University of California, Berkeley June 2019 Website $975,000 To expand economic research, technical assistance, and leadership development focused on low-wage work and related issues. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
CalMatters June 2019 Website $500,000 To support The California Divide, a statewide journalism collaboration to assess and document income inequality and explore potential solutions. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
FSG, Inc. June 2019 Website $619,000 To leverage the Talent Rewire Innovation Lab model to catalyze California employers while building the capacity of California workforce providers through a learning cohort that runs parallel to, and at times intersects with, the employer lab. Focus Area: Strategic Partnerships Term: 21 months Region Served: Statewide
Education Trust, Inc. June 2019 Website $35,000 To support a successful executive director transition, including executive coaching, strategic planning, and organizational development. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Downtown Streets Team June 2019 Website $100,000 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro
Southern California Grantmakers June 2019 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Larkin Street Youth Services May 2019 Website $100,000 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Youth Leadership Institute May 2019 Website $100,000 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Civic Ventures May 2019 Website $100,000 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 15 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
Greenlining Institute May 2019 Website $50,000 To support an executive search, board development, and strategic planning. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Health Foundation May 2019 Website $100,000 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2019 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Accelerator For America May 2019 Website $400,000 To create the Inland California Opportunity Zone Fellowship. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
New America Foundation May 2019 Website $300,000 To support equitable and sustainable economic growth in the Central Valley and Inland Empire by amplifying local innovations and advancing apprenticeship models that offer pathways to living wage jobs for low-income workers. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
NEO Philanthropy May 2019 Website $25,000 To support an executive transition. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Valley Community Foundation May 2019 Website $1,150,000 To support the creation of Developing the Region’s Inclusive and Vibrant Economy (DRIVE), a business plan to drive economic mobility in the Greater Fresno region. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
California Forward May 2019 Website $1,125,000 To strengthen regional planning, policy development, and implementation projects for inclusive economic growth in California through the merger of California Forward and the California Stewardship Network. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Institute for the Future May 2019 Website $700,000 To support the California Commission on the Future of Work by providing recommendations to prepare the state's workers. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Capital Public Radio Inc. May 2019 Website $200,000 To support The View from Here, a model of deeper reporting based on long-term community engagement for personal, informative storytelling grounded in a sense of place. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro
University of the Pacific May 2019 Website $100,000 To support a skills gap assessment of middle-skilled jobs in Stockton. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 9 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
AmPac Business Capital May 2019 Website $270,000 To support and expand micro-businesses in the Inland Empire, through an entity such as the Microenterprise Collaborative for Inland Southern California. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino