Aspen Institute May 2024 Website $405,000 To support the Opportunity Youth Forum and its efforts inclusive economic development, workforce, and systems change strategies for young adults in Stockton. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Creative Restorative Opportunities and Program May 2024 Website $350,000 To support Ready 4 Life (R4L), a holistic reentry program equipping justice-involved people with skills for a tech-focused career. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
Chrysalis May 2024 Website $100,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Rubicon Programs May 2024 Website $600,000 To advance workforce opportunities to facilitate shifts in practices within public systems aimed at increasing service access for vulnerable job seekers. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Capital & Main May 2024 Website $500,000 To broaden media coverage on the economic challenges facing millions of Californians, with a focus on communities of color. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Time for Change Foundation May 2024 Website $1,000,000 To support workforce and small business programs Positive Futures and the Black and Brown Opportunity for Profit Business Academy, to increase employability and economic mobility for Black and Brown justice-impacted women in San Bernardino. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Aspen Institute May 2024 Website $300,000 To support the Aspen Business Roundtable on Organized Labor in its efforts to collaborate with business leaders in CA and other states, promote worker empowerment, and advance worker rights. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees May 2024 Website $150,000 To expand learning and coordination among funders to lift up the socioeconomic issues and perspectives impacting low-income immigrants and refugees in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Southern California Grantmakers May 2024 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights May 2024 Website $1,000,000 To support low-income immigrant workers and their families in California through policy advocacy, expanded member services, and strengthened organizational leadership. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
CalMatters May 2024 Website $50,000 To support in-depth coverage and informative events about California efforts related to reparations. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
PolicyLink Apr 2024 Website $500,000 To support reparations efforts in California, through an entity such as Liberation Ventures. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Silicon Valley Community Foundation Apr 2024 Website $75,000 To support the LEAD (Legal Education, Advocacy, and Defense) for Racial Justice Initiative, which aims to provide strategic resources for California-based organizations and funders following the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision on affirmative action. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Apr 2024 Website $60,000 To support professional development and strategic planning during an executive leadership transition. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 8 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
United Way of Greater Los Angeles Apr 2024 Website $30,000 To support communications capacity and training to strengthen the efforts of the Our Future Los Angeles coalition. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 17 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
One Fair Wage Apr 2024 Website $300,000 To advocate for policies that advance living wages, improve working conditions, amplify service workers' voices, and ensure workplace equity for women and people of color in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation Apr 2024 Website $300,000 To support a workforce development program focused on upskilling and career pathways for Black working-age adults within a culturally relevant social enterprise in Oakland, through an entity such as Oakstop. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Little Tokyo Service Center Community Development Corporation Apr 2024 Website $50,000 To support communications capacity and technical assistance for social housing implementation efforts, through an entity such as ACT-LA. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 18 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Social Good Fund Apr 2024 Website $110,000 To support the Just Transitions project, including a short film on Lithium Valley centering community narratives, though an entity such as Jacob Kornbluth Productions. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Jobs for the Future, Inc. Apr 2024 Website $50,000 To support inter-agency action planning to improve workforce outcomes of people with disabilities in California. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide