Center on Policy Initiatives June 2021 Website $1,050,000 To support the development of a Black worker center in San Diego and the operations of the Center on Policy Initiatives. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Community Partners June 2021 Website $620,000 To support the development of a regional hub that provides operational assistance, research, and narrative support to Black worker centers in Southern California, through an entity such as the Los Angeles Black Worker Center. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
CALmatters June 2021 Website $500,000 To support the California Divide, a statewide media collaboration to raise awareness and engagement about poverty and income inequality. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Fresno Metro Black Chamber Foundation June 2021 Website $2,500,000 To establish the Fresno Bonding, Technical Assistance, and Contract Financing Program (BTAC) to support the technical and capital needs of small businesses owned by women and BIPOC. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Jobs for the Future, Inc. June 2021 Website $1,500,000 To support the design, prototyping, and expansion of education and workforce development innovations to address equity gaps in employment and training outcomes across the state. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement June 2021 Website $900,000 To support the development of a Black worker center in the Inland Empire and the operations of Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Tides Foundation June 2021 Website $1,500,000 To support and provide regrants to organizations addressing needs of migrants at the southern California border, through an entity such as the California Dignity for Families Fund. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Foundation for Monterey County June 2021 Website $3,000,000 To support the Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Hartnell College Foundation June 2021 Website $600,000 To implement a racial equity framework and to expand agriculture technology workforce programming for Latinx residents with community partners in Salinas. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Southern California Public Radio June 2021 Website $400,000 To support community engagement in journalism on economic security and advancement, and a deeper reach in underserved communities. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
AlliedUP June 2021 Website $750,000 To support providing low-wage, allied health workers with union scale wages, benefits, and upskilling. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Community College League of California June 2021 Website $500,000 To advance economic mobility and shared prosperity for all Californians through statewide advocacy and policymaker education focused on workforce development and training. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Capital Public Radio Inc. June 2021 Website $200,000 To support The Forum, an expanded model of deeply reported, community-based journalism that brings residents together to discuss community challenges, highlight solutions, build awareness and empathy, and transform how individuals connect with each other. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees May 2021 Website $300,000 To promote learning and coordination among California funders to ensure the integration of low-income immigrants and refugees in California. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
University of California Berkeley Foundation May 2021 Website $300,000 To pursue research and policy projects that advance solutions to California's housing affordability challenges, particularly in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
La Cooperativa May 2021 Website $200,000 To support efforts to increase quality job training programs for farmworkers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
California Community Foundation May 2021 Website $100,000 To support the Los Angeles Arts Recovery Fund in assisting small and mid-sized arts and cultural organizations in Los Angeles County as they overcome the impact of COVID-19. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership May 2021 Website $50,000 To complete an inclusive economic development plan for Salinas and a deeper dive on local economic data - with a COVID-19 lens - to illuminate inequities in the region. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 8 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Social Science Research Council Apr 2021 Website $100,000 To produce San Joaquin Valley and Inland Empire supplements to the statewide report, A Portrait of California 2021. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 16 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Foundation for California Community Colleges Mar 2021 Website $1,070,000 To support apprenticeship readiness and expansion throughout California community colleges. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide