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James Irvine Foundation Grants: How to Win Funding

The James Irvine Foundation is one of the nation's largest and most influential workforce and economic mobility funders, deploying roughly $160 million annually exclusively focused on California.

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James Irvine Foundation: the California workforce pathway and economic mobility framing

The James Irvine Foundation funds workforce development and economic mobility for low-income Californians. Frame your proposal as building career pathways that move low-income workers into family-sustaining jobs.

The James Irvine Foundation funds work that expands economic and political opportunity for low-income Californians. Their workforce funding focuses on career pathways — helping low-income workers move into family-sustaining jobs through education, training, and employer partnerships. The career pathway framing: Irvine funds work that builds career pathways — sequences of education, training, and work experience that lead to family-sustaining employment. If your proposal is 'we will provide job training,' it…

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