New World Foundation June 2020 Website $500,000 For the Quality Jobs Innovation Fund, a pooled fund supporting quality jobs preservation and creation in the Central Valley and the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Central Valley Community Foundation June 2020 Website $15,007,000 To invest in the implementation of six core projects that improve economic mobility and job creation in Fresno as identified during the community's Developing the Region’s Inclusive and Vibrant Economy (DRIVE) initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Mujeres Unidas y Activas June 2020 Website $800,000 To strengthen the leadership, voice, and economic mobility of domestic care workers, through an entity such as the California Domestic Workers Coalition. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy June 2020 Website $700,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Statewide
New Venture Fund June 2020 Website $450,000 To expand the use of digital platforms that better enable California workers to become advocates and organizers in their jobs and workplaces, through an entity such as Coworker.org. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management June 2020 Website $500,000 To protect the rights of immigrants in the Central Valley. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
University of California, Los Angeles June 2020 Website $1,299,238 To support the California Workforce Development System Worker Equity Initiative, which will bring together key stakeholders to develop strategic recommendations for improvements to the public workforce system. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 15 months Region Served: Statewide
Worker Education & Resource Center June 2020 Website $300,000 To establish a High Road Training Partnership for public sector careers working for the State of California through the Pathways to State Service (PASS) initiative. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
UnCommon Law June 2020 Website $100,000 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Building Skills Partnership June 2020 Website $25,000 To support women in California's janitorial industry, through a project such as Ya Basta Center, a 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award finalist. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Asian Pacific Environmental Network June 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: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Community Partners June 2020 Website $225,000 To support strategic planning for the establishment of black worker centers in the Inland Empire and San Diego, through an entity such as the Los Angeles Black Worker Center (LABWC). Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
MyPath June 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: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro
Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability June 2020 Website $100,000 For capacity-building 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
San Francisco Study Center, Inc. June 2020 Website $200,000 To strengthen the capacity of ethnic media to educate ethnic and immigrant communities about California's housing affordability crisis and the need to expand tenant protections, through an entity such as Ethnic Media Services. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Sacramento Region Community Foundation June 2020 Website $130,000 To create a beat reporter to cover policy and other issues related to low-wage workers from the state capital, through an entity such as the McClatchy Journalism Institute. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Retro Report June 2020 Website $20,000 To report on the housing affordability crisis through the lens of evictions in Fresno. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 6 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation June 2020 Website $200,000 To advance equitable community planning and housing policy decisions, and ensure that the low-income communities most impacted by the COVID-19 economic fallout are protected and included in recovery efforts, through an entity such as ACT-LA. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Public Policy Institute of California June 2020 Website $300,000 To conduct the PPIC Statewide Survey on Californians and their Economic Well-Being, and research on labor markets and economic opportunities for low-income residents. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 7 months Region Served: Statewide
Capital & Main June 2020 Website $300,000 To support Capital & Main's coverage of economic inequality in California. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide