Tides Center Aug 2023 Website $300,000 To support the Women of Color LeadStrong Fellowship to build the leadership capacity of women of color, aged 17 and up, in the social sector in California, through an entity such as LeaderSpring. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Statewide
Youth Action Project Aug 2023 Website $990,000 For organizational capacity-building and to support the Gateways to Opportunity Collaborative of the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Cooperacion Santa Ana Aug 2023 Website $75,000 To support the organizational capacity and infrastructure needed to implement a California Community Economic Resilience Fund (CERF) award. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 12 months Region Served: Orange County
Central Valley IAF Aug 2023 $300,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Maintenance Cooperation Trust Fund Aug 2023 $370,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers in the janitorial industry through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Valley - Sacramento Metro, Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, San Diego and Imperial
The Good Rural Aug 2023 Website $100,000 To advance career pathways in technology, venture capital, and asset management, through an entity such as Blended Impact. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, Riverside & San Bernardino
Bright Research Group Aug 2023 Website $75,000 To support a developmental evaluation of Irvine's Better Careers initiative. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 5 months Region Served: Statewide
Tides Center Aug 2023 Website $10,000 To support the Listen4Good program and build organizational capacity to systematically listen and center client voices in decision-making, through an entity such as Fund for Shared Insight. Focus Area: Impact Assessment & Learning Term: 12 months Region Served: Statewide
Coro Southern California, Inc. Aug 2023 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Next Street Financial, LLC Aug 2023 Website $5,650 To support the launch of focus groups and a steering committee for a landscape study of California's small business sector in relation to the state's low-wage workers. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Coro Northern California, Inc. Aug 2023 Website $25,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 12 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Los Angeles Metro
TODEC Legal Center Aug 2023 Website $650,000 To support the El Centavito Aprende y Emprende Program, an entrepreneurship program enabling the achievement of economic self-sufficiency for immigrant communities in the Inland Empire. Focus Area: Better Careers Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
Garment Worker Center Aug 2023 Website $200,000 To support strategic enforcement of labor protections for low-wage workers in the garment industry through the California Strategic Enforcement Partnership. Focus Area: Fair Work Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro
Friends of the Public Bank East Bay Aug 2023 Website $300,000 To support the launch of a community-governed public bank in Northern California's East Bay region. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region
Freedman Consulting, LLC Aug 2023 Website $500,000 To support the What Works Plus (WW+) collaborative to promote equitable distribution and implementation of federal infrastructure, climate, and economic development funding. Focus Area: Additional Grantmaking Term: 10 months Region Served: Statewide
Blended Impact Aug 2023 Website $500,000 To advance alternative investments and asset management opportunities in the Inland Empire and other high need communities. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 36 months Region Served: Riverside & San Bernardino
California Forward July 2023 Website $75,000 To support an executive search for a new Chief Executive Officer. Focus Area: Research and Development Term: 6 months Region Served: Statewide
Radio Bilingue, Inc. July 2023 Website $550,000 To produce an economic advancement radio series for Latino essential workers. Focus Area: Priority Communities Term: 24 months Region Served: Bay Area Region, Central Coast Region, Central Valley - San Joaquin Valley, North Coast and State, Riverside & San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial, Statewide
The So'oh-Shináli Sister Project July 2023 Website $500,000 For general operating support. Focus Area: Just Prosperity Term: 24 months Region Served: Los Angeles Metro, Orange County, Riverside & San Bernardino
Capital Public Radio Inc. July 2023 Website $200,000 To support a new approach to engage with and expand access to essential, high-quality, in-language news and civic information to South Sacramento communities traditionally ignored by media. Focus Area: Media Term: 24 months Region Served: Central Valley - Sacramento Metro