Institute for Policy Studies Aug 2020 Website $170,000 To support low-income journalists to produce stories that increase awareness of and empathy for low-income Californians, through an entity such as the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Bay Area Council Foundation Aug 2020 Website $30,000 To support an employer apprenticeship consortium. Focus Area: Strategic Partnerships Term: 6 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
One Fair Wage Aug 2020 Website $200,000 To advance occupational, race, and gender equity for low-wage workers of color in California's restaurant industry by expanding and documenting the High Road Kitchens program. Focus Area: Strategic Partnerships Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Academy Foundation Aug 2020 Website $100,000 To support a film industry-wide internship and mentorship program that works to expand living-wage career opportunities for community college students and emerging professionals from underrepresented communities. Focus Area: Strategic Partnerships Term: 15 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Faith in Action Network Aug 2020 Website $75,000 To align three statewide networks for the purpose of building Black leadership and dismantling anti-Blackness in California’s public policies, the private sector, and power-building movements. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 3 months Region Served: Statewide
Kitchens for Good July 2020 Website $100,000 For capacity-building 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
Foundation for California Community Colleges July 2020 Website $150,000 To better understand how to build housing on public land, and develop a plan to build affordable housing for foster youth in Los Angeles. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Orange County Community Foundation July 2020 Website $300,000 To support the planning and execution of the Workforce Development Initiative. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles July 2020 Website $200,000 To understand and maximize the potential for infill housing in Los Angeles and improve housing affordability for low-income Angelenos, through an entity such as the Low Rise Infill Housing Research and Design Initiative. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 15 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Freedman Consulting, LLC July 2020 Website $153,587 To support the exploration of public interest partnerships between philanthropy and the State of California Public-Philanthropic Partnerships Project. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 10 months Region Served: Statewide
PowerSwitch Action July 2020 Website $300,000 To support strategic planning and coalition-building that strengthen the ability of low-income workers in California to improve the systems that directly shape their lives and livelihoods. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
PolicyLink July 2020 Website $75,000 To support the advancement of equity and inclusion in the state of California's COVID-19 economic recovery efforts. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide
Fund for Santa Barbara, Inc. July 2020 Website $300,000 To protect the rights of immigrants in California's Central Coast. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Rockwood Leadership Institute July 2020 Website $200,000 To support the resiliency and healing of immigrant rights leaders through trauma-informed organizing and coaching, through an entity such as Coaching for Healing, Justice, and Liberation. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Public Counsel June 2020 Website $300,000 To develop and execute community education and legal strategies that increase housing justice in California and support an equitable recovery from COVID-19. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership June 2020 Website $250,000 To develop an inclusive economic development plan for Salinas. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 7 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Bay Area Council Foundation June 2020 Website $200,000 To support a three-year startup phase and raise awareness and adoption of accessory dwelling units in California, through an entity such as Casita Coalition. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Entertainment Industry Foundation June 2020 Website $289,000 To launch a talent hub pilot to increase hiring and advancement of low-income, entry-level job candidates in the film and television production industry in Los Angeles. Focus Area: Strategic Partnerships Term: 10 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Foundation for California Community Colleges June 2020 Website $600,000 To support the next phase of growth and expansion for an apprenticeships program in California, through an entity such as the Early Care and Education Pathways to Success. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Center for Employment Opportunities June 2020 Website $1,500,000 To impact and enhance the economic mobility of Californians who were formerly incarcerated. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial