Flintridge Center Dec 2019 Website $200,000 To provide pathways for formerly incarcerated adults through a pre-apprenticeship program that expands career opportunities and connects individuals with supportive resources. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
University of Southern California Dec 2019 Website $300,000 To engage researchers, organizers, funders, and others on a long-term vision for a California economy that addresses widening inequality. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide
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
Asian Law Caucus Dec 2019 Website $75,000 To increase participation in the 2020 Census by immigrants, limited-English speaking communities, and hard-to-count populations in California, with a special emphasis on Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
California YIMBY Dec 2019 Website $750,000 For the expansion of housing organizing and education. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Reading and Beyond Dec 2019 Website $1,000,000 To support a pilot program that informs workforce development in Fresno through a one-on-one workforce navigation model that enables participants to obtain living-wage employment. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Korean Immigrant Workers Advocates of Southern California Dec 2019 Website $450,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Regional Access Project Foundation Dec 2019 Website $400,000 To protect the rights of immigrants in the Coachella Valley. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
National Domestic Workers Alliance Dec 2019 Website $3,000,000 To ensure labor protections and improved professional opportunities for domestic and home care workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education Dec 2019 Website $490,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, Inc. Dec 2019 Website $375,000 To support nonpartisan voter and civic engagement in Orange County, through an entity such as the Orange County Civic Engagement Table. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Immigrant Legal Resource Center Dec 2019 Website $600,000 To support the protection of immigrant rights in California through education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Chinese Progressive Association Dec 2019 Website $600,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Restaurant Opportunities Centers Dec 2019 Website $970,000 To support low-wage restaurant workers in California through expanded organizing, training, and outreach to employers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide