Mujeres Unidas y Activas June 2018 Website $700,000 To support low-wage domestic workers through education, organizing, training, and policy advocacy, through an entity such as the California Domestic Workers Coalition. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
New Venture Fund June 2018 Website $350,000 To improve labor conditions for low-wage workers in California, by strengthening access to legal protections and advancing accountability, through an entity such as Coworker.org. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Cornerstone Theater Company June 2018 Website $40,000 To support Cornerstone Theater's facility transition, including moving equipment to a new warehouse, relocating staff to a co-working space, and supporting an assessment and modest build-out of staff home offices. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Mills College June 2018 Website $100,000 To support the transition of the Center formerly known as the Center for Socially Responsible Business at Mills College, to the newly launched Center for Transformative Action. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
JVS June 2018 Website $75,000 To support a national search for an executive transition. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 6 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Movement Strategy Center May 2018 Website $300,000 To build a more representative and participatory democracy for Oakland’s working-class people of color, through an entity such as Oakland Rising. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Partnership for Children and Youth May 2018 Website $50,000 To support organizational sustainability via increased communications capacity. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 7 months Region Served: Statewide
Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco May 2018 Website $300,000 To support a rapid response network in the San Francisco Immigration Court to ensure immigrants have due process and "know your rights" resources, through an entity such as Northern California Rapid Response and Immigrant Defense Network. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Sierra
Flourish Agenda Inc. May 2018 Website $75,000 To learn about barriers and opportunities for civic engagement among youth of color in the Inland Empire, and to understand the relationship between youth psycho-social well-being and their civic engagement. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Catchafire May 2018 Website $100,000 To conduct research on the capacity-building needs of small and midsize nonprofit organizations in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc. May 2018 Website $300,000 To launch the Connections for Family-Sustaining Work project to improve the use of Expanded Subsidized Employment resources to support CalWORKs recipients in obtaining living-wage jobs. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Voice of OC May 2018 Website $200,000 To invest in development, marketing, and an expanded newsroom to support fundraising and long-term sustainability. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Rockwood Leadership Institute May 2018 Website $75,000 To learn about the potential of public narrative change in low-income, working communities of color, particularly African-American communities in California, through an entity such as Black Mothers Fellowship. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Public Policy Institute of California May 2018 Website $300,000 To investigate high-value Career Technical Education pathways and supports. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Alliance for California Traditional Arts May 2018 Website $35,000 To support a statewide search for two program staff positions and strategic planning for recruitment and retention of staff. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
NEO Philanthropy Apr 2018 Website $27,000 To support continued growth and capacity building for an entity such as the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation (FCCP). Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy Apr 2018 Website $40,000 To support the CAUSE Central Coast Promesa capacity building planning process. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund Apr 2018 Website $300,000 To support the Youth Leadership and Civic Engagement Program. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Mar 2018 Website $200,000 To support mission-driven reporting on economic inequality and opportunity in California, through and entity such as Capital & Main. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Socius Group Mar 2018 Website $2,500,000 To continue building and supporting a learning community for New California Arts Fund grantee-partners and support the development of the cohort's capacity and expansion efforts. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 30 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Los Angeles Metro, North Coast and State, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide