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2008 Core Grants
Action Communication & Education Reform Duck Hill, MS (25,000) Works to promote educational opportunity for poor and African American families in Montgomery County, MS. AISJ - Alabama ACORN Birmingham, AL (25,000) Takes action and wins victories on issues of concern to low- and moderate-income immigrant, working and minority families. AISJ - New Mexico ACORN Albuquerque, NM (30,000) Builds power for low-income people and mobilizes its membership to win institutional changes that improve the lives of low income communities. AISJ - Arizona ACORN Phoenix, AZ (25,000) Builds sustainable grassroots neighborhood chapters to lead campaigns that benefit low- and moderate-income families. AISJ - Mississippi ACORN Jackson, MS (25,000) Empowers low - and moderate-income people to address systemic social problems from the roots to the top. AISJ - Louisiana ACORN New Orleans, LA (40,000) Uses community organizing to provide a voice for low- and moderate- income families. Birmingham Area Interfaith Sponsoring Committee Birmingham, AL (25,000) Teaches and empowers people to use various resources to build strong, healthy and safe communities. Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA (35,000) Uses organizing, education and advocacy to advance the human and civil rights of immigrants in Los Angeles. Greater Birmingham Ministries Birmingham, AL (35,000) Carries out a faith-based response to poverty by meeting people's emergency needs while also pursuing social and economic justice for all people. Greater New Orleans Interfaith Sponsoring Committee New Orleans, LA (20,000) Makes democracy work by developing community leaders who realize their power to create change. Inland Congregations United for Change San Bernardino, CA (30,000) Works to overcome both cultural and economic barriers to civic participation. Interfaith Sponsoring Committee . BISCO Thibodaux, LA (30,000) Serves as a voice for low and moderate income people in Southern Louisiana. Jeremiah Group Harvey, LA (35,000) Seeks to achieve long-term social and economic change through leadership development, public action and political strategy. Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance Los Angeles, CA (30,000) Builds grassroots power among low-wage immigrant workers in order to transform workplaces and communities. Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Los Angeles, CA (35,000) Uses research, community organizing and advocacy to uplift job quality for workers in low wage industries in Los Angeles. Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance Jackson, MS (35,000) Maintains a membership-based alliance that works to guarantee the rights of immigrants and all workers in Mississippi. Northern Louisiana Interfaith Monroe, LA (50,000) Creates a civic infrastructure that gives families a voice in public decision making. People Organized for Westside Renewal Santa Monica, CA (25,000) Employs a community organizing strategy to effect positive change within low-income communities. Pima County Interfaith Council Tucson, AZ (35,000) Identifies and trains leadership, researches issues and unites community institutions for constructive action. San Antonio Communities Organized for Public Service San Antonio, TX (35,000) Trains leaders to be active participants in the democratic process by learning how to identify issues, build constituencies and take action to address community problems. Somos Un Pueblo Unido Santa Fe, NM (30,000) Works to build a community that institutes humane immigration policies and protects the rights of everyone. Southern California Education Fund Los Angeles, CA (160,000) Provides leadership development and education to its members to help them build relational power for sustainable social and economic change in Los Angeles. Valley Interfaith Weslaco, TX (40,000) Builds power for long-term social, economic and political change through organizing, leadership development and action. Valley Interfaith Project Phoenix, AZ (35,000) Teaches those without power how to organize for power and use it for the interest of their families and communities. West Texas Organizing Strategy Lubbock, TX (30,000) Trains its members to effectively address the pressures facing families using the democratic process. Working Interfaith Network Baton Rouge, LA (40,000) Empowers people of faith to achieve justice for the common good. ACORN Institute - Ohio ACORN Cleveland, OH (30,000) Organizes low and moderate income communities to take on issues that impact the quality of life. ACORN Institute - Texas ACORN Houston, TX (30,000) Uses grassroots community organizing to build the power necessary to protect housing rights, improve education and create safe, livable communities. Anchorage Faith & Action Anchorage, AK (35,000) Organizes and empowers residents to address quality of life issues in their neighborhoods. B.R.E.A.D. Columbus, OH (30,000) Brings together people of faith to build the power necessary to address local social justice issues. Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors Watsonville, CA (30,000) Builds the competence and confidence of ordinary people to engage effectively in politics and public life. Colorado Progressive Coalition Denver, CO (35,000) Builds progressive power to win victories for racial justice, civil rights, health care for all, economic opportunity. Community Labor United Boston, MA (25,000) Connects CBOs with labor to protect and promote the interests of low and moderate income families. Granite State Organizing Project Manchester, NH (35,000) Unites religious, labor and community groups for civic engagement. Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Dorchester, MA (40,000) Works to coalesce, train and organize across all religious and ethnic lines in Boston to achieve public good. Helping Empower Local People, Inc. Charlotte, NC (30,000) Develops local leadership and organizes power to act on behalf of justice and the common good. Justice Alliance Education Fund Tukwila, WA (40,000) Supports the charitable and educational activities of IAF affiliated organizations in the Northwest. Miami Workers Center Miami, FL (30,000) Builds collective strength and contributes to the progressive voice for social change. New Jersey Regional Coalition Collingswood, NJ (30,000) Supports grassroots groups that address local issues on a regional level. North Carolina Latino Coalition Durham, NC (25,000) Seeks to strengthen the leadership, voice and participation of immigrants in local, state and federal issues. Northwest Federation of Community Organizations Seattle, WA (40,000) Advances a progressive national agenda by executing regional and national campaigns for economic, racial and social equity. People Acting in Community Together San Jose, CA (30,000) Organizes to transform the institutions responsible for education, health, employment and safety. San Francisco Organizing Project San Francisco, CA (25,000) Builds relationships and develops leaders to work with elected officials who have the power to make change. Southeastern Wisconsin Common Ground Milwaukee, WI (25,000) Builds power for social change. Sunflower Community Action Wichita, KS (25,000) Teaches people to work together, articulate their issues, address decision makers and win change. Tenants & Workers United Alexandria, VA (35,000) Wins social and economic justice and power for low-income people of Northern Virginia. Virginia Organizing Project Charlottesville, VA (30,000) Challenges injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. VOICE Buffalo Buffalo, NY (20,000) Seeks to increase citizen participation by training and developing grassroots leaders. Willamette Valley Law Project Woodburn, OR (35,000) Seeks to achieve deep, broad and long lasting change by building and reinforcing a broad base. WISDOM Cudahy, WI (30,000) Identifies, promotes, equips and builds up neighborhood leaders.
2007 Core Grants
Action Communication & Education Reform Duck Hill, MS (30,000) Enhances the quality of life for people of color by planning, organizing and educating the community to take action to impact social change AISJ Alabama ACORN Birmingham, AL (25,000) Organizes low-moderate income people to address systemic social problems from the roots to the top AISJ Arizona ACORN Phoenix, AZ (25,000) Organizes low-moderate income people to address systemic social problems from the roots to the top AISJ Mississippi ACORN Jackson, MS (30,000) Organizes low-moderate income people to address systemic social problems from the roots to the top AISJ New Mexico ACORN Albuquerque, NM (30,000) Seeks to shift the balance of power in New Mexico by building a powerful statewide organization of low-income families Albuquerque Interfaith Albuquerque, NM (30,000) Builds a power organization that emphasizes leadership development and allow leaders to become involved in decisions that affect their lives. Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy Ventura, CA (30,000) Promotes economic and social justice for working people in the central coast region of California Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA (35,000) Advances the human and civil rights of immigrants and refugees in Los Angeles Greater Birmingham Ministries Birmingham, AL (40,000) Organizes for justice and peace, particularly for the oppressed throughout the Birmingham area Interfaith Sponsoring Committee, Inc- BISCO Thibodaux, LA (30,000) Builds a powerful interfaith organization that serves as a voice for low-moderate income persons in Southern Louisiana Interfaith Worker Justice . MPOWER Morton, MS (30,000) Promotes economic and social justice in the MS poultry producing region and workplaces Jeremiah Group Harvey, LA (45,000) Works to build a power base in which ordinary people have political and social power. La Union del Pueblo Entero San Juan, TX (30,000) Seeks to build respect for the progress that low-income Latinos have made in overcoming the barriers that separate them from the economic and social mainstream in our society Labor/Community Strategy Center Los Angeles, CA (30,000) Maintains a multiracial, mass membership organization of low-income people that take on issues affecting the quality of life in their communities Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy Los Angeles, CA (35,000) Organizes communities in Los Angeles to achieve a new economy that restores fair wages, benefits and job security Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance Jackson, MS (35,000) Works to supports immigrants in exercising their rights in MS through organizing, advocacy and public education Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights Greenville, MS (35,000) Fights worker mistreatment through community education, outreach and the organizing of indigenous worker leadership Northern Louisiana Area Interfaith Sponsoring Committee Monroe, LA (50,000) Creates a civic infrastructure that gives families who have not in the past been heard a voice in decision-making Pima County Interfaith Council Tucson, AZ (35,000) Builds relational power to impact the major issues affecting families, especially poor and minority families Pueblo Education Fund Santa Barbara, CA (30,000) Builds power to influence public policy and ensure that legislators prioritize the needs of working families. Sacred Alliances for Grassroots Equality Albuquerque, NM (25,000) Organizes to build power through action, education, leadership development and political participation Somos Un Pueblo Unido Santa Fe, NM (30,000) Works to build a community that does not discriminate based on national origin and that institutes humane immigration policies. Southwest Workers Union San Antonio, TX (25,000) Works to empower and organize its members to build multi-generational grassroots power to create systemic change. Valley Interfaith Weslaco, TX (40,000) Maintains a broad-based organization of churches and other groups that build power for sustainable social, economic and political change VIP Institute for Public Life Phoenix, AZ (35,000) Seeks to teach those without power how to organize for power and use it for the interest of their families and to make social change. West Texas Organizing Strategy Lubbock, TX (30,000) Provides leadership training to build power in West Texas so that families can address the issues that face them Working Interfaith Network Baton Rouge, LA (40,000) Builds strong congregation-based community organizations where members hold public officials accountable for services needed in the community. Front Range Economic Strategy Center Denver, CO (35,000) Works to build a long-term strategic partnership between Colorado lable unions and the region's progressive CBOs Greater Milwaukee Sponsors, Inc. Milwaukee, WI (25,000) Builds power to achieve significant social change in the Milwaukee region. Metropolitan Congregations United St Louis, MO (30,000) Builds strong, integrated communities in St. Louis utilizing the discipline of community organizing Willamette Valley Law Project Woodburn, OR (35,000) Seeks to change the power relations in the workplace by instituting a fair labor system based on collective bargaining Greater Boston Interfaith Organization Dorchester, MA (40,000) Brings together 55 institutions from throughout Boston to gain power for social and economic change Enlace Portland, OR (35,000) Provides organizing support and technical assistance to strengthen low-wage worker organizations so that they can conduct long-term campaigns and build the social justice movement Logan Square Neighborhood Association Chicago, IL (25,000) Unites institutions and residents to build and protect the quality of life in the Logan Square neighborhood. Organize Ohio Cleveland, OH (25,000) Advances community organizing as a strategy for progressive change in Ohio Virginia Organizing Project Charlottesville, NC (30,000) Challenges injustices by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Des Moines, IA (40,000) Empowers and unites grassroots people to take control of their communities. Colorado Progressive Coalition Denver, CO (35,000) Builds progressive power to win victories for racial justice and civil rights, health care for all and economic opportunity. Voice Buffalo, Inc. Buffalo, NY (20,000) Builds the capacity of moderate- and low-income people to improve the quality of their lives People Acting in Community Together San Jose, CA (30,000) Promotes democratic participation by organizing people from all walks of life to tackle pervasive social problems Justice Alliance Education Fund Tukwila, WA (40,000) Conducts training and provides technical support to IAF affiliates in the Northwest. North Carolina Latino Coalition Durham, NC (25,000) Seeks to strengthen the leadership, voice and participation of immigrants in local, statewide and federal issues Northwest Federation of Community Organizations Seattle, WA (40,000) Advances a progressive national agenda by executing regional and national campaigns for economic, racial and social equity Community Labor United Boston, MA (25,000) Moves strategic campaigns by combining the joint power of community based organization and labor unions. Helping Empower Local People Charlotte, NC (30,000) Brings together, trains and organizes the communities of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to work together for the public good. Central Coast Interfaith Sponsors, Inc. Watsonville, CA (30,000) Builds the competence and confidence of ordinary people to engage effectively in politics and public life Save Our Cumberland Mountains Lake City, TN (25,000) Works for environmental, economic and social justice in Tennessee through grassroots community organizing B.R.E.A.D. Columbus, OH (30,000) Brings together people of faith to build the power necessary to address local issues of justice and fairness AISJ - Texas ACORN Houston, TX (30,000) Uses grassroots organizing, leadership development and training to foster civic engagement and build power among low- and moderate-income communities. Citizen Action of Wisconsin Fund Inc Milwaukee,WI (30,000) Organizes people to make Wisconsin a better place to live and work. AISJ - NJ ACORN Newark, NJ (40,000) Organizes community members to advocate for and bring about transformation in their communities. CASA of Maryland Takoma Park, MD (25,000) Works with the community to improve the quality of life and fight for equal treatment of low-income Latinos and their families. People Acting for Community Together Miami, FL (30,000) Unites, organizes and trains leaders from diverse groups to build a powerful community voice. AISJ - Ohio ACORN Cleveland, OH (30,000) Empowers low and moderate income families to come together to fight economic injustice. Faith Action for Community Equity Honolulu, HI (25,000) Challenges and changes political and social systems that perpetuate poverty and injustice in Hawaii New York Taxi Workers Alliance New York, NY (25,000) Seeks to improve the lives of taxi drivers through organizing and advocacy