NALEO Educational Fund Aug 2024 Website $150,000 To elevate the voices and needs of California's Latinos, including low-income workers, by developing a profile of California’s Latino electorate. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Sacramento Region Community Foundation Aug 2024 Website $180,000 To support an economic mobility reporter to cover issues related to low-wage workers in California, including public policy issues and solutions. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Milken Institute Aug 2024 Website $1,000,000 To support the Initiative for Inclusive Entrepreneurship to support underserved small businesses in California through more equitable access to capital. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Black Alliance for Just Immigration Aug 2024 Website $300,000 To support community organizing, legal advocacy, research, policy, and narrative building to improve the conditions of Black low-income immigrant communities in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
UAW Center for Manufacturing A Green Economy Aug 2024 $750,000 To develop a UAW high-road battery manufacturing apprenticeship program in California and scale it into a replicable model for battery manufacturers and other advanced green manufacturing sectors. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Rise Economy Aug 2024 Website $800,000 To support the development of a democratically governed state bank and a public consumer banking option, and capacity building for bank accountability in rural and tribal areas of California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
UNITE-LA, Inc. Aug 2024 Website $750,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
San Francisco Foundation Aug 2024 Website $1,000,000 To advance workforce equity through direct and aligned collaborative grantmaking and learning that accelerates the growth of quality jobs, equitable access, and affordable support systems needed to succeed, through an initiative such as ReWork the Bay. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Karuk Tribe Aug 2024 $350,000 To support the development and implementation of a Tribal Natural Resources Workforce. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Love Never Fails Aug 2024 Website $400,000 To support low-to-no-income survivors of human trafficking with IT pre-apprenticeship programs, tools, and wraparound supports to access sustainable IT careers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance July 2024 $650,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, North Coast and State
University of California, Los Angeles July 2024 Website $50,000 To support professional development and strategic planning post-executive leadership transition. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Opportunity at Work July 2024 Website $50,000 To support Opportunity@Work's leadership and expansion of the Tear the Paper Ceiling Coalition, building awareness and behavior shifts needed to help low-income, non-degree-holding Californians secure thriving wage careers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Silicon Valley Community Foundation July 2024 Website $148,000 To support the capacity and infrastructure of the California Black Freedom Fund to strengthen the leadership and power of Black-led organizations, coalitions, and networks serving the Fresno Black community. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 6 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Engage R+D, Inc. July 2024 Website $500,000 To support learning and strategy consultation among worker rights organizations, public and private stakeholders, and philanthropy. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
True North Organizing Network July 2024 Website $500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
TechEquity July 2024 Website $400,000 To support a coalition of labor, civil rights, and civic organizations to advance an agenda for worker- and community-centered artificial intelligence through policy, rulemaking, and narrative change. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
CalMatters July 2024 Website $38,000 To support the merger between CalMatters and The Markup. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
National Immigration Law Center June 2024 Website $800,000 To support low-income immigrant workers and their families in California through policy advocacy to promote their integration and safety. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc. June 2024 Website $250,000 To understand the governance, budgeting, procurement, and operations of California’s workforce development boards. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide