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
National Immigration Law Center Dec 2016 Website $300,000 To support immigrant integration policies through capacity building, civic engagement, education, and advocacy in California. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Valley Community Foundation Dec 2016 Website $250,000 To strengthen and cultivate donor investment in the Central Valley Community Foundation. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 14 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
California Long-Term Care Education Center Dec 2016 Website $25,000 As a 2017 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards finalist, to expand access to training for long-term care workers in California. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide