Center for Employment Opportunities Oct 2020 Website $10,000 To support grantee participation in the California-focused Better Careers Evaluation Advisory Group. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 15 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Social Good Fund Oct 2020 Website $250,000 To coordinate and strengthen local and regional rapid response networks and legal services for California immigrants, through an entity such as the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Statewide
Tola Organizing Academy Oct 2020 Website $48,000 To support a community outreach training program and increase minority voter participation in Stockton. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Voice of OC Oct 2020 Website $300,000 To support civic news focused on the information needs of low-income and communities of color in Orange County. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
JobTrain, Inc. Oct 2020 Website $50,000 To support JobTrain to determine if short-term contact tracing positions can lead to a viable career pathway for low-wage workers in the Bay Area. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
University of Southern California Sept 2020 Website $500,000 To increase access to data and tools that support groups in California working to expand immigrant protection and benefits. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Partners Sept 2020 Website $800,000 To improve access to quality jobs, reduce employment discrimination and other barriers to employment, and strengthen staff and financial operations, through an entity such as the Los Angeles Black Worker Center. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
National Day Laborer Organizing Network Sept 2020 Website $600,000 To support low-wage day laborers in California through organizing, leadership development, strategic advocacy, and high-impact litigation. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Bitwise Industries Inc. Sept 2020 Website $1,000,000 To support Geekwise Academy launch cohorts, offering financial support and specialty courses to train unemployed and underemployed workers in the Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley for middle-wage jobs in the tech industry. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
National Day Laborer Organizing Network Sept 2020 Website $500,000 To promote the implementation of California's pro-immigrant laws and strengthen the civic engagement capacity of immigrant communities through a statewide immigration coalition. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
YR Media Sept 2020 Website $500,000 To develop a multimedia campaign that will teach low-income young adults journalism and content creation skills as they highlight the work of organizations across California working towards racial and economic justice. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Taller San Jose Hope Builders Sept 2020 Website $800,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund Sept 2020 Website $600,000 To expand leadership programs and industry engagement to address the challenges faced by low-wage janitorial workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial
Jobs to Move America Sept 2020 Website $750,000 To develop a career pathways program that creates high-quality manufacturing, infrastructure, and new technology jobs accompanied by hiring, training, and apprenticeship programs for low-wage workers in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project Sept 2020 Website $600,000 For general operating support Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Liberty Hill Foundation Sept 2020 Website $500,000 To support five grassroots members of the Los Angeles Community Land Trust Coalition to strengthen and scale community ownership of land and housing strategies in Central, East, and South Los Angeles. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Sept 2020 Website $400,000 To continue developing the leadership and capacity of immigrant youth across California, through an entity such as the California Immigrant Youth Justice Alliance. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Accelerator For America Sept 2020 Website $400,000 To support Opportunity Zone development in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Workshops for Warriors Sept 2020 Website $750,000 To support and expand Workshop for Warriors' advanced manufacturing training program and job placement for young veterans in San Diego and Imperial counties. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Regional Access Project Foundation Sept 2020 Website $400,000 To protect the rights of immigrants in the Coachella Valley. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino