Chinese Progressive Association Aug 2022 Website $75,000 To support research, an organizational needs assessment, and partner engagement towards the formation of a Bay Area worker justice alliance. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 9 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Multiplier Aug 2022 Website $300,000 To explore the employee ownership ecosystem in Riverside, San Joaquin, Monterey, San Bernardino, and Fresno counties, and to expand employee ownership throughout California, through an entity such as Project Equity. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. July 2022 Website $770,000 To strengthen the capacity and influence of the Regions Rise Together Collaborative Community Engagement Working Group. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Hopewell Fund July 2022 Website $75,000 To support staffing and exploration of mechanisms to improve the health of worker rights organizations in California, and worker organizers specifically, through an entity such as All Due Respect. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation July 2022 Website $730,000 To strengthen backbone infrastructure for the Regions Rise Together Collaborative and update the RRT Salinas Investment Blueprint. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Valley Public Radio July 2022 Website $360,000 To raise public understanding of economic and workforce issues in the Fresno area and surrounding San Joaquin Valley through quality journalism. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Public Policy Institute of California July 2022 Website $400,200 To conduct a statewide survey on Californians and their economic well-being. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Sacramento Region Community Foundation July 2022 Website $160,000 To support an economic mobility reporter who will cover public policy issues and also surface solutions related to low-wage workers in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco Foundation July 2022 Website $200,000 To build internal capacity to engage, support, and convene affordable housing advocates across California. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide
Entertainment Industry Foundation July 2022 Website $510,000 To support the expansion of the Entertainment Industry Foundation Careers Program. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Jobs With Justice Education Fund June 2022 Website $50,000 To support research and wildfire preparedness on behalf of farmworkers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo & Marin Counties June 2022 Website $10,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 6 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Equitable Food Initiative June 2022 Website $300,000 To support a network focused on training and credentialing of agricultural workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
National Skills Coalition June 2022 Website $500,000 To support collaboration among community stakeholders and state leaders to increase equitable access and outcomes in the California public workforce development system. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
KQED, Inc. June 2022 Website $400,000 To support The California Report’s statewide coverage of issues facing low-income Californians. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Santa Cruz Community Ventures June 2022 Website $1,000,000 To strengthen organizational capacity, conduct a home care and climate change market analysis and feasibility study, and support the Futuro Cooperative, a worker-owned business structure in the Salinas Valley. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Amalgamated Foundation June 2022 Website $5,575,000 To support the creation of a new fund providing resources to grassroots organizations in California, implementing equity-driven practices in job training, access, and advocacy for low-income communities. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Neighborhood Funder's Group June 2022 Website $500,000 To conduct a strategy refresh and develop a regranting plan to support innovative coalitions advancing racial, gender, and economic equity, through an entity such as the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Foundation of San Joaquin June 2022 Website $2,530,000 To advance the development of a green economy lab and inclusive economic planning for minority chambers of commerce in Stockton, through an entity such as the Edge Collaborative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Center for Employment Opportunities June 2022 Website $1,500,000 To advance the economic mobility of formerly incarcerated Californians. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial