Community Foundation for Monterey County – 2024 March 14, 2024 To support the Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative.
Ventures – 2023 December 13, 2023 To facilitate growth and community ownership of Futuro Cooperative, a worker-owned business structure in the Salinas Valley.
Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation – 2023 December 13, 2023 To support low-income entrepreneurs in the greater Fresno area.
New Energy Nexus – 2023 December 13, 2023 To support tribal economic opportunity in the Imperial Valley through the development of a high road green industrial campus with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians.
Small Business Majority Foundation – 2023 December 8, 2023 To facilitate the development of an investable, community-generated action plan to strengthen Fresno’s small business ecosystem and improve business development for historically disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice – 2023 December 7, 2023 To increase ICIJ’s impact in economic justice spaces in the Inland Empire, centering low-income immigrant worker priorities in economic planning decisions and promoting good job creation strategies for immigrant entrepreneurs.
University of California, Santa Cruz – 2023 December 4, 2023 To deepen the Institute for Social Transformation’s work around inclusive economic development and racial equity in Salinas through capacity building and economic analysis.
Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. – 2023 December 4, 2023 To invest and build capacity for Black-led organizations focused on Black power building and economic mobility in the greater Monterey Bay region.
Foundation for California Community Colleges – 2023 December 4, 2023 To expand inclusive apprenticeship programs and workforce development through an equity framework for historically under-resourced low-income Inland Empire residents, through an entity such as LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network.
Inland Empire Community Foundation – 2023 December 4, 2023 To support the capacity and infrastructure of Inland Economic Growth and Opportunity (IEGO) and promote good quality job creation as part of the California Jobs First initiative.