Capital & Main May 2022 Website $500,000 To broaden media coverage on the economic challenges facing millions of Californians, with a focus on communities of color. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
New Venture Fund May 2022 Website $675,000 To expand civic infrastructure that enables low-wage workers to have agency and power within the gig-based economy, through an entity such as Coworker.org. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
San Francisco Foundation May 2022 Website $600,000 To advance workforce equity through direct and aligned collaborative grantmaking and learning that accelerates the growth of quality jobs, equitable access, and affordable support systems needed to succeed, through an initiative such as ReWork the Bay. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Earthlodge Center for Transformation May 2022 Website $75,000 To strengthen financial practices and staff capacity in support of healing justice Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Housing California May 2022 Website $65,000 To advance the Roadmap Home initiative during an executive leadership transition. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Pacific Community Ventures May 2022 Website $500,000 To support California small business entrepreneurs and workers through improved access to working capital, pro bono advising, and research and policies that help improve job quality in small businesses. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Freedman Consulting, LLC May 2022 Website $153,800 To support the exploration of public interest partnerships between philanthropy and the State of California Public-Philanthropic Partnerships Project to improve the lives of California workers. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Worker Education & Resource Center May 2022 Website $500,000 To expand worker-centered hiring and advancement programs, support, and partnerships benefiting populations with barriers to employment. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees May 2022 Website $300,000 To deepen learning and coordination among funders to lift up the socioeconomic issues and perspectives impacting low-income immigrant and refugee workers in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
California Community Foundation May 2022 Website $250,000 To support the CERF CBO Engagement Fund, providing community-based organizations with support to inform the CERF planning processes. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
University of California, Santa Cruz May 2022 Website $653,000 To support the Institute for Social Transformation’s work around inclusive economic development in Salinas through capacity building and economic analysis. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
California Forward May 2022 Website $1,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers May 2022 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
San Diego State University Foundation May 2022 Website $220,000 To support a social equity news desk to inform communities on systemic inequality. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
PolicyLink May 2022 Website $550,000 To maximize the benefits of the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) for communities in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund May 2022 Website $400,000 To support leadership development and organizational infrastructure at the intersection of racial justice, worker organizing, and power building. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Tides Center Apr 2022 Website $75,000 To support planning that strengthens nonprofit leadership development assistance, through an entity such as The LeadersTrust. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
The So'oh-Shináli Sister Project Apr 2022 Website $50,000 To strengthen organizational financial infrastructure and sustainability towards long-term support for Indigenous communities. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Pilipino Workers Center Apr 2022 Website $450,000 To create a homecare cooperative model that creates quality jobs and ownership opportunities for low-wage and immigrant domestic workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
SFMade Apr 2022 Website $175,000 To support scaling and deepening SFMade’s impact in helping adults from low-income and other disadvantaged populations build economically sustainable careers through manufacturing employment and business ownership. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region