United Way of Greater Los Angeles Dec 2016 Website $450,000 To continue the development of the Los Angeles Regional Coalition for Linked Learning focused on advocacy, systems change, and scale. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 19 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Coachella Valley Economic Partnership Dec 2016 Website $400,000 To continue the Coachella Valley College and Career Success Initiative. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Youth Speaks, Inc. Dec 2016 Website $600,000 To sustainably increase Youth Speaks' core capacity to develop indicators and evaluate the impact of its programming. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
JVS Dec 2016 Website $2,000,000 To expand Career Pathways to Success in the Bay Area. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Reading and Beyond Dec 2016 Website $850,000 To expand the scale and impact of the Fresno Bridge Academy in California. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
ICA.Fund Dec 2016 Website $400,000 To establish ICA Fund Good Jobs loan loss reserve. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Great Valley Center, Inc. Dec 2016 Website $50,000 To support capacity-building and organizational development efforts of the Great Valley Center - American Leadership Forum. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Kounkuey Design Initiative Dec 2016 Website $300,000 To create a new Productive Public Space titled Somos Oasis that will be home to recreational, cultural, and income-generating activities for the Eastern Coachella Valley. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Ford Theatre Foundation Dec 2016 Website $200,000 To support the creation and implementation of the Ford Theatre's transition plan. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Scansion Dec 2016 Website $105,000 To conduct a Latino arts marketing study by synthesizing expert opinions and best practices for Latino engagement among arts organizations in California. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Regents of the University of California Dec 2016 Website $200,000 To support the successful launch of Wheelhouse: The Center for Community College Leadership and Research. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
The Sierra Fund Dec 2016 Website $200,000 To increase awareness of solutions to improve water quality and storage capacity in California’s headwaters. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 24 months Region Served: Sierra, Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2016 Website $200,000 To provide strategic planning and leadership transition support for the California Community Colleges. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Orange County Community Foundation Dec 2016 Website $250,000 To support the further advancement and sustainable implementation of Community Leadership Initiatives. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 36 months Region Served: Orange County
Northern California Grantmakers Nov 2016 Website $15,000 To landscape programmatic and policy opportunities related to benefits for low-wage contingent and contract workers. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 3 months Region Served: Statewide
Nonprofit Finance Fund Nov 2016 Website $300,000 To support the sunset phase of the California Pay for Success initiative. Focus Area: California Pay for Success Term: 10 months Region Served: Statewide
Radio Bilingue, Inc. Nov 2016 Website $50,000 To support the service expansion of Latino public radio in California. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
NEO Philanthropy Nov 2016 Website $10,000 To support a strategic planning process for an entity such as the Funders Committee for Civic Participation. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Pepperdine University Nov 2016 Website $300,000 To expand the Davenport Institute's capacity to train public sector leaders and community members to engage effectively with one another on key public policy issues. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
ACLU Foundation of Northern California Nov 2016 Website $300,000 To document and to continue to promote the effective implementation of the Safe and Responsible Driver Act, Assembly Bill 60. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide