$20,000 for One Step A La Vez, a youth committee in Fillmore and Piru working to expand the community's voice for social change to address transportation needs and monitor clean-up of a Superfund site. www.myonestep.org

$45,000 (Year 1) and $40,000 (Year 2) for general operating support with an emphasis on creating electoral voting power in low-income, minority neighborhoods and regional issue organizing toward the development of the Central Coast Organizing Network, a network of progressive allied community, labor, faith and environmental organizations.
www.coastalalliance.com

$20,000 for a Spanish-speaking organizer and a project director to organize residents of Santa Barbara's Eastside to advocate for pedestrian safety and better transit service.
www.coast-santabarbara.org

$20,000 for Cuyama Voices: A Rural Civic Forum on Family Advocacy and Access, to grow Cuyama Valley's culture of active civic engagement across ethnicity, socio-economic class and generations, and to support residents in taking the lead in defining and pursuing civic projects.

$30,000 (Year 1) and $25,000 (Year 2) for Padres Promotores Education Project which trains, organizes, and empowers Oxnard parents to address educational inequities in their children's schools and take leadership roles on school committees.
www.elcentrito.org

$30,000 for grassroots organizing and leadership training among working-class immigrants in Ventura County to promote immigration reform and social justice for immigrants.

$45,000 of second-year funding for general operating support for community organizing work among indigenous Oaxacan farm workers in Ventura County. www.mixteco.org

$10,000 for One Voice, One Power, One Community, a project to engage families, youth, and community groups in advocating for modifications to a pending gang injunction in the City of Santa Barbara.

$20,000 for operational and program support for community organizing work around social justice and environmental issues including land use planning, transportation, and affordable housing.
www.sbcan.org

$35,000 for the Family Leadership Development Process, a partnership with PUEBLO and Future Leaders of America to develop parent leaders involved with the THRIVE Santa Maria and THRIVE Guadalupe educational projects.
www.justcommunitiescc.org

$17,000 for Familias Unidas Buscando Esperanza, which organizes youth and parents to develop a comprehensive strategy to address youth violence in Santa Maria.

$40,000 of second-year funding for a coalition of faith organizations advocating for immigration reform, farm worker housing, access to health care, and economic justice.
www.vcclue.org

$25,000/yr. for two years for general operating support for the Social Justice Fund to conduct community outreach to engage residents as supporters, advocates, and leaders in the social justice movement. www.socialjusticefundvc.org

$7,500 for the Homeless Family Liaison program to develop the capacity of homeless parents at Ventura's Lincoln School to become involved in their school community and the broader community.

Cuyama Christian Academy