Orange County Labor Federation Oct 2016 Website $300,000 To support increased civic engagement and economic self-sufficiency for low-wage workers and communities of color in Orange County. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Working Partnerships USA Oct 2016 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles Oct 2016 Website $30,000 To convene a community arts program roundtable with key leadership and program staff from Center Theatre Group, Pasadena Playhouse, and South Coast Repertory. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 3 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County
Mujeres Unidas y Activas Oct 2016 Website $50,000 To support strategic planning for an entity such as the California Domestic Workers Coalition. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Community Water Center Oct 2016 Website $400,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California Oct 2016 Website $600,000 To strengthen immigrant integration across the state, through an entity such as the California Immigrant Policy Center. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Power California Oct 2016 Website $400,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Restaurant Opportunities Centers Oct 2016 Website $1,400,000 To support low-wage restaurant workers in California by enhancing the occupational skills, leadership development, and civic participation opportunities of workers while engaging employers, policymakers, and consumers to raise industry standards. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
PowerSwitch Action Oct 2016 Website $3,000,000 To support low-wage immigrant workers through organizing and leadership development, while strengthening the Partnership for Working Families network in California to collectively raise standards for workers and expand access to quality jobs. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
National Employment Law Project Oct 2016 Website $3,400,000 To strengthen partnerships and policy initiatives that improve labor and industry standards in California, ensuring they promote greater economic security and opportunity for California workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Stanford University Oct 2016 Website $444,000 To advance integrated student supports for college and career readiness. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
PolicyLink Oct 2016 Website $500,000 To support the PolicyLink Reserves and Growth Capital Fund. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Alliance for Excellent Education, Inc. Oct 2016 Website $600,000 To increase national awareness of Linked Learning, align federal policy, and expand the Alliance's engagement with Linked Learning practitioners. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
LeadersUp Oct 2016 Website $1,000,000 To expand LeadersUp’s capacity as a talent development intermediary, creating a shift in business practice to improve the hiring and retention of Opportunity Youth in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation Oct 2016 Website $545,976 To support Bridging the Gap implementation in Long Beach. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Dell'Arte, Inc. Sept 2016 Website $10,000 To implement a strategic sustainability plan for long-term arts engagement. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Inland Empire United Way Sept 2016 Website $21,000 To support a collaborative group of regional funders in the Inland Empire, through an entity such as the Funders’ Alliance. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
The NROC Project Sept 2016 Website $252,000 To pilot implementation of the EdReady platform to promote student readiness and success at California State University. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Sept 2016 Website $300,000 To develop a new technology platform, partnerships, and organizational capacity through an entity such as the California College Guidance Initiative. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
NEO Philanthropy Sept 2016 Website $25,000 To support the deepened coordination of civic engagement funders through an entity such as the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide