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
Middle College High School National Consortium Sept 2016 Website $100,000 To build capacity for dual enrollment expansion statewide in California through an entity such as the California Coalition of Early and Middle Colleges. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice Sept 2016 Website $225,000 To increase nonpartisan voter and civic engagement opportunities in the context of new district elections in Jurupa Valley. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Southern California Grantmakers Sept 2016 Website $50,000 To support the Full Cost Recovery Initiative and the Portrait of Los Angeles County report. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Chinese Progressive Association Sept 2016 Website $300,000 To cultivate voter and civic engagement in the San Francisco Bay Area through an entity such as SF Rising Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Rockwood Leadership Institute Sept 2016 Website $100,000 To support Rockwood's Fellowship for a New California to strengthen leadership within the immigrant rights' movement in California. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association Aug 2016 Website $450,000 For Big Sing California, using new advances in technology to enable thousands of Californians to come together in venues throughout the state to express themselves and connect with others through a simultaneously shared singing experience. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy Aug 2016 Website $500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Communities for a New California Education Fund Aug 2016 Website $600,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Faith in Action Network Aug 2016 Website $500,000 To build trust between communities of color and law enforcement in California through public safety reform and civilian participation. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Year Up, Inc. Aug 2016 Website $3,300,000 To initiate Year Up California, expanding operations in Los Angeles and the Bay Area to provide middle-skills opportunities for Opportunity Youth. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
ICA.Fund Aug 2016 Website $1,000,000 To expand ICA Fund Good Jobs’s capacity in the San Francisco Bay Area to create accessible good jobs through education, acceleration, and investment in high-growth small businesses. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
SRI International Aug 2016 Website $380,000 To evaluate the impact of the Linked Learning District Initiative on student postsecondary outcomes. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Center for Employment Opportunities Aug 2016 Website $1,000,000 To expand CEO's scale and impact in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial