2012 Public Policy and Civic Engagement Grantees
14 Grants Totaling $535,000
Goal: To support policy advocacy, community organizing, and systems change efforts designed to achieve social justice and promote progressive social change.
| Organization | Purpose | Amount | Grantee Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance for Justice | To train and educate nonprofit organizations working to reform California’s tax and budget structure on the laws that impact their public policy and advocacy efforts. | $50,000 | Washington |
| Bay Area Organizing Committee | To educate, engage and organize voters in Marin County on the long-term benefits of tax and budget reforms. | $10,000 | San Francisco |
| California Calls | To develop a bottom-up state alliance of organizations representing key issue sectors and “tipping point” geographic regions of California, with agreement on a strategic state public policy agenda. | $70,000 | Los Angeles |
| California Partnership | To build the capacity of low income communities and communities of color and build the infrastructure of its member groups to fight for budget and fiscal reform that will protect safety net programs and strengthen communities. | $50,000 | Los Angeles |
| Contra Costa Interfaith Supporting Community | To build a strong civic engagement and public education campaign to strengthen community knowledge of organization the revenue measures on the November 2012 ballot. | $10,000 | Antioch |
| Mobilize the Immigrant Vote California Collaborative | To support the Take Back the American Dream values campaign to shifts the hearts and minds of communities in the Bay Area and across the state to leverage their vote and voice for tax and fiscal reform. |
$50,000 | Oakland |
| Oakland Community Organizations | To implement a voter engagement strategy to educate and mobilize new voters from member institutions for the November 2012 election. | $10,000 | Oakland |
| Oakland Rising | To support work on statewide tax and fiscal policy reform and to strengthen civic engagement programs for low-income, immigrant and voters of color in Oakland. | $55,000 | Oakland |
| Peninsula Interfaith Action | To implement a civic engagement program to educate faith communities about the state budget crisis and possible solutions, including a state revenue initiative. | $10,000 | San Carlos |
| PICO California | To support efforts to engage Bay Area grassroots leaders and clergy in organizing around statewide tax and fiscal reform. | $50,000 | Sacramento |
| Public Policy Institute of California | To inform a public conversation among Californians about the role of government in responding to the state’s future challenges through the mechanism of public polling. | $25,000 | San Francisco |
| Public Works | To rebuild support for a government dedicated to public purposes with adequate resources to address public priorities and strengthen community well-being, through work with California community groups, policy organizations, leaders, and advocates. | $100,000 | Austin |
| San Francisco Organizing Project | To develop and implement comprehensive nonpartisan voter identification, education, and mobilization strategies through congregations in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. | $10,000 | San Francisco |
| San Francisco Rising | To educate, engage, and mobilize low-income communities of color to have a voice and take leadership in dialogue and planning related to local and state-level budget and tax reform issues. | $35,000 | San Francisco |