Rockwood Leadership Institute
2010 Fellowships Announced
December 2009
A first-round Community Leadership Project grantee, the Rockwood Leadership Institute announced its 2010 Fellowships for California Leaders of Color. See a list of the 2010 Fellows here. Rockwood plans to invite nominations in early 2010 for the second year of the Fellowship program. Visit its website to learn more about the application process.
Urban Institute’s Study on Diversity Now Available
December 2009
The Urban Institute has released a study on the diversity of California’s nonprofit sector. This study was funded by the Packard, Irvine, and Hewlett foundations, along with The California Endowment. You can find both the Executive Summary and the full report on the Urban Institute’s website.
Map of Community Leadership Project Target Areas
December 2009
Click here to see a Google map of the counties served in the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast, and San Joaquin Valley, and the intermediaries working in each area.
View the Community Leadership Project's geographic reach in a larger map
The Community Leadership Project is
Reviewing Proposals for the Second Round
of Grants to Intermediaries
September 2009
With the deadline for submissions now passed, the three funders of the Community Leadership Project are reviewing proposals from a second round of organizations that have expressed an interest in distributing grants, or providing technical assistance or leadership programs to strengthen nonprofit groups that are led by or serve people of color and low-income communities. Target organizations work in the greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Coast, or the San Joaquin Valley. Please visit the Web site this winter for announcements of intermediary organizations selected for the second round.
An Update on the Community Leadership Project from the David and Lucile Packard, James Irvine, and William and Flora Hewlett Foundations
August 27, 2009
We announced in April an $8 million commitment over three years to launch the Community Leadership Project, an effort by the Packard, Irvine and Hewlett foundations to strengthen grassroots organizations that are led by or serve low-income people and communities of color in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast and San Joaquin Valley. In June, we announced a first round of funding totaling $5.7 million to nine intermediary organizations that will distribute grants, or provide technical assistance or leadership programs, to organizations serving the targeted communities. READ MORE »
Community Leadership Project Announces $5.7 Million in Grants for Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color ESPANOL »
June 11, 2009
The Community Leadership Project, a creation of three of the Bay Area's largest private foundations, announced today its first round of grants to intermediary organizations that will work to strengthen nonprofit organizations that are led by or serve people of color and low-income communities in California. This first of two rounds of grants distributes $5.7 million to nine intermediary organizations in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Coast, and the San Joaquin Valley. READ MORE »
Introducing the Community Leadership Project
April 9, 2009
Dear Friends,
As one of the most diverse states in the nation, California's future depends significantly on the success of the communities of color that together comprise a majority of its population. The current economic hardships make it even more urgent to strengthen the nonprofit organizations that serve these communities.
To that end, the Packard, Irvine, and Hewlett foundations plan to commit $8 million over the coming three years for a new project to strengthen grassroots organizations that are led by or serve people and communities of color. READ MORE »
