Building sustainable career pathways with the Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) April 30, 2025 Briefly tell us about H-CAP. What does your organization do? The Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP) is a national leader in workforce development, dedicated to strengthening healthcare careers through high-quality training and career advancement opportunities. By partnering with employers, unions, and workers, H-CAP helps build sustainable career pathways that support economic mobility while addressing the … Continue reading Building sustainable career pathways with the Healthcare Career Advancement Program (H-CAP)
Uniting domestic workers and employers: A Q&A with Hand in Hand April 22, 2025 This Care Workers Recognition Month, Stacy Kono and Lindsay Imai Hong of Hand in Hand, an affiliate of Irvine’s Fair Work initiative through the LeadersTrust, shared what led them to the work, their efforts to support care workers impacted by the L.A. fires and federal actions, and the role of employers in advocating for domestic … Continue reading Uniting domestic workers and employers: A Q&A with Hand in Hand
Rooted in community, rising against harm: how TODEC is supporting immigrant workers in the Inland Empire right now April 17, 2025 “We don’t have a political agenda. Our agenda is community.” That’s how Luz Gallegos describes the work of TODEC, the organization her parents created four decades ago to support immigrant workers and their families in California’s Inland Empire. As recent executive actions bring new harms and trauma on her community located just 100 miles from … Continue reading Rooted in community, rising against harm: how TODEC is supporting immigrant workers in the Inland Empire right now
Strengthening women’s economic security with the Equal Rights Advocates and the Stronger California Advocates Network March 28, 2025 In honor of Women’s History Month, we are highlighting Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) and their work through the Stronger California Advocates Network, which is supported by Irvine’s Just Prosperity initiative. Jessica Ramey Stender, ERA Policy Director and Deputy Legal Director, shared how ERA and the Network is addressing barriers to economic security that women face, … Continue reading Strengthening women’s economic security with the Equal Rights Advocates and the Stronger California Advocates Network
The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors approves $17.2 million in grants on March 13, 2025 March 17, 2025 The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors approved eight grants totaling $17.2 million last week. The Foundation also provided $20.1 million in grants this quarter that did not require board approval. The grants primarily support the Foundation’s four initiatives focused on working Californians: Better Careers, Fair Work, Just Prosperity, and Priority Communities. More information about … Continue reading The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors approves $17.2 million in grants on March 13, 2025
An updated roadmap for the Priority Communities initiative’s next seven years February 13, 2025 Irvine launched the Priority Communities initiative in 2020 with a focus on supporting efforts to build inclusive economies in five cities – Fresno, Salinas, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Stockton – that are critical to California’s future given their population growth, diversity, and role in shaping the state’s future economy. Since then, the initiative has invested … Continue reading An updated roadmap for the Priority Communities initiative’s next seven years
Meet the 2025 Leadership Award Recipients February 10, 2025 We are excited to announce the recipients of our 2025 Leadership Awards—a remarkable group of innovators dedicated to improving lives, creating opportunity, and contributing to a better California. Selected from hundreds of nominations, these leaders are tackling critical issues such as Indigenous science and food sovereignty, Latina civic leadership, environmental justice, Black maternal health, equity … Continue reading Meet the 2025 Leadership Award Recipients
Our steadfast commitment to champion fairness and equity for all California workers January 22, 2025 We have a lot of work to do. Our North Star goal at Irvine is for all low-income California workers to have the power to advance economically. The events of these first weeks of 2025 have only magnified the challenges low-income workers are facing. It’s heart-wrenching to see the devastation from the L.A. fires, but … Continue reading Our steadfast commitment to champion fairness and equity for all California workers
The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors approves $220 Million for its Priority Communities initiative over the next seven years and expands the initiative into a sixth community December 16, 2024 The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors has approved $220 million in grantmaking through 2031 to support and expand the Priority Communities initiative’s efforts to build inclusive economies. The initiative launched in 2020 with a focus on five cities critical to California’s future given their population growth, diversity, and role in shaping the state’s future … Continue reading The James Irvine Foundation Board of Directors approves $220 Million for its Priority Communities initiative over the next seven years and expands the initiative into a sixth community
Building the Pipeline: Investing in Next-Generation Leadership for the Worker Rights Movement November 25, 2024 Maria Noel Fernandez has deep roots in organizing for a fairer, more just economy. She has led and worked on campaigns that won a $15 minimum wage in eight Silicon Valley cities and a first-in-the nation local ballot initiative providing part-time workers with the opportunity for more hours on the job and bigger paychecks. Today, … Continue reading Building the Pipeline: Investing in Next-Generation Leadership for the Worker Rights Movement