Charitable Ventures of Orange County, Inc. Dec 2023 Website $2,000,000 To support the Economic Justice Grant Initiative for Orange County. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 15 months Region Served: Orange County
Capitol Impact Consulting, LLC Dec 2023 Website $2,250,000 For the grant funds associated with the 2024 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards. Focus Area: Leadership Awards Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
University of Southern California Dec 2023 Website $1,500,000 To empower historically marginalized communities by providing actionable research and narrative that supports community-driven coalition efforts targeting economic, racial, and social inequities in California. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Humboldt Area Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,500,000 To support the Redwood Region Climate and Community Resilience Hub (CORE Hub) to ensure that the benefits of public infrastructure and climate funds accrue to Tribal and other underserved populations in CA. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Amalgamated Foundation Dec 2023 $2,000,000 To support the creation of the Long-Term Resilience Fund to build the organizational and financial resilience of smaller BIPOC-led and serving nonprofit organizations in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 36 months Region Served: Statewide
Community Partners Dec 2023 Website $1,200,000 To support the Long Beach Undocumented Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Project, through an entity such as ÓRALE. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Neighborhood Funders Group Dec 2023 Website $2,000,000 To implement a participatory regranting process to support coalition-building efforts between labor and community organizations in the Imperial Valley region in California, through an entity such as the Labor Innovations for the 21st Century (LIFT) Fund. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: San Diego and Imperial
Linked Learning Alliance Dec 2023 Website $40,000 To support a strategic planning process for the Linked Learning Alliance. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Dec 2023 Website $250,000 To support the Commission on Reimagining Our Economy exhibition. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Just Futures Impact Inc Dec 2023 $330,000 To scale a values-driven retirement plan to address the racial wealth gap and build the collective power of California workers to exercise shareholder power. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Liberty Hill Foundation Dec 2023 Website $10,000 To support grantee participation in a housing justice site visit. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 6 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
American Journalism Project Dec 2023 Website $135,000 To support the incubation of the Los Angeles Local News Initiative. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Small Business Majority Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To facilitate the development of an investable, community-generated action plan to strengthen Fresno’s small business ecosystem and improve business development for historically disadvantaged entrepreneurs. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 9 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Pukúu Cultural Community Services Dec 2023 Website $50,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Public Policy Institute of California Dec 2023 Website $215,000 To conduct an annual statewide survey on Californians and their economic well-being. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
East Bay Community Foundation Dec 2023 Website $300,000 To support the East Bay Community Foundation to update its business model and strategic plan to advance a generative economy in California's East Bay region. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Golden State Opportunity Foundation Dec 2023 Website $400,000 To expand the impact of the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) program and strengthen Golden State Opportunity's (GSO) partner network. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - Northern Valley, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles Metro, North Coast and State, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Sierra
Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice Dec 2023 Website $350,000 To increase ICIJ's impact in economic justice spaces in the Inland Empire, centering low-income immigrant worker priorities in economic planning decisions and promoting good job creation strategies for immigrant entrepreneurs. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council Dec 2023 Website $150,000 To support learning related to land stewardship and potential models to increase related employment opportunities for Tribal citizens. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 24 months Region Served: North Coast and State
University Corporation At Monterey Bay Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To assess and share findings on the impact of the Joby Aviation Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program in fostering an inclusive economic mobility model, through an entity such as Monterey Bay DART Initiative. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Central Coast Region