State Center Community College Foundation Mar 2019 Website $500,000 To scale the Central Valley Pre-Apprenticeship Program. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
College Futures Foundation Mar 2019 Website $5,000,000 To support a partnership with College Futures Foundation to increase BA degree completion in California and provide students with access to a student-centered educational path to degree completion and economic opportunity. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Linked Learning Alliance Mar 2019 Website $1,800,000 To expand Linked Learning in California and beyond, ensuring that public dialogue, policies, and practices are anchored in equity and quality. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Mar 2019 Website $500,000 To support the California Acceleration Project: Transforming Remediation to Increase Student Completion and Equity. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Catalyst California Mar 2019 Website $675,000 To support Advancement Project California. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Growth Sector Mar 2019 Website $1,330,000 To create an engineering technologist apprenticeship pathway to high-wage careers for low-skilled Californians. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial
PowerSwitch Action Mar 2019 Website $2,700,000 To support the engagement of low-wage workers in regions throughout California, while strengthening member organizations' ability to raise standards for workers and expand access to quality jobs. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Center for Community Advocacy Mar 2019 Website $50,000 To facilitate and support a smooth transition for the new executive director. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Housing California Mar 2019 Website $150,000 For the expansion of the Residents United Network to elevate the voices of underserved populations across California to increase housing stability and expand economic and political opportunity. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 15 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for Students Rising Above Mar 2019 Website $100,000 To support strategies for California's college access and success organizations to support student-led movements for educational equity. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
uAspire Feb 2019 Website $100,000 To support strategies for California’s college access and success organizations to support student-led movements for educational equity. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Community Partners Feb 2019 Website $100,000 To support strategies for California’s college access and success organizations to support student-led movements for educational equity, through an entity such as the Southern California College Access Network. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Youth Leadership Institute Feb 2019 Website $250,000 To amplify the voice of youth in the Central Valley to drive social change, as a recipient of the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Child Abuse Council of Sacramento Feb 2019 Website $25,000 To support child abuse prevention efforts in California, as a finalist for the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Valley Community Foundation Feb 2019 Website $250,000 To strengthen and cultivate donor investment in the Central Valley Community Foundation to support 2019 operations. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
uAspire Feb 2019 Website $40,000 To support the launch of the Alexandra Chewning Memorial Research Fellowship. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Environmental Health Coalition Feb 2019 Website $300,000 To support the engagement and empowerment of residents in underrepresented communities across the San Diego region and to build leadership that is reflective and responsive to the needs of residents. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Civic Ventures Feb 2019 Website $250,000 To support the expansion and evaluation of the Gen2Gen California program, as well as diversification efforts for Encore.org, as a 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award recipient. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 16 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
University of California, Riverside Feb 2019 Website $150,000 To support four Inland California Rising summits designed to promote Inland Empire and Central Valley partnership, leadership, and networks. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Jacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank Jan 2019 Website $25,000 For general operating support, as a finalist for the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial