Brookings Institution Mar 2016 Website $131,100 To support outreach and planning related to an Opportunity Industries project in the inland Southern California region Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 4 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. Mar 2016 Website $34,000 For a professionally facilitated strategic planning process. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 6 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Linked Learning Alliance Mar 2016 Website $500,000 To continue development work on a new certification and quality assurance system. Focus Area: Linked Learning Term: 4 months Region Served: Statewide
Movement Strategy Center Mar 2016 Website $600,000 To support a young-adult focused integrated voter and civic engagement learning community and research project in California. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Socius Group Mar 2016 Website $1,974,000 To continue building a learning community and curriculum for the New California Arts Fund. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
LeadersUp Mar 2016 Website $300,000 To develop employer-driven Opportunity Youth talent pipelines in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 11 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
Mi Familia Vota Education Fund Feb 2016 Website $300,000 To increase civic and voter participation among young Latino voters in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, and the San Joaquin Valley. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Abode Services Feb 2016 Website $150,000 To support infrastructure development for Project Welcome Home, California's first Pay for Success project. Focus Area: California Pay for Success Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
California Forward Feb 2016 Website $132,500 To review campaign finance rules to determine improvements that can increase clarity and compliance, in partnership with California's Fair Political Practices Commission. Focus Area: Election Policies and Practices Term: 15 months Region Served: Statewide
Movement Strategy Center Feb 2016 Website $300,000 To support voter and civic engagement activities in Oakland and surrounding areas through an entity such as Oakland Rising. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Regents of the University of California Feb 2016 Website $299,843 To support the research component of a young-adult focused integrated voter and civic engagement learning community in California. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
PowerPAC Foundation Feb 2016 $100,000 To support the design phase of a multi-year integrated voter and civic engagement research project, through an entity such as the American Majority Project Research Institute. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Jan 2016 Website $75,000 To foster learning among funders on the potential to enhance economic opportunities for low-income immigrants and refugees in California. Focus Area: Immigrant Integration Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Golden State Opportunity Foundation Jan 2016 Website $300,000 To support targeted regional coordination and large-scale regional community events associated with the CalEITC4me Campaign in the Central Valley and Inland Southern California. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Diavolo Dance Theatre Jan 2016 Website $30,000 For a professionally facilitated strategic planning process. Focus Area: Arts Engagement Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
United Ways of California Jan 2016 Website $280,000 To improve access for low-income families to free tax preparation assistance, both in person and online, and increase awareness of and application for the federal and state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
California Budget & Policy Center Jan 2016 Website $236,000 To support the California earned income tax credit (EITC) evaluation and participation analysis. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers Jan 2016 Website $75,000 To encourage public private partnership to support vulnerable children in Los Angeles County, through an entity such as the Center for Strategic Public Private Partnership. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Volunteers in Probation, Inc. Jan 2016 Website $25,000 To support county probation staff in providing assistance to offenders, at-risk youth and their families, as a finalist for The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Digital Nest Dec 2015 Website $25,000 For general operating support, as a finalist for The 2016 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Focus Area: Special Initiatives Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region