University of California, Santa Cruz May 2022 Website $653,000 To support the Institute for Social Transformation’s work around inclusive economic development in Salinas through capacity building and economic analysis. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
California Community Foundation May 2022 Website $250,000 To support the CERF CBO Engagement Fund, providing community-based organizations with support to inform the CERF planning processes. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
California Forward May 2022 Website $1,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers May 2022 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund May 2022 Website $400,000 To support leadership development and organizational infrastructure at the intersection of racial justice, worker organizing, and power building. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
PolicyLink May 2022 Website $550,000 To maximize the benefits of the Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) for communities in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
San Diego State University Foundation May 2022 Website $220,000 To support a social equity news desk to inform communities on systemic inequality. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Tides Center Apr 2022 Website $75,000 To support planning that strengthens nonprofit leadership development assistance, through an entity such as The LeadersTrust. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
The So'oh-Shináli Sister Project Apr 2022 Website $50,000 To strengthen organizational financial infrastructure and sustainability towards long-term support for indigenous communities. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Pilipino Workers Center Apr 2022 Website $450,000 To create a homecare cooperative model that creates quality jobs and ownership opportunities for low-wage and immigrant domestic workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
SFMade Apr 2022 Website $175,000 To support scaling and deepening SFMade’s impact in helping adults from low-income and other disadvantaged populations build economically sustainable careers through manufacturing employment and business ownership. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Youth Action Project Apr 2022 Website $150,000 To support the Inland Empire Gateway to Opportunity Collaborative to develop a framework and regional strategy to prepare African American residents and workers for jobs in clean energy, transport, and cyber security. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
University of California, Santa Cruz Apr 2022 Website $1,000,000 To support UCSC CITRIS CIDER in developing a drone and drone-related workforce pathway for Salinas Valley and Pajaro Valley residents. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 15 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
One Fair Wage Apr 2022 Website $500,000 To advocate for policies that improve working conditions, amplify service workers' voices, and ensure pay equity for women and people of color. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Creative Restorative Opportunities and Program Apr 2022 Website $500,000 To support building organizational capacity to recruit and hire personnel and research, design, and implement programming serving justice-involved populations. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles Apr 2022 Website $150,000 To increase diversity within the City of Los Angeles's public workforce, through a workforce equity demonstration pilot. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California Mar 2022 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Per Scholas Inc. Mar 2022 Website $300,000 To support the launch of Per Scholas job training programming in Los Angeles, training diverse, low-wage individuals as IT professionals and creating connections within the technology workforce and to family-sustaining wages. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Funders Together to End Homelessness Mar 2022 Website $75,000 To support the Fund for Workforce Equity, designed to spark innovative strategies that center workers and learners of color in the design and implementation of workforce policies and programs, through an entity such as Workforce Matters. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Advancement Project Mar 2022 Website $1,500,000 For Advancement Project California, to foster upward mobility among low-income communities in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide