Taller San Jose Hope Builders Sept 2020 Website $800,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
National Day Laborer Organizing Network Sept 2020 Website $600,000 To support low-wage day laborers in California through organizing, leadership development, strategic advocacy, and high-impact litigation. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Foundation for Monterey County Sept 2020 Website $1,000,000 For regranting to two organizations supporting revolving micro-loan funds and entrepreneurship training programs to increase access to capital, technical assistance, and education for low-income entrepreneurs of color in Salinas. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Urban Institute Sept 2020 Website $2,000,000 To support WorkRise, a platform to fill critical knowledge gaps about how to increase economic security, resilience, and mobility for low-wage workers. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Bitwise Industries Inc. Sept 2020 Website $1,000,000 To support Geekwise Academy launch cohorts, offering financial support and specialty courses to train unemployed and underemployed workers in the Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley for middle-wage jobs in the tech industry. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
California Community Foundation Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To protect and advance immigrant rights in Los Angeles County. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
SFMade Sept 2020 Website $120,000 To research existing training programs and map out skills needed in the manufacturing sector for the San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno, and Stockton in the next 1-3 years. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Sept 2020 Website $200,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Community Vision Capital & Consulting Sept 2020 Website $120,000 To design and develop a five-year initiative to expand the capacity of small and emergent local nonprofit real estate actors to drive community ownership of community assets. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California Sept 2020 Website $200,000 To protect the rights of immigrants in California and support the organization's leadership transition. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County
Immigrant Legal Resource Center Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To support the protection of immigrant rights in California through education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
United We Dream Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To support leadership development, civic engagement, and deportation defense to protect immigrant communities in California. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Small Business Majority Foundation Sept 2020 Website $70,000 To support a polling project that examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on American small business owners, with a focus on the experiences of California-based small business owners of color. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center Sept 2020 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Common Cause Education Fund Sept 2020 Website $40,000 To support a strategic planning process for California Common Cause. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 5 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Initiatives Sept 2020 Website $200,000 To support the California Campus Catalyst Fund, through an entity such as Immigrants Rising. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Sept 2020 Website $70,000 To develop a centralized statewide infrastructure to institutionalize and sustain undocumented student support. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Sept 2020 Website $200,000 To promote learning, coordination, and technical assistance among California funders to ensure the protection and integration of low-income immigrants and refugees in California. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
San Francisco Public Press Sept 2020 Website $150,000 To expand multimedia journalism options for low-wage Bay Area workers. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Asian Law Caucus Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To protect the rights of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (AMEMSA) immigrant communities through deportation defense and Know Your Rights education, high impact litigation, and civic engagement. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide