2026 Grants and Partners
Reflects Giving from January – April 2026
Bet Tzedek: Bet Tzedek is a nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services, outreach and education for individuals and families across Los Angeles County as well as policy advocacy and litigation focused on structural changes at the regional and state level. TBF provided Bet Tzedek with general operating support to continue its work as an anchor institution in L.A.
CalMatters: CalMatters is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization focused on California, providing accountability reporting on state policy and government. TBF supports the CalMatters 2026 Voter Guide and Event Series, a nonpartisan, multimedia voter education initiative designed to help Southern Californians navigate a complex ballot. In 2024, CalMatters voter guides reached one in five California voters. In 2026, the initiative expands in-person programming across Southern California and deepens partnerships with local media, nonprofits and other local civic organizations to broaden distribution and community engagement.
CareerWise: CareerWise is a national leader in developing youth apprenticeship programs tailored to employer needs. Through advocacy, apprenticeships and industry-led partnerships, CareerWise brings together public and private stakeholders to create new pathways to modern careers, including access to higher education. With TBF’s support, CareerWise will expand into L.A., replicating ecosystem-building initiatives previously conducted with the New York Jobs CEO Council, in partnership with New York City Public Schools and the City University of New York. Under TBF’s grant, CareerWise will collaborate with the L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and educational stakeholders, including the Los Angeles Community College District and LAUSD to pilot a scalable, coordinated youth healthcare strategy and marketplace that provides clear entry points, real-world experience, structured advancement opportunities and degree attainment pathways for students aligned with family-sustaining healthcare careers.
Catalyst California: Catalyst California drives systemic change across public institutions through community partnerships, data-driven research, and policy development, in order to expand economic mobility and access to resources. TBF’s general operating support strengthens Catalyst California’s capacity to do this work and recognizes their role as an anchor institution in L.A.
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA): CHIRLA advances immigrant rights through community organizing, legal services, civic engagement and public policy advocacy. TBF’s grant supports the L.A. anchor institution’s education and outreach efforts to build knowledge, expand participation and strengthen the voices of Angelenos in their communities.
College of the Canyons Advanced Technology Center: College of the Canyons’ Advanced Technology Center (ATC) is a flagship workforce initiative designed to prepare students for high‑demand, high‑wage careers in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, welding, robotics and related technical fields across the Santa Clarita Valley and Greater Los Angeles region. Serving high school students, community college learners and adult workers, ATC combines credit‑bearing coursework, industry‑aligned certifications and hands-on training shaped by employer input. With TBF support, College of the Canyons will strengthen the pipeline into ATC during its interim phase by investing in faculty‑led curriculum development, career coaches and counselors embedded in local high schools, and outreach to increase enrollment and awareness ahead of the permanent campus opening in 2028.
EdVoice Institute for Research and Education: EdVoice Institute works to enact state-level policy changes and ensure they are effectively implemented to reshape public education in California so that low-income students have access to opportunity. TBF’s support will enable EdVoice to pursue a new policy priority: redesigning high school with a goal of increasing the number of low-income students graduating ready for post-secondary success. EdVoice will identify and pursue policy solutions starting in 2027.
H-CAP Education Association: H-CAP Education Association brings together a network of 17 labor-management training partnerships, which are structured collaborations between healthcare employers and unions, to strengthen workforce skills, improve performance and address workplace challenges. With support from TBF, H-CAP is expanding healthcare apprenticeship pathways across Los Angeles County by increasing employer buy-in and readiness, expanding apprenticeship availability and streamlining the state level apprenticeship registration process.
HealthImpact: HealthImpact advances healthcare through workforce strategy, stakeholder convening and policy advocacy. With TBF support, HealthImpact will expand adoption of the Foundation for California Community Colleges’ (FoundationCCC) Centralized Clinical Placement System across L.A. County, improving how nursing students are matched to required clinical placements. In partnership with the FoundationCCC, the Hospital Association of Southern California, the Los Angeles Academic-Practice Consortium and others, HealthImpact will provide outreach, education and support to increase system adoption.
InnerCity Struggle: InnerCity Struggle advances opportunity across the Eastside of Los Angeles through community organizing, civic engagement, leadership development and resident training programs that empower communities to advocate for equitable policies, strengthen neighborhood leadership and prevent housing displacement. TBF provided general operating support to help sustain InnerCity Struggle’s 32-year track record as a multi-issue advocacy organization and an anchor institution in L.A.
LAist: LAist is an audience‑funded nonprofit newsroom that strengthens civic and cultural connections across Southern California by delivering high‑quality, trusted news and information across multiple platforms. TBF funding supports LAist’s 2026 Voter Game Plan, a comprehensive civic engagement initiative designed to help Southern California residents participate confidently in the 2026 elections through timely, nonpartisan candidate and ballot measure information. Building on their 2024 voter guide, which reached approximately two million residents (25% of registered voters in the region), the 2026 initiative expands beyond marquee City and County of Los Angeles races. New efforts also include an inaugural election guide for Long Beach and deeper local coverage in Orange County, with the goal of broadening coverage of city‑level races similar to LAist’s local reporting in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate League: The Los Angeles Metropolitan Debate League (LAMDL) provides free, competitive policy debate programs to students in L.A. public high schools, strengthening academic achievement and civic engagement. TBF is supporting LAMDL to expand and revitalize high school debate programs in underserved schools while building a stronger middle-to-high-school pipeline in partnership with the National Speech and Debate Association. Over three years, the initiative will add new high school campuses, reengage dormant programs and align feeder pathways from 30 new middle school teams, ensuring sustained participation across grades 6-12. By investing in coaching, tournament access and shared data systems, LAMDL is positioning debate as a scalable literacy and civic engagement strategy that builds students’ analytical thinking, communication and collaboration skills.
Lost Angels: Lost Angels Career Center prepares opportunity youth – young people who are not in school or working – ages 18–24 for high‑wage careers in aerospace, advanced manufacturing and skilled trades through paid, employer‑driven training. Serving young people who face barriers such as poverty, justice involvement and housing instability, the organization has achieved strong completion and job placement outcomes at its Antelope Valley site. With TBF support, Lost Angels Career Center will expand to a new site adjacent to Downtown L.A., supporting the acquisition of training equipment, instructional staff, participant wages and wraparound services.
National Speech and Debate Association: National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) expands access to competitive speech and debate programs that strengthen literacy, critical thinking and civil discourse. With TBF support, NSDA will launch 30 new middle school programs across L.A. over three years, building grades 6-12 pathways in partnership with the L.A. Metropolitan Debate League. The initiative focuses on underserved schools, equipping educators with curriculum, coach training and data systems to support high-quality implementation. By embedding debate as a form of purposeful literacy – where students read complex texts, write arguments and engage in structured dialogue – NSDA aims to improve academic outcomes and civic engagement skills through ongoing participation.
Opportunity@Work: Opportunity@Work’s (O@W ) mission is to rewire the labor market so that working adults with a high school diploma who do not have a bachelor’s degree can work, learn and earn to their full potential. An estimated 2.6 million of these adults – which O@W has dubbed STARs (Skilled Through Alternative Routes), reside in Los Angeles. With TBF support, O@W will generate data-driven insights for L.A. STARs and employers, launch a locally focused narrative and advertising campaign, drive awareness and action to redesign hiring practices, and build partnerships and capacity building to expand employer adoption.
Public Counsel: Public Counsel advances civil rights for underrepresented communities through litigation, advocacy and free legal services. TBF provided general operating support to help sustain Public Counsel’s work protecting the rights of vulnerable communities and their role as an anchor institution in Los Angeles.
Rebuild Local News: Rebuild Local News (RLN) develops coalitions to advance public policies that strengthen community news and information. TBF’s general support enables RLN to continue researching, developing and advocating for policies that promote the sustainability of community journalism through public investment.
Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management: For nearly 50 years, the Southern California Center for Nonprofit Management (CNM) has served as a strategic advisor, advocate and catalyst for the social impact sector across Southern California. TBF provided CNM with general operating support to continue their work strengthening the social impact sector, and as an anchor institution in L.A.