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
Peralta Colleges Foundation May 2019 Website $300,000 To institutionalize and expand organizational capacity for the Early Care and Education Pathways to Success (ECEPTS) program to scale and replicate early care and education apprenticeships across California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Bay Area Council Foundation May 2019 Website $110,000 To mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on California’s low-wage workforce. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Latino Community Foundation Apr 2019 Website $250,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
The University Corporation Apr 2019 Website $972,000 To support the California State University Chatbot Consortium for Student Success. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Hartnell College Foundation Apr 2019 Website $165,000 To strengthen Hartnell College's ability to foster engagement between employers in order to expand pre-apprenticeship and internship opportunities in the Salinas Valley. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
InnerCity Struggle Apr 2019 Website $150,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
San Diego Workforce Partnership Mar 2019 Website $1,200,000 To create TechHire San Diego, designed to increase access to technology careers and lead to a larger, more diverse tech workforce. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial