MyPath Mar 2020 Website $250,000 To support California activities, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro
Working Partnerships USA Feb 2020 Website $50,000 To convene leaders from across worker organizations in California to learn and strategize together, build relationships, and help shape a pro-worker agenda centered on the future of workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 3 months Region Served: Statewide
Capitol Impact Consulting, LLC Feb 2020 Website $140,000 To support education and expert engagement for legislative staff centered on housing and workforce development. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc. Feb 2020 Website $300,000 To expand the scope of the co-design group focused on accelerating workforce outcomes by partnering with Better Careers grantees and public agencies on improvements to California’s public workforce funding system. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Families in Schools Jan 2020 Website $35,000 To support an executive leadership transition. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Root & Rebound Jan 2020 Website $25,000 For California activities, as a 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award finalist. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
FreeFrom 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: Statewide
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