Social transformation only happens through deep collaboration. We thank our valued community partners, research collaborators, and funders for their collective support, which makes our work possible and ensures public benefit.
Community Partnerships & Research Collaborators
Community Economic Mobilization Initiative (CEMI) Partners:
- 4th Second
- AAPI Equity Alliance
- Action Council of Monterey County, Inc.
- Alianza Coachella Valley
- California Association for Microenterprise Opportunity (CAMEO)
- California Calls for Education Fund (Million Voter Project)
- California Heritage: Indigenous Research Project
- Catalyst California
- Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund
- Central Valley Community Foundation
- Chaffey College Foundation
- Chinese Progressive Association
- City Heights Community Development Corporation
- Comite Civico Del Valle, Inc. (Imperial Valley Equity and Justice Coalition)
- Community Alliance with Family Farmers
- Community Development Technologies (CD Tech)
- Community for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CIELO)
- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) California, Greater Los Angeles Area
- Dolores Huerta Foundation
- East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
- Flintridge Center
- Foundation for California Community Colleges (LAUNCH)
- Friendship House Association of American Indians
- Hope Builders
- Inland Empire Black Worker Center (COPE)
- Inland Empire Community Foundation
- Inland Empire Labor Institute
- Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Service
- La Familia Counseling Center, Inc.
- Los Angeles Black Worker Center (LABWC)
- Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, Black United Fund, Inc.
- Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
- Neighborhood Industries
- Nevada-Sierra Connecting Point Public Authority
- North Bay Jobs with Justice
- Organizacion en California de Lideres Campesinas, Inc.
- Oroville Southside Community Improvement Association
- Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California
- Roots Community Health Center
- San Joaquin Community Foundation
- Siskiyou Economic Development Council
- Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc.
- Stanislaus Equity Partners
- The Anti-Recidivism Coalition
- The Regents of the University of California (UC Berkeley Labor Center)
- The Regents of the University of California, Merced
- Two Feathers Native American Family Services
- United Way California Capital Region
- Utility Reform Network
- Vision y Compromiso
- West Fresno Family Resource Center
- Working Partnerships USA
- USC Equity Research Initiative (ERI)
Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative (SIEDI) Partners:
- Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA)
- Building Healthy Communities
- Center for Community Advocacy
- Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indígena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO)
- Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action (COPA)
- Community Foundation of Monterey County
- Digital Nest
- First 5 Monterey County
- Hartnell College
- Hijos Del Sol
- Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
- Monterey Bay Economic Partnership
- Monterey County Black Caucus
- Mujeres en Acción
- New Hope Baptist Church
- Loaves, Fishes and Computers
- Rancho Cielo
- Santa Cruz Community Ventures (SCCV)
Campus + Community Partners:
- Playworks
- United Way of Santa Cruz County
- University of California Community Engagement Network (UCCEN)
- Urban Research-Based Action Network (URBAN)
Center for Labor and Community Partners:
- Cabrillo College
- Catchlight Consulting
- Center for Community Advocacy
- Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
- Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County
- Community Bridges
- Housing Santa Cruz County
- Institute for Political Economy, Race and Power at the New School
- Monterey Bay Central Labor Council
- SEIU Local 521
- University Council-AFT
- SMW Local 104
- UAW 4811
Conectados Project Partners:
- Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
- California Rural Indian Health Board
- Comunidades Indígenas en liderazgo (CIELO)
- Conchita Servicios de la Comunidad
- Indian Health Service
- Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA)
- Senderos
UCSC California Climate Action Grant Partners:
Farmworker Community Health Vulnerabilities and Responses Amid Climate Change
- Center for Community Advocacy (CCA)
- Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County (CAB)
- Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley (CHT)
- The Latino Equity Advocacy & Policy Institute (LEAP)
- Mujeres en Accion
- Santa Cruz Community Ventures (SCCV)
- Salud Para La Gente (SALUD)
Improving Water System Resilience: Advising on New Pajaro Levee System
- Department of Water Resources (DWR)
- Pajaro Regional Flood Management Agency (PRFMA)
- Resource Conservation District, Santa Cruz County (RCD)
- US Army Corps of Engineers/Engineering with Nature (ACE/EWN)
Our Funders
Foundations & Private Donors
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chavez Family Foundation, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Doris Duke Foundation, Ford Foundation, Henry Luce Foundation, Institute for New Economic Thinking, The James Irvine Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, New Energy Nexus, New Venture Fund (Public Interest Technology-University Network), Open Society Foundations, ReWork the Bay, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Romero Institute, San Francisco Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Spencer Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation.
Government Funders
CA Air Resource Board (CARB), National Science Foundation, Salton Sea Management Program, San Francisco Local Agency Formation Commission, UC Office of the President Climate Action Initiative, UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives, UC Santa Cruz Foundation, University of California Worker Rights Policy Initiative (WRPI).
Individual donors
We would like to send a special thanks to our anonymous donors, who have invested so much time and effort to help us develop transformational programming. Your support has removed financial barriers to help UC Santa Cruz students blossom into our next generation of leaders and allowed us to pursue crucial engagement opportunities with communities throughout the region.
University Partners
