Statistics per Cycle
2025 Cycle 1 – We received 206 applications, and 50 were awarded for a total of $1,000,000.
2024 Cycle 2 – We received 147 applications, and 16 were awarded for a total of $330,000.
2024 Cycle 1 – We received 91 applications, and 22 were awarded for a total of $275,000.
2023 Cycle 2 – We received 58 applications, and 9 were awarded for a total of $131,100.
2023 Cycle 1 – We received 119 applications, and 22 were awarded for a total of $140,000.
Unsolicited Grant Recipients
Showing 1–12 of 212 items
| Organization | Amount | Description | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organization Alliance for California Traditional Arts | Amount $25,000 | Description ACTA is an arts service organization and direct programming provider. They focus on historically marginalized communities, addressing systemic inequities by supporting traditional artists—primarily BIPOC—who use cultural practices to foster equity, healing, and well-being. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Coleman Children and Youth Services | Amount $25,000 | Description Coleman is a member-led, multi-racial, intergenerational community organization building the leadership and power of Black and Brown children, youth, community college students, and families in San Francisco to advance racial and economic justice. Through grassroots organizing, budget and policy advocacy, and voter engagement, they are building a city of hope, justice, and opportunity where all children and families have access to high-quality education, living wage jobs, and affordable housing | Year 2025 |
| Organization Community Coalition For Substance Abuse Prevention & Treatment | Amount $25,000 | Description The core of CoCo’s work is community organizing, a strategy of promoting collective action, which has helped build strong relationships with community residents in South LA to become trusted messengers in the community. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Food is Free Solano dba Food is Free Bay Area | Amount $25,000 | Description Food is Free Bay Area is a grassroots organization dedicated to improving food security by distributing surplus food to those in need. Through partnerships with our local food bank, businesses, and community groups, we provide fresh produce and essential groceries to underserved communities. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Foundation for a College Education | Amount $25,000 | Description FCE’s mission is to increase the number of first-generation, low-income students of color from East Palo Alto and similar communities who graduate from a four-year college. Students will receive individualized college advising, tutoring, SAT prep, career exploration, college tours, soft skill enhancement and financial aid assistance. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Oakland Public Education Fund | Amount $25,000 | Description Oakland Goes Outdoors, an initiative of Oakland Unified School District offers accessible and equitable opportunities for Oakland youth to experience the health, social-emotional and academic benefits of spending quality time in nature. Through inclusive, culturally informed, skills-building outdoor learning trips facilitated by OUSD educators and partners during and beyond the school day, the program strengthens students’ connections with the natural world, their peers, and trusted adult leaders. | Year 2025 |
| Organization San Joaquin Valley Medical Scholarship Foundation | Amount $25,000 | Description The San Joaquin Valley Medical Scholarship Foundation awards $55,000 annually for four years ($220,000 total) to doctors in Primary Care Residency Programs who commit to serving underserved Central Valley communities for at least four years. Recipients must have formal medical tuition debt and serve a patient population with at least 30% Medicaid or uninsured individuals. This program addresses healthcare disparities by supporting physicians dedicated to improving access to care in the region. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Youth Law Center | Amount $25,000 | Description The Youth Law Center advocates to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems across the nation so every child and youth can thrive. One example of their advocacy is the Pathways to Higher Education project which leverages community colleges to give higher education opportunities to youth in juvenile justice facilities, and has created new career and life opportunities for the 30,000 youth referred to California probation departments annually. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Immigration Center for Women and Children | Amount $25,000 | Description The Immigration Center for Women and Children (ICWC) is a non-profit legal organization providing free and affordable immigration services to underrepresented immigrants in California and Nevada. ICWC strives to provide security and stability for children who are abused, abandoned or neglected and for immigrants who are survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and other violent crimes. | Year 2025 |
| Organization Black Alliance for Just Immigration | Amount $25,000 | Description Black communities, including Black migrants, bear the brunt of over-policing, harsh sentencing, and systemic anti-Blackness in the criminal justice and immigration systems. Alarmingly, while Black migrants represent only a fraction of the immigrant population, they account for 75% of deportations based on criminal convictions. This disproportionate targeting reflects a deep-seated intersection of racial injustice and punitive immigration enforcement. BAJI addresses these through legal advocacy; policy advocacy; civic engagement; community organizing; research and data development; and narrative-building | Year 2025 |
| Organization Black Surf Santa Cruz | Amount $15,000 | Description Black Surf Santa Cruz (BSSC) creates intentional, inclusive, and supportive environments for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) within ocean and outdoor recreation spaces. | Year 2025 |
| Organization California Black Womens Health Project | Amount $25,000 | Description California Black Women’s Health Project serves as the only statewide nonprofit solely dedicated to improving the health and wellness of Californias 1.2 million Black women and girls through education, outreach, policy, and advocacy. | Year 2025 |