Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation July 2022 Website $730,000 To strengthen backbone infrastructure for the Regions Rise Together Collaborative and update the RRT Salinas Investment Blueprint. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Public Policy Institute of California July 2022 Website $400,200 To conduct a statewide survey on Californians and their economic well-being. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Sacramento Region Community Foundation July 2022 Website $160,000 To support an economic mobility reporter who will cover public policy issues and also surface solutions related to low-wage workers in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Valley Public Radio July 2022 Website $360,000 To raise public understanding of economic and workforce issues in the Fresno area and surrounding San Joaquin Valley through quality journalism. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
San Francisco Foundation July 2022 Website $200,000 To build internal capacity to engage, support, and convene affordable housing advocates across California. Focus Area: Housing Affordability Term: 9 months Region Served: Statewide
Entertainment Industry Foundation July 2022 Website $510,000 To support the expansion of the Entertainment Industry Foundation Careers Program. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Equitable Food Initiative June 2022 Website $300,000 To support a network focused on training and credentialing of agricultural workers in California. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Statewide
Goodwill Industries of San Francisco, San Mateo & Marin Counties June 2022 Website $10,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 6 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
National Skills Coalition June 2022 Website $500,000 To support collaboration among community stakeholders and state leaders to increase equitable access and outcomes in the California public workforce development system. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Jobs With Justice Education Fund June 2022 Website $50,000 To support research and wildfire preparedness on behalf of farmworkers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
KQED, Inc. June 2022 Website $400,000 To support The California Report’s statewide coverage of issues facing low-income Californians. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
University Corporation At Monterey Bay June 2022 Website $1,500,000 To catalyze local efforts to create new pathways to quality jobs and economic mobility in Monterey County, through an entity such as the Monterey Bay Drone, Automation, and Robotics Technology (DART) Initiative. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 15 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Mujeres Unidas y Activas June 2022 Website $1,450,000 To strengthen the leadership, voice, and economic mobility of domestic care workers, through an entity such as the California Domestic Workers Coalition. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Freedman Consulting, LLC June 2022 Website $750,000 To support the What Works Plus (WW+) collaborative to promote equitable distribution and implementation of infrastructure funding. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Tides Center June 2022 Website $15,000,000 To provide organizational development assistance and financial support to worker rights organizations in California, through an entity such as The LeadersTrust. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 27 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Rockwood Leadership Institute June 2022 Website $1,000,000 To increase the capacity and resiliency of social justice leaders through trauma-informed coaching, through an entity such as Coaching for Healing, Justice, and Liberation Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
New Energy Nexus June 2022 Website $1,500,000 To build a public-private-community-tribal partnership in the Salton Sea region. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy June 2022 Website $1,450,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Warehouse Worker Resource Center June 2022 Website $1,500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 36 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Jobs for the Future, Inc. June 2022 Website $1,750,000 To support Workforce Transformation Corps, catalyzing a community-centered approach to workforce development. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide