Grants Awarded in 2011

Organizationsort descending Purpose Amount State
Alliance to Develop Power Executive director transition $5,000 Massachusetts
Casa Latina City and statewide campaigns to prevent wage theft $40,000 Washington
Center for Community Change Developing new models to advance worker organizing and worker justice $30,000 District of Columbia
Center for Third World Organizing Leadership development for worker justice organizing in African American communities $25,000 California
Central Arizonans for a Sustainable Economy Quality of Jobs Campaign for Phoenix Workers $40,000 Arizona
Chicago Workers Collaborative City and statewide campaigns to prevent wage theft and misclassification of workers $35,000 Illinois
CLEAN Carwash Campaign (via Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance) Organizing car wash workers $35,000 California
Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice Organizing warehouse workers $35,000 California
Community Labor United Green Jobs campaign targeting low wage workers of color $25,000 Massachusetts
DC Jobs with Justice Day laborers organizing project $30,000 District of Columbia
Domestic Workers United (via La Fuente) Enacting and enforcing Domestic Workers Bill of Rights campaign $30,000 New York
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy Campaign for Clean and Safe Ports: supporting right of drivers to unionize $32,500 California
Excluded Worker Congress (via Jobs with Justice) Support for state and national organizing campaigns in support of worker organizing $30,000 New York
Excluded Workers Congress (via Jobs with Justice) Support for conference $3,000 New York
Florida Immigrant Coalition County and statewide campaigns to prevent wage theft $35,000 Florida
Fuerza Laboral Day laborers organizing project $35,000 Rhode Island
Interfaith Worker Justice Support for local, state and national campaigns to prevent wage theft $30,000 Illinois
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Local and statewide campaigns to prevent wage theft $35,000 Iowa
Make the Road New York City and statewide campaigns to prevent wage theft $30,000 New York
Mujeres Unidas y Activas Statewide campaign to enact a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights $40,000 California
National Employment Law Project Support for local, state and national campaigns to prevent wage theft $35,000 District of Columbia
Ole Education Fund Organizing child care workers and families $30,000 New Mexico
Organizing Neighborhood Equity Organizing African American workers to access jobs in construction industry $30,000 District of Columbia
Partnership for Working Families National coordination for Clean and Safe Ports Campaign $30,000 District of Columbia
Puget Sound Sage Clean and Safe Ports Campaign $32,500 Washington
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Support for organizing restaurant workers $35,000 New York
Sunflower Community Action Campaign for Clean and Safe Ports: supporting right of drivers to unionize $30,000 Kansas
The American Prospect Special edition focusing on Wal-Mart $5,000 District of Columbia
United Congregations of Metro-East Organizing African American workers to access jobs in construction industry $35,000 Illinois
Vermont Workers Center Organizing child care workers and families $30,000 Vermont
Voces de la Frontera Campaign to protect the Right to Collective Bargaining $30,000 Wisconsin
Warehouse Workers for justice (via UE Research and Education Fund) Organizing warehouse workers $40,000 Illinois
Workers Defense Project City and statewide campaigns to prevent wage theft $40,000 Texas

Total grants awarded in 2011: $1,003,000