La Cooperativa – 2021 May 12, 2021 To support efforts to increase quality job training programs for farmworkers.
Monterey Bay Economic Partnership – 2021 May 1, 2021 To complete an inclusive economic development plan for Salinas and a deeper dive on local economic data – with a COVID-19 lens – to illuminate inequities in the region.
PowerSwitch Action – 2021 March 19, 2021 To expand engagement of low-income workers in regions throughout California, while strengthening collaboration and the work of member organizations to improve workplace standards and access to quality jobs.
Small Business Majority Foundation – 2021 February 10, 2021 To support California’s small business owners, particularly business owners of color and other entrepreneurs impacted by historic and systemic discrimination, in accessing capital and business support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Action Council of Monterey County, Inc. – 2020 December 15, 2020 To support low-income, undocumented, and formerly incarcerated residents and families that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with direct cash assistance in the Salinas Valley.
UFW Foundation – 2020 December 15, 2020 To provide direct cash assistance to Salinas farmworkers impacted by COVID-19, and to implement digital communications strategies to assess the needs of Salinas farmworkers.
Ventures – 2020 December 9, 2020 To support the planning and launch of the Futuro Cooperative, a worker-owned business structure in the Salinas Valley.
Visión y Compromiso – 2020 October 14, 2020 To support the pilot of the Expanding Pathways to Employment for Promotores project that aims to formalize and strengthen a workforce development model for Promotores and community health workers in California.
Digital Nest – 2020 October 9, 2020 For capacity-building support, as a recipient of the 2020 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.
Social Good Fund – 2020 October 3, 2020 To coordinate and strengthen local and regional rapid response networks and legal services for California immigrants, through an entity such as the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice.