Goodwill Industries of Southern California Mar 2019 Website $750,000 To engage manufacturing sector employers to create a career pathway program. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
National Skills Coalition Mar 2019 Website $1,250,000 To build a diverse California coalition to advance lasting workforce development policies. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Mar 2019 Website $1,070,000 To support apprenticeship readiness and expansion throughout California community colleges. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Small Business Majority Foundation Mar 2019 Website $1,500,000 To support California workers by integrating small business into workforce development pipelines and enhancing organizational reserves. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Jobs for the Future, Inc. Mar 2019 Website $3,000,000 To support Jobs for the Future’s state-based impact strategy: The Future of California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Chaffey College Foundation Mar 2019 Website $1,300,000 To support the InTech Center's pre-apprenticeship to job placement pipeline at Chaffey College. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Rubicon Programs Mar 2019 Website $1,500,000 To empower East Bay communities for full economic and civic participation. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
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