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
Community Foundation for Monterey County Sept 2020 Website $1,000,000 For regranting to two organizations supporting revolving micro-loan funds and entrepreneurship training programs to increase access to capital, technical assistance, and education for low-income entrepreneurs of color in Salinas. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Anti-Recidivism Coalition Sept 2020 Website $800,000 To expand career pathways and economic mobility for formerly incarcerated individuals through high-quality career pathway programs that include civic engagement components and awareness-building communications. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Urban Institute Sept 2020 Website $2,000,000 To support WorkRise, a platform to fill critical knowledge gaps about how to increase economic security, resilience, and mobility for low-wage workers. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
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
Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade Sept 2020 Website $800,000 To support Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade's career training, job placement, and supportive services programs for young adults with multiple barriers to quality jobs. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
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
California Community Foundation Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To protect and advance immigrant rights in Los Angeles County. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
SFMade Sept 2020 Website $120,000 To research existing training programs and map out skills needed in the manufacturing sector for the San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno, and Stockton in the next 1-3 years. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 18 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Sept 2020 Website $200,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Small Business Majority Foundation Sept 2020 Website $70,000 To support a polling project that examines the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on American small business owners, with a focus on the experiences of California-based small business owners of color. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center Sept 2020 Website $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles Sept 2020 Website $200,000 To protect the rights of immigrants in California and support the organization's leadership transition. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County
United We Dream Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To support leadership development, civic engagement, and deportation defense to protect immigrant communities in California. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Immigrant Legal Resource Center Sept 2020 Website $300,000 To support the protection of immigrant rights in California through education, advocacy, and technical assistance. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Vision Capital & Consulting Sept 2020 Website $120,000 To design and develop a five-year initiative to expand the capacity of small and emergent local nonprofit real estate actors to drive community ownership of community assets. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Common Cause Education Fund Sept 2020 Website $40,000 To support a strategic planning process for California Common Cause. Focus Area: Voter and Civic Engagement Term: 5 months Region Served: Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Sept 2020 Website $70,000 To develop a centralized statewide infrastructure to institutionalize and sustain undocumented student support. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Initiatives Sept 2020 Website $200,000 To support the California Campus Catalyst Fund, through an entity such as Immigrants Rising. Focus Area: Protecting Immigrant Rights Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
San Francisco Public Press Sept 2020 Website $150,000 To expand multimedia journalism options for low-wage Bay Area workers. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region