting, LLC July 2021 Website $152,404 To support the exploration of public interest partnerships between philanthropy and the State of California to improve the lives of California workers. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 11 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges July 2021 Website $300,000 To develop a comprehensive framework for Just Transition to prioritize the creation of high-quality jobs. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Time for Change Foundation June 2021 Website $300,000 To support Positive Futures, an employment development and wealth creation project for Black and Brown, formerly incarcerated women in San Bernardino. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Common Cause Education Fund June 2021 Website $175,000 To support a coalition exploring public sector solutions for local and ethnic media sustainability in California. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Miguel Contreras Foundation June 2021 Website $250,000 To support unemployed and underemployed workers in Los Angeles County in accessing secure, living wage jobs in the transportation and logistics industry. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund June 2021 Website $200,000 To strengthen the worker rights ecosystem in California, including support for leaders and people of color. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation June 2021 Website $2,500,000 To establish the Fresno Bonding, Technical Assistance, and Contract Financing Program (BTAC) to support the technical and capital needs of small businesses owned by women and BIPOC. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Hartnell College Foundation June 2021 Website $600,000 To implement a racial equity framework and to expand agriculture technology workforce programming for Latinx residents with community partners in Salinas. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Radio Bilingue, Inc. June 2021 Website $600,000 To sustain and strengthen high-quality journalism for Latino and Spanish-speaking audiences. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Community College League of California June 2021 Website $500,000 To advance economic mobility and shared prosperity for all Californians through statewide advocacy and policymaker education focused on workforce development and training. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Jobs for the Future, Inc. June 2021 Website $1,500,000 To support the design, prototyping, and expansion of education and workforce development innovations to address equity gaps in employment and training outcomes across the state. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
AmPac Business Capital June 2021 Website $1,500,000 To provide capital and technical assistance to women and minority-owned small businesses in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Community Partners June 2021 Website $620,000 To support the development of a regional hub that provides operational assistance, research, and narrative support to Black worker centers in Southern California, through an entity such as the Los Angeles Black Worker Center. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Tides Foundation June 2021 Website $1,500,000 To support and provide regrants to organizations addressing needs of migrants at the southern California border, through an entity such as the California Dignity for Families Fund. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Year Up, Inc. June 2021 Website $2,500,000 To support expanding impact, innovating new models, and creating an equitable future for Opportunity Youth in the broader workforce. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
Community Foundation for Monterey County June 2021 Website $3,000,000 To support the Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Center on Policy Initiatives June 2021 Website $1,050,000 To support the development of a Black worker center in San Diego and the operations of the Center on Policy Initiatives. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Tides Center June 2021 Website $600,000 To advance racial and geographic equity within the worker justice ecosystem through support for leaders in under-resourced regions of California, through an entity such as The LeadersTrust. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
CalMatters June 2021 Website $500,000 To support the California Divide, a statewide media collaboration to raise awareness and engagement about poverty and income inequality. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide