James Irvine Foundation Grantmaking (Better Careers, Fair Work, Just Prosperity)
A California funder whose entire goal statement is a California where all low-income workers have the power to advance economically. Its initiatives are Better Careers, connecting Californians to jobs with family-sustaining wages, and Fair Work, advancing fairness, dignity, and respect for California workers, alongside Just Prosperity and place-based Priority Communities grantmaking.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No grant range is published on the grantseekers page. Both numeric fields left null.
- Timing
- By invitationNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No deadlines are published because the foundation states it is not accepting unsolicited inquiries at this time. The page advises monitoring for changes to application status.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Grantmaking is California-focused and, per the grantseekers page, the foundation is not accepting unsolicited inquiries for its initiatives or current grantmaking. Funding is by invitation through initiative partnerships. A researcher cannot apply cold; the route is to be named as an evaluation or learning partner in a California worker organization's or workforce intermediary's invited proposal.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- low-wage workers · job quality · worker rights enforcement · career pathways · california
- Apply at
- https://www.irvine.org/our-grants/grantseekers/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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