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Our Grantee Partners

Empowering Change Through Collaboration

Our Grantee Partners are at the heart of our mission. We believe in the power of collective action and collaboration to drive meaningful change. Together, we are creating lasting, positive transformations in communities, environments, and lives.

  • Inclusive Leadership

Black Youth Leadership Project

Black Youth Leadership Project (BYLP) develops and implements educational programs for Black youth in areas of leadership development, youth empowerment, academic success, emotional intelligence, media development, cultural awareness and identity.
Sacramento
  • Community-Powered Local Journalism, Inclusive Leadership

Breakbox Thought Collective

Breakbox Thought Collective aims to foster a holistic, arts-integrated approach to healing the community they serve. They provide a space for culturally responsive events, economic opportunities, and programs which create lasting impact in the Central Valley through cross-sector collaboration.
Fresno
  • Inclusive Leadership

California Center for Civic Participation

The California Center for Civic Participation is a non-profit civic education organization, engaging high school students by sparking their interest with exposure to real excitement of the democratic process.
Sacramento
  • Multilingual Education

California Education Partners

California Education Partners (Ed Partners) helps school districts tap into the insight and expertise of professionals working in schools and systems to surface solutions to set up students to thrive.
Regional/State
  • Community-Powered Local Journalism

California Scholastic Journalism Initiative

California Scholastic Journalism Initiative is training Sacramento County high school students to become education reporters for their schools and districts to help compensate for the current shortage of professional education reporters and subsequent lack of coverage of schools and education in the region.
Sacramento
  • Multilingual Education

Californians Together

Californians Together leverages the recognized expertise of members to promote the use of students’ linguistic skills as a positive asset contributing to their success. They advise state and national policy makers and mobilizes communities to protect and promote access to quality education for the state’s English Learners.
Regional/State
  • Community-Powered Local Journalism

Center for Public Integrity

Public Integrity seeks to counter the corrosive effects of inequality by holding powerful interests accountable and equipping the public with knowledge to drive change. They are an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigating systems and circumstances that contribute to inequality in the country.
National
  • Community-Powered Local Journalism

Center for Public Integrity

Public Integrity seeks to counter the corrosive effects of inequality by holding powerful interests accountable and equipping the public with knowledge to drive change. They are an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigating systems and circumstances that contribute to inequality in the country.
National
  • JBMF

Central Valley Community Foundation

The Central Valley Community Foundation works with donors and nonprofits to advance effective philanthropy and build stronger communities. CVCF provides giving options for individuals, families, businesses and other foundations to invest in programs that address social and environmental needs.
Fresno
  • Community-Powered Local Journalism

Central Valley Journalism Collaborative

The Central Valley Journalism Collaborative (CVJC) is a nonprofit infrastructure dedicated to keeping public service journalism thriving in California’s Central Valley, despite the collapse of the traditional media industry over the last 15 years, and the outright demise of independent, local news in many communities.
Merced
  • Inclusive Leadership

Central Valley Latino Leadership Academy

Central Valley Latino Leadership Academy builds the capacity of the next generation of Latino PProfe.ssionals
Fresno
  • Inclusive Leadership

Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño

The Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño works to achieve the well-being, equality and self-determination of the indigenous communities.
Fresno

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