Panorama Global Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To promote public-philanthropic partnerships that benefit low-income workers, families, and resilient communities in California, through an entity such as Hyphen. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Power California Nov 2023 Website $300,000 To support the growth and strengthening of local-to-statewide narrative infrastructure and capacity among Million Voters Project local partners, fostering multiracial democracy, government of care and inclusion, and corporate accountability. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
University of California, Berkeley Nov 2023 Website $300,000 To strengthen capacity and infrastructure of civic and community-based organizations in Orange County by developing and implementing narrative strategies that empower low-wage workers and address economic inequality in the region. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Orange County
La Cooperativa Nov 2023 Website $200,000 To support efforts to increase quality job training programs for farmworkers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles Nov 2023 Website $750,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Merced County Workforce Development Board Nov 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Visión y Compromiso Nov 2023 Website $250,000 To support advancing workforce development and economic equity, and strengthening internal infrastructure to ensure long-term sustainability. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
The New School Nov 2023 Website $200,000 To drive statewide collaboration and innovative policy initiatives, utilizing research-informed public advocacy and field organizing to foster a more equitable and inclusive California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
President and Fellows of Harvard College Nov 2023 Website $200,000 To support a research survey and report on labor standards violations in the service sector in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Resilience Force Nov 2023 Website $250,000 To support the development of a blueprint for expanding climate-resilience workforce opportunities in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 9 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Chinese Progressive Association Nov 2023 Website $550,000 To support the coordination of a statewide coalition of worker-led organizations seeking to advance a more inclusive and expansive safety net, through an entity such as Trabajadores Unidos Workers United. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Workforce Development Board of Solano County Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To build the internal capabilities of Solano County's Workforce Development Board to increase equity-centered service delivery, job quality, and deeper connectivity to community-based partners within the county's local workforce development ecosystem. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
SkillUp Coalition Nov 2023 Website $150,000 To support economic mobility and career advancement for low-wage workers in California through the opportunity to build new skills suited to in-demand jobs with promising career paths. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
New Venture Fund Nov 2023 Website $500,000 To support power-building research, cultural organizing, and campaigns to change the story and change the future for California Native peoples, through an entity such as IllumiNative. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Partnership for Children and Youth Nov 2023 Website $650,000 To support growing registered apprenticeship programs in expanded learning. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Statewide
San Francisco Foundation Nov 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup, through an initiative such as ReWork the Bay. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Anti-Recidivism Coalition Nov 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
SEMI Foundation Nov 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Resighini Rancheria Nov 2023 $500,000 To build the capacity of the Tribal Marine Stewards Network to advance a Tribally-led marine stewardship model in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Southern California Grantmakers Nov 2023 Website $250,000 To design and conduct research for a benefits access and equity pilot in Los Angeles, through an entity such as the Center for Strategic Partnerships. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro