Social Impact Fund Nov 2021 Website $210,000 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. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 3 months Region Served: Statewide
PolicyLink Nov 2021 Website $300,000 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. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide
Ventures Nov 2021 Website $75,000 To develop an organizational structure that ensures a democratic, participatory, and community-led model. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Partnership for Children and Youth Nov 2021 Website $300,000 To support women of color in the expanded learning workforce through an apprenticeship training pathway. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
The Shirley Ware Education Center Nov 2021 $50,000 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. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
South Bay Workforce Investment Board Inc. Nov 2021 Website $250,000 To support expanding career pathway opportunities to in-demand advanced manufacturing occupations for underserved communities in Los Angeles County. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California Sept 2021 Website $500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Linked Learning Alliance Sept 2021 Website $1,000,000 To support the California programs and operations of Linked Learning Alliance. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide