Guidestar USA, Inc. (CLOSED) June 2016 Website $250,000 To open a permanent GuideStar office in California to serve as the hub for product development, data science, design, and nonprofit programs. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
PowerPAC Foundation June 2016 $1,250,000 To support the collaborative study of integrated voter engagement practices across a set of diverse California regions and demographics, through an entity such as the American Majority Project Research Institute. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 56 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Jobs for the Future, Inc. June 2016 Website $3,300,000 To support the Linked Learning Regional Hubs of Excellence. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Linked Learning Alliance June 2016 Website $6,000,000 To support the implementation of Vision 2020 goals and longer term field ownership of Linked Learning reform efforts. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Stanford University June 2016 Website $750,000 To build a quantitative and qualitative infrastructure for monitoring poverty and evaluating policy in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Capitol Impact Consulting, LLC June 2016 Website $700,000 To support the California Legislative Staff Education Institute, expanding its focus into additional policy areas, as well as increasing and diversifying participation among legislative staff. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Food in Need of Distribution, Inc. June 2016 Website $350,000 To support FIND Food Bank as the backbone organization of an anti-poverty collective impact collaborative in the Coachella Valley Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Inland Empire Economic Partnership Foundation June 2016 Website $600,000 To support the Launch Initiative Demonstration Project. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Pivot Learning Partners June 2016 Website $1,500,000 To achieve Vision 2020’s goal of accessible, high quality Linked Learning technical assistance. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
McLeod Grant Advisors LLC June 2016 Website $1,232,000 To support the replication of the Irvine New Leadership Network in Stanislaus County. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 42 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Inland Congregations United for Change Sponsoring Committee, Inc. June 2016 Website $450,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
United Way of the Bay Area June 2016 Website $50,000 To scan the landscape of high school student recovery and re-engagement efforts in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Asian Law Caucus May 2016 Website $300,000 To empower limited English proficiency Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Latino communities to participate actively in California's democracy through exercising their voting rights. Focus Area: Election Policies and Practices Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Institute for Local Government May 2016 Website $300,000 To support the creation and testing of the Public Engagement Actionable Framework for Local Governments, and to publicly honor government leaders for outstanding engagement efforts. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Californians for Justice Education Fund May 2016 Website $200,000 To support efforts that expand civic and voter engagement among young adults in Californians for Justice's four target communities: San Jose, Oakland, Fresno, and Long Beach. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Environmental Health Coalition May 2016 Website $35,000 To support organizational capacity-building activities for an organization such as the California Environmental Justice Alliance. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
California Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, Inc. May 2016 Website $150,000 To expand voter participation among young adults through nonpartisan efforts at colleges and universities. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
GradGuru May 2016 Website $150,000 To build organizational capacity, via research and development, in order to increase community college student success. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Inequality Media Apr 2016 Website $250,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Mount Tamalpais College Apr 2016 Website $200,000 To support a Technical Assistance Initiative that will enhance the knowledge and skills of community college and prison administration staff engaged in new and expanding prison higher education programs in California. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide