Young Mens Christian Association of San Francisco Jan 2020 Website $25,000 For general operating support, as a 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award finalist. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Alliance for HOPE International Jan 2020 Website $25,000 For California activities, as a 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award finalist. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Kitchens for Good Jan 2020 Website $250,000 For general operating support, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Digital Nest Jan 2020 Website $250,000 For general operating support, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability Jan 2020 Website $250,000 For general operating support, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
UnCommon Law Jan 2020 Website $250,000 For general operating support, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
PolicyLink Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To support the development and advancement of a vision and policy agenda defining the future of work in California for low-income workers and people of color. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
CalMatters Dec 2019 Website $250,000 To expand coverage of socioeconomic issues and support content sharing between select Spanish-language newspapers, through an entity such as Media in Color. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
CSUSB Philanthropic Foundation Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To support Growing Inland Achievement’s continued organizational capacity building and sustainability. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Climb Hire Dec 2019 $275,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Miguel Contreras Foundation Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To improve the wages, rights, and protections for low-wage and immigrant workers in Los Angeles County. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Borealis Philanthropy Dec 2019 Website $100,000 To support REACH (Racial Equity to Accelerate Change), a philanthropic collaborative focused on advancing racial and intersectional equity and inclusion in the nonprofit sector. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
East Bay Community Foundation Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To support and enhance the long-term vitality of community organizations that create equitable opportunities and pathways for those who face the largest barriers to middle-wage jobs and enhance their sustainability, impact, and sense of community. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Internews Network, Inc. Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To support the cities of San Bernardino and Riverside with improved access to information for all residents, and to support a local news project. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California Dec 2019 Website $210,000 To support multi-organization strategic planning and support to low-wage workers in Southern California, through an entity such as the Los Angeles Worker Center Network. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
California Center for Cooperative Development Dec 2019 Website $240,000 To develop an analysis report that examines the landscape of cooperatives in California focusing on worker, housing, and childcare cooperatives. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Northern California Grantmakers Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To support Philanthropy California and increase funder engagement and impact in building and sustaining thriving and equitable communities. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Orange County Communities Organized for Responsible Development Dec 2019 Website $75,000 To support a successful executive director transition, executive and board leadership development, and strategic communications. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Orange County
Chinese Progressive Association Dec 2019 Website $75,000 To support a network of organizations working to increase the civic participation of Black communities in California, through an entity such as Black Futures Lab. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Families in Schools Dec 2019 Website $100,000 To develop, design, and implement a data management system to enhance civic engagement across Southeast Los Angeles, through an entity such as the SELA Collaborative. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro