Bright Research Group Sept 2023 Website $479,000 To support the implementation of a developmental evaluation of Irvine's Better Careers initiative. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 27 months Region Served: Statewide
PowerSwitch Action Sept 2023 Website $2,000,000 To support the California Coalition for Worker Power to build greater capacity statewide for worker organizing and advocate for stronger labor protections for low-wage workers Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Sept 2023 Website $3,500,000 To support the capacity and infrastructure of the CA Black Freedom Fund to strengthen the power of Black-led organizations, coalitions, and networks serving Black communities across California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
GRACE Sept 2023 Website $1,600,000 To strengthen the capacity of the statewide CalEITC Coalition, advancing systems change and increasing cash support for low-income working households in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Oakland Public Education Fund Sept 2023 Website $150,000 To improve access to public benefits for Californians, through an entity such as AssistHub. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Education First Consulting Sept 2023 Website $50,000 To support the continuation of planning, multi-stakeholder capacity building and coordination, and piloting for teacher apprenticeship programs in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers Sept 2023 Website $250,000 To support SCG 2023 Workforce Development Funders Collaborative building access to livable wages and equitable employment. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Center for Living and Learning Sept 2023 Website $350,000 To provide the organization with infrastructure and capacity building support to build upon the rapid growth of its workforce programs. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
North Bay Jobs With Justice Sept 2023 Website $500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, North Coast and State, Statewide
The Roosevelt Institute Sept 2023 Website $600,000 To conduct research on place-based, equity-focused public investments in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
California Coalition for Rural Housing Project Sept 2023 Website $600,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission Aug 2023 Website $100,000 To support a guaranteed basic income demonstration project in Fresno. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Tides Center Aug 2023 Website $300,000 To support the Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship to build the leadership capacity of women of color, aged 17 and up, in the social sector in California, through an entity such as LeaderSpring. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Youth Action Project Aug 2023 Website $990,000 For organizational capacity-building and to support the Gateways to Opportunity Collaborative of the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Cooperacion Santa Ana Aug 2023 Website $75,000 To support the organizational capacity and infrastructure needed to implement a California Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) award. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Orange County
Garment Worker Center Aug 2023 Website $200,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers in the garment industry through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Coro Southern California, Inc. Aug 2023 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Central Valley IAF Aug 2023 $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Freedman Consulting, LLC Aug 2023 Website $500,000 To support the What Works Plus (WW+) collaborative to promote equitable distribution and implementation of federal infrastructure, climate, and economic development funding. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 10 months Region Served: Statewide
TODEC Legal Center Aug 2023 Website $650,000 To support the El Centavito Aprende y Emprende Program, an entrepreneurship program enabling the achievement of economic self-sufficiency for immigrant communities in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino