National Domestic Workers Alliance Feb 2017 Website $3,750,000 To strengthen a network of organizations serving domestic workers in California, increase worker membership, and advance public policy and industry innovations that significantly improve the lives of domestic and home care workers in the state. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Chaffey College Foundation Feb 2017 Website $1,000,000 To support work-based learning programs at Chaffey College's InTech Center in order to increase job readiness of Inland Empire residents in advanced manufacturing careers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Chinese Progressive Association Feb 2017 Website $900,000 To support low-wage immigrant workers through organizing, leadership development, and technical assistance, while strengthening CPA’s overall efforts to collectively raise standards for workers and expand access to quality jobs in the San Francisco area. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation Feb 2017 Website $700,000 To create a replicable, scalable training model that results in new and expanded creative career pathways for Opportunity Youth, preparing graduates for family sustaining employment while improving systems-level collaboration. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
University of California, Davis Feb 2017 Website $250,000 To support the California Civic Engagement Project. Focus Area: Election Policies and Practices Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Nonprofit Finance Fund Jan 2017 Website $300,000 To increase subsidized and unsubsidized employment opportunities for working poor Californians, and to advance outcomes-oriented contracting models at the state level through collaboration with the California Department of Social Services. Focus Area: California Pay for Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Humboldt Area Foundation Jan 2017 Website $200,000 To build the capacity of integrated voter engagement and inter-tribal organizing campaigns through an entity like True North. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: North Coast and State
University Enterprises, Inc. Jan 2017 Website $300,000 To support the implementation phase of the Bridging the Gap initiative, through an entity such as Education Insights Center. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Water Foundation Dec 2016 Website $500,000 To support the California Drought Action Initiative. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 21 months Region Served: Statewide
Black Alliance for Just Immigration Dec 2016 Website $300,000 To support the integration of black immigrants through capacity building, civic engagement, education, and advocacy in California. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Dec 2016 Website $300,000 To develop the leadership and capacity of immigrant youth across California through an organization such as the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Orange County Congregation Community Organization Dec 2016 Website $250,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Latino Health Access Dec 2016 Website $200,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 18 months Region Served: Orange County
Center on Policy Initiatives Dec 2016 Website $100,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Urban Habitat Program Dec 2016 Website $150,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Community Partners Dec 2016 Website $150,000 To train, place, and support diverse nonprofit board members and public commissioners; and to expand organizational impact by exploring new partnerships with civic engagement groups; through an entity such as the African American Board Leadership Inst. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
NORC at the University of Chicago Dec 2016 Website $300,000 To produce a report that identifies pathways for creative expression, job readiness, and economic opportunity, through literature review and in-depth case studies of promising approaches in California and across the nation. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
artworxLA Dec 2016 Website $268,000 To support the Los Angeles Creative Career Pathways project. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Seneca Family of Agencies Dec 2016 Website $200,000 As a 2017 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award recipient, to strengthen integrated support and care for students in California facing trauma, through partnerships, curriculum, and staff development. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Orange County
211 LA County Dec 2016 Website $25,000 As a 2017 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards finalist, to implement a partnership with the Edmund D. Edelman's Children's Court to meet the development and socio-emotional needs of young children. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro