Panorama Global Mar 2021 Website $300,000 To promote public-philanthropic partnerships that benefit low-income and vulnerable communities in California, through an entity such as Project Hyphen. Focus Area: New Initiatives in Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Entertainment Industry Foundation Mar 2021 Website $290,000 To continue the management, implementation, and development of the Entertainment Industry Foundation Careers Program (EIFCP). Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
LeadersUp Mar 2021 Website $2,000,000 To optimize LeadersUp's capacity and programmatic impact to advance California’s next generation of BIPOC talent toward economic mobility and better career outcomes across their full employment continuum. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Mar 2021 Website $1,000,000 To support apprenticeship readiness and expansion throughout California, especially with community colleges. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
College Futures Foundation Mar 2021 Website $5,000,000 To support a partnership with College Futures Foundation to increase bachelor's degree completion in California and provide students with access to a student-centered educational path to degree completion and economic opportunity. Focus Area: Postsecondary Success Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Partnership for Working Families Mar 2021 Website $2,300,000 To expand engagement of low-income workers in regions throughout California, while strengthening collaboration and the work of member organizations to improve workplace standards and access to quality jobs. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Social Impact Fund Mar 2021 Website $500,000 To research and elevate strategies that have been successful nationally and in California at increasing participation of minority business enterprises in large infrastructure projects, through an entity such as the HUB Initiative. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 9 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial
National Skills Coalition Mar 2021 Website $1,000,000 To develop and advance workforce development policies through policymaker education and analysis, that help more Californians access good jobs that require skills training, with a focus on increasing racial equity in skills training. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
San Diego Workforce Partnership Mar 2021 Website $1,500,000 To support the CyberHire San Diego initiative, a pipeline that aims to increase the number of unemployed/underemployed and low-wage workers in quality cybersecurity careers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Chaffey College Foundation Mar 2021 Website $1,300,000 To support the InTech Center's pre-apprenticeship to job placement pipeline at Chaffey College. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Inland Empire Community Foundation Mar 2021 Website $835,000 To support the backbone functions and build participation among community-based organizations for the Inland Economic Growth and Opportunity (IEGO) initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Goodwill Industries of Southern California Mar 2021 Website $750,000 To engage manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, and logistics sectors to expand career pathway training programs. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino
JVS Mar 2021 Website $3,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Small Business Majority Foundation Mar 2021 Website $750,000 To support California's small business employers through the COVID-19 pandemic and into recovery. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Rubicon Programs Mar 2021 Website $1,500,000 To empower East Bay communities for full economic and civic participation. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
State Center Community College Foundation Mar 2021 Website $500,000 To support the Central Valley Pre-Apprenticeship Program. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
REDF Mar 2021 Website $75,000 To analyze earnings and employment outcomes of social enterprise workers using California Employment Development Department data. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 6 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Center for Employment Opportunities Feb 2021 Website $300,000 To provide recently incarcerated individuals with economic mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Small Business Majority Foundation Feb 2021 Website $300,000 To support California's small business owners, particularly business owners of color and other entrepreneurs impacted by historic and systemic discrimination, in accessing capital and business support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 7 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
New America Foundation Feb 2021 Website $125,000 To support the expansion of non-traditional apprenticeships in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide