ACCE Institute Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs Dec 2023 Website $475,000 To implement a pledge with California public agencies to increase the share of procurement contracts that small disadvantaged businesses receive, through an entity such as the Equity in Infrastructure Project (EIP). Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 18 months Region Served: Statewide
Earthlodge Center for Transformation Dec 2023 Website $250,000 To support low-income workers with programming that addresses trauma and advances healing towards improved work lives and careers. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial
California Strategic Growth Council Dec 2023 $50,000 To support the Connecting Communities program, which aims to build the capacity of under-resourced community-based organizations to access federal funding for climate resilience infrastructure development. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Statewide
Zocalo Public Square Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To continue to explore and highlight the voices and experiences of low-income workers statewide by expanding the focus to Orange County through the journalism and event series, "What is a Good Job Now?". Focus Area: Media Term: 12 months Region Served: Orange County
California Calls Education Fund Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To support voter and civic engagement among low-wage workers in partnership with worker rights organizations. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 12 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
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2023 Website $500,000 To expand inclusive apprenticeship programs and workforce development through an equity framework for historically under-resourced low-income Inland Empire residents, through an entity such as LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To invest and build capacity for Black-led organizations focused on Black power building and economic mobility in the greater Monterey Bay region. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 18 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
University of California, Santa Cruz Dec 2023 Website $600,000 To deepen the Institute for Social Transformation’s work around inclusive economic development and racial equity in Salinas through capacity building and economic analysis. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Coast Region
Inland Empire Community Foundation Dec 2023 Website $1,000,000 To support the capacity and infrastructure of Inland Economic Growth and Opportunity (IEGO) and promote good quality job creation as part of the California Jobs First initiative. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 12 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Community Coalition Dec 2023 Website $300,000 To strengthen Community Coalition's organizational infrastructure to increase the leadership capacity of community residents dedicated to improving economic mobility for working families in South Los Angeles and communities across California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 4 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
National Immigration Forum Dec 2023 Website $200,000 To support English language learners in the workforce by providing industry-contextualized English language training in California. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Humboldt Area Foundation Dec 2023 Website $150,000 To support the Klamath River Restoration Fund, which aims to harness public funding to support Tribal- and local community-driven restoration and climate resiliency priorities in the Klamath River Basin. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 12 months Region Served: North Coast and State
True North Organizing Network Dec 2023 Website $215,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 9 months Region Served: North Coast and State
Novaworks Foundation Dec 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, Statewide
Foundation for California Community Colleges Dec 2023 Website $50,000 To support grantee participation in the Better Careers Evaluation and Learning Workgroup, through an entity such as LAUNCH Apprenticeship Network. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 20 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
University of California, Los Angeles Dec 2023 Website $300,000 To support UCLA Labor Center's evaluation of ORALE’s Undocumented Entrepreneurship and Microenterprise Project. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
El Sol Neighborhood Educational Center Dec 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: Riverside & San Bernardino, Statewide
Change Matrix Dec 2023 Website $75,000 To support capacity building for Expanding the Bench to increase knowledge and practice of culturally responsive and equitable evaluation in California. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
CivicMakers Dec 2023 Website $100,000 To support human-centered design in workforce development with the Workforce Transformation Corps Fellows to facilitate organizational and systemic or policy change within five California workforce development boards. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide