Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice Dec 2023 $350,000 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. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Public Policy Institute of California Dec 2023 Website $215,000 To conduct an annual statewide survey on Californians and their economic well-being. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
East Bay Community Foundation Dec 2023 Website $300,000 To support the East Bay Community Foundation to update its business model and strategic plan to advance a generative economy in California's East Bay region. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Dec 2023 Website $475,000 To implement a pledge with California public agencies to increase the share of procurement contracts that small disadvantaged businesses receive, through an entity such as the Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP). Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
California Strategic Growth Council Dec 2023 $50,000 To support the Connecting Communities program, which aims to build the capacity of under-resourced community-based organizations to access federal funding for climate resilience infrastructure development. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
ACCE Institute Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Earthlodge Center for Transformation Dec 2023 Website $250,000 To support low-income workers with programming that addresses trauma and advances healing towards improved work lives and careers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
California Calls Education Fund Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To support voter and civic engagement among low-wage workers in partnership with worker rights organizations. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Zocalo Public Square Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To continue to explore and highlight the voices and experiences of low-income workers statewide by expanding the focus to Orange County through the journalism and event series, "What is a Good Job Now?". Focus Area: Media Term: 12 months Region Served: Orange County
Inland Empire Community Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 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. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
University of California, Santa Cruz Dec 2023 Website $600,000 To deepen the Institute for Social Transformation’s work around inclusive economic development and racial equity in Salinas through capacity building and economic analysis. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To invest and build capacity for Black-led organizations focused on Black power building and economic mobility in the greater Monterey Bay region. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2023 Website $500,000 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. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Building Skills Partnership Dec 2023 Website $500,000 To improve job quality and career advancement opportunities in California for low-wage property service workers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Faith in the Valley Dec 2023 Website $500,000 To build the organizational capacity of Faith in the Valley to pilot a shared ownership model in a BIPOC-led climate enterprise. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Southern California Grantmakers Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To strengthen the long-term sustainability of Black-led and Black-empowering organizations in Southern California, through an entity such as the Black Equity Collective. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
National Immigration Forum Dec 2023 Website $200,000 To support English language learners in the workforce by providing industry-contextualized English language training in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Pilipino Workers Center Dec 2023 Website $900,000 To support a network of worker-owned cooperatives for low-wage and immigrant homecare workers, and stronger enforcement of labor protections in the residential care industry. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
CivicMakers Dec 2023 Website $100,000 To support human-centered design in workforce development with the Workforce Transformation Corps Fellows to facilitate organizational and systemic or policy change within five California workforce development boards. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide