St. Joseph Health Northern California Dec 2023 Website $25,000 To support the Better Birthing Project to create stronger, culturally responsive perinatal care for local birthing families, in addition to training support for family and community members to be perinatal caretakers and advocates. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Funders Together to End Homelessness Dec 2023 Website $100,000 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: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Engage R+D, Inc. Dec 2023 Website $150,000 To strengthen the field of evaluation and learning through knowledge development, convening, and dissemination. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Ventures Dec 2023 Website $3,000,000 To facilitate growth and community ownership of Futuro Cooperative, a worker-owned business structure in the Salinas Valley. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Charitable Ventures of Orange County, Inc. Dec 2023 Website $2,000,000 To support the Economic Justice Grant Initiative for Orange County. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 15 months Region Served: Orange County
Neighborhood Funders Group Dec 2023 Website $2,000,000 To implement a participatory regranting process to support coalition-building efforts between labor and community organizations in the Imperial Valley region in California, through an entity such as the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Community Partners Dec 2023 Website $1,200,000 To support the Long Beach Undocumented Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Project, through an entity such as ÓRALE. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Common Counsel Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,550,000 To build the capacity of communities of color and immigrant communities across California to effectively use community ownership models to build local power, community wealth, and the capacity for self-determination. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, North Coast and State, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Humboldt Area Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,500,000 To support the Redwood Region Climate and Community Resilience Hub (CORE Hub) to ensure that the benefits of public infrastructure and climate funds accrue to Tribal and other underserved populations in CA. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Amalgamated Foundation Dec 2023 $2,000,000 To support the creation of the Long-Term Resilience Fund to build the organizational and financial resilience of smaller BIPOC-led and serving nonprofit organizations in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
University of Southern California Dec 2023 Website $1,500,000 To empower historically marginalized communities by providing actionable research and narrative that supports community-driven coalition efforts targeting economic, racial, and social inequities in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
New Energy Nexus Dec 2023 Website $2,000,000 To support tribal economic opportunity in the Imperial Valley through the development of a high road green industrial campus with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,500,000 To support low-income entrepreneurs in the greater Fresno area. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Capitol Impact Consulting, LLC Dec 2023 Website $2,250,000 For the grant funds associated with the 2024 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Small Business Majority Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To facilitate the development of an investable, community-generated action plan to strengthen Fresno’s small business ecosystem and improve business development for historically disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 9 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
American Journalism Project Dec 2023 Website $135,000 To support the incubation of the Los Angeles Local News Initiative. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Dec 2023 Website $250,000 To support the Commission on Reimagining Our Economy exhibition. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Just Futures Impact Inc Dec 2023 $330,000 To scale a values-driven retirement plan to address the racial wealth gap and build the collective power of California workers to exercise shareholder power. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Liberty Hill Foundation Dec 2023 Website $10,000 To support grantee participation in a housing justice site visit. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Linked Learning Alliance Dec 2023 Website $40,000 To support a strategic planning process for the Linked Learning Alliance. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide