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The James Irvine Foundation

Annual Giving
$158.7M
Grant Range
$400K - $8.0M

The James Irvine Foundation

Quick Stats

  • Annual Giving: $158.7 million (2024)
  • Success Rate: Not publicly available (invitation-only model)
  • Decision Time: Varies by initiative; proactive grantmaking model
  • Grant Range: $400,000 - $8 million (most grants: $1 million - $3 million)
  • Geographic Focus: California exclusively

Contact Details

Website: www.irvine.org Phone: (415) 777-2244 Address: One Bush Street, Suite 800, San Francisco, CA 94104 EIN: 94-1607986 Grant Database: https://www.irvine.org/our-grants/search-grants-awarded/ For Grant Inquiries: Share ideas via contact page at www.irvine.org/contact/share-your-ideas/

Overview

Founded in 1937 by James Harvey Irvine Sr., The James Irvine Foundation is one of California's largest private foundations with assets of approximately $3.3 billion as of 2024. The foundation distributes approximately $158.7 million annually to organizations throughout California, having provided more than $2.8 billion in grants since its founding. Under the leadership of President and CEO Don Howard, who joined in 2012, the foundation operates with a singular, focused mission: ensuring all low-income workers in California have the power to advance economically. The foundation employs about 80 staff across offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 2016, Irvine fundamentally restructured its grantmaking strategy, moving away from traditional program areas to an initiative-based model with specific outcome goals, timelines, and budgets. The foundation spends 5.5% of its endowment annually and is designed to operate in perpetuity. Governed by a board that includes Chair Tim Rios (through 2025) and incoming Chair Maria Anguiano (starting 2026), along with diverse leaders from across California, the foundation has made substantial multi-year commitments totaling over $700 million to its current initiatives through 2031. The foundation distinguishes itself through its commitment to multi-year general operating support, trust-based grantmaking relationships, and deep investment in California's priority communities of Fresno, Salinas, Riverside, San Bernardino, Stockton, and Merced.

Funding Priorities

Grant Programs

Better Careers Initiative

  • Focus: Connecting Californians to good jobs with family-sustaining wages and advancement opportunities
  • Public Workforce Capacity Fund: Up to $5 million total; individual grants $400,000 - $500,000 over two years
  • Three-year grant of $5 million awarded to build capacity of California's public workforce development agencies
  • Example: Canal Alliance received $2 million for general operating support over 36 months
  • Supports workforce development, job training, career pathways, and public workforce system strengthening

Fair Work Initiative ($186.5 million commitment through 2030)

  • Launched in 2018 with major expansion in 2023
  • Focus: Advancing fairness, dignity, and respect for California workers; ensuring greater opportunity for low-wage workers
  • Grant amounts typically $2-4 million over three years
  • Recent grants: Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus ($2 million, three years); National Domestic Workers Alliance ($4.1 million, three years)
  • Supports labor organizing, worker rights advocacy, policy reform, and enforcement of labor standards

Just Prosperity Initiative ($107 million commitment through 2025)

  • Unveiled in March 2022 with initial $107 million four-year budget
  • Focus: Strengthening organizations, coalitions, and networks supporting low-income workers; building public will for pro-worker policies; creating new models advancing racial equity and economic opportunity
  • Budgeted $28.5 million for 2024
  • Three goals: strengthen organizational capacity, build public support for worker-friendly policies, create equity-driven economic models
  • Grant amounts typically $2 million for two-year general operating support
  • Recent grants: California Calls Education Fund ($2 million); Public Policy Institute of California ($2 million); AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund ($2.05 million, two years); California Native Vote Project ($2.05 million, two years)

Priority Communities Initiative ($220 million commitment through 2031)

  • Launched in 2020, expanded in December 2024
  • Geographic focus: Fresno, Salinas, Riverside, San Bernardino, Stockton, and Merced (added 2024)
  • Invested approximately $125 million since 2020, leveraging $1.2 billion in additional opportunities
  • Focus: Building inclusive and resilient local economies; increasing worker influence and power; advancing equity-driven economic development; strengthening BIPOC-led organizations
  • Grant amounts vary widely: $2 million to $8 million over two to three years
  • Recent grants: Movement Innovation Collaborative ($8 million, three years); SoCal OASIS ($1.6 million, three years for Inland Empire entrepreneurship)
  • Supports community organizing, civic engagement, economic development, and coalition building in specific cities

Housing Affordability Portfolio (2022-2024 focus)

  • Supports affordable housing and housing justice organizations statewide
  • Recent major grant: San Francisco Foundation ($7.5 million, two years) to sustain and grow capacity of statewide affordable housing organizations
  • Focus on systemic solutions to housing crisis affecting low-income workers

Leadership Awards Program

  • Annual recognition of 4-7 California leaders addressing critical challenges
  • Each recipient receives $350,000 grant plus additional resources
  • Separate nomination process (not unsolicited proposals)
  • 2026 nominations: February 10 - March 14, 2025; recipients announced February 2026
  • Recognizes work in areas including education, criminal justice reform, youth justice, civic engagement, housing, tribal sovereignty

Priority Areas

Cross-Cutting Themes:

  • Economic mobility and opportunity for low-income workers
  • Worker power and labor rights
  • Racial equity and justice as core organizational values
  • Systems change and policy reform, not just direct services
  • Community organizing and coalition building
  • Civic engagement and democratic participation
  • Trust-based philanthropy with multi-year flexible funding
  • Support for BIPOC-led and grassroots organizations
  • Capacity building for nonprofit infrastructure

Target Population:

  • Low-income workers in California
  • Workers facing barriers to economic advancement
  • Marginalized communities including immigrants, communities of color, women, and rural populations
  • Residents of priority communities: Fresno, Salinas, Riverside, San Bernardino, Stockton, Merced

Strategic Approach:

  • Initiative-based grantmaking with specific outcomes, timelines, and budgets
  • Core grantees selected for multi-year partnerships
  • General operating support strongly preferred over project-specific grants
  • Exploration phase with community leaders before launching new initiatives
  • Long-term commitments (typically 7-10 years per initiative)

What They Don't Fund

Geographic Restrictions:

  • Organizations or projects outside California
  • The foundation exclusively funds California-based work

Government Funding Restrictions:

  • Projects receiving more than 50% of total funding from government resources (per original charter from 1937: funds "shall be used for such charities that do not enjoy substantial support through taxation")
  • Organizations receiving >50% of total organizational revenue from government must apply funds to projects not majority-funded by government

Organizational Types:

  • Individuals (except through Leadership Awards program)
  • Organizations outside California
  • Projects not aligned with current initiatives (Better Careers, Fair Work, Just Prosperity, Priority Communities, Housing Affordability)

Funding Types:

  • Unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry (foundation uses proactive, invitation-only approach)
  • Projects focused solely on direct services without systems change component
  • Activities attempting to influence legislation as prohibited by U.S. law for private foundations
  • Work outside the foundation's focus on economic mobility for low-income workers

Approach Misalignment:

  • Organizations not demonstrating commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Projects not addressing root causes or structural barriers
  • Work that doesn't prioritize low-income and marginalized populations
  • Short-term, one-time projects without sustainable impact

Leadership Awards Exclusions:

  • Most current and recent Irvine grantees
  • Leaders with conflicts of interest with Foundation's selection committee, staff, or board
  • Leaders anticipating concluding their role within one year of receiving award

Governance and Leadership

Executive Leadership

President and Chief Executive Officer: Don Howard (2012 - present)

  • Leads the foundation's singular focus on ensuring all low-income workers in California have the power to advance economically
  • Previously partner at The Bridgespan Group before joining Irvine in 2012 as second-in-command overseeing grantmaking
  • Became CEO following departure of Jim Canales
  • Vision statement: "The opportunity for folks to do better than their parents has significantly diminished over the years, and I think this is the chance to rebuild the economy and the middle class in a way that's racially inclusive."
  • On worker support: "We are all in on efforts to help scale up low wage workers for better jobs, to help ensure low wage workers get paid what they're due and get paid well enough to enter the middle class."
  • Focuses on preparing communities for economic opportunities: "Spending a lot of our time thinking about how to help communities prepare for those resources, making sure that low-income workers know about the careers in infrastructure and have the chance to prepare for those opportunities."

Board of Directors

Board Chair (through December 31, 2025): Tim Rios

  • Lives in Fresno; affiliated with Wells Fargo
  • Elected to three-year term starting January 1, 2023

Incoming Board Chair (starting January 1, 2026): Maria Anguiano

  • Will serve three-year term beginning January 1, 2026
  • Elected to board in January 2016
  • Currently affiliated with Arizona State University
  • Also serves as Regent of the University of California

Board Members (as of 2024-2025):

  • Brenna Butler Gutierrez (AG Spanos Companies)
  • Don Howard (The James Irvine Foundation, ex officio)
  • Eliseo Medina
  • Goodwin Liu (California Supreme Court Justice)
  • John Frank (Oak Tree Capital Management)
  • Kafi Blumenfield
  • Marc McMorris (Carrick Capital Partners)
  • Maria Anguiano (Arizona State University)
  • Michael Chui (McKinsey & Company)
  • Paulette Brown-Hinds (Black Voice News)
  • Sara Recktenwald
  • Sheri Dunn Berry (Wend Collective)
  • Teresa Matsui (Matsui Nursery, Inc.)
  • Tim Rios (Wells Fargo)

Leadership Philosophy

The foundation emphasizes:

  • Trust-based philanthropy treating grantees as partners, not subordinates
  • Multi-year general operating support as the default, not the exception
  • Partnership as a core value with nonprofits as experts who inform strategy
  • Flexibility and unrestricted funding allowing grantees to adapt and innovate
  • Long-term commitments to program areas and core grantees
  • Racial justice and equity as fundamental to all work
  • Community voice and leadership in identifying solutions
  • Systems change and addressing root causes rather than symptoms
  • Collaborative approach working with coalitions and networks

President Don Howard: "Partnership is a core value for Irvine, and nonprofits have long been partners via our grantmaking and as experts who inform our strategy."

The foundation acknowledges broader sector challenges: "Many funders still prefer short-term, project-based grants to multi-year general operating support, with the median foundation awarding only 32% of its total grant dollars this way in 2022." Irvine counters this trend by making multi-year general operating support its standard approach.

Application Process & Timeline

How to Apply

Primary Approach - Proactive/Invitation-Only (All General Grantmaking)

The James Irvine Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry for its general grantmaking initiatives. Instead, the foundation uses a strategic, proactive approach:

Foundation's Initiative-Based Process:

  1. Exploration Phase: When exploring a new initiative, foundation staff learn from community leaders and effective organizations to understand needs and potential approaches. These insights inform focus, target outcomes, and resource allocation.

  2. Core Grantee Selection: Each initiative makes multi-year, flexible investments in a select number of core grantees whose work collectively delivers the initiative's target outcomes. Grantees provide direct service, field strengthening, and advocacy.

  3. Strategic Identification: Program staff identify potential grantees through field research, convenings, expert recommendations, and deep knowledge of California's nonprofit landscape.

How to Connect with Irvine:

  • Share Your Ideas: Visit www.irvine.org/contact/share-your-ideas/ to introduce your organization and work to the foundation
  • Read About Their Approach: Thoroughly review the foundation's grantmaking model and current initiatives at www.irvine.org/our-approach/
  • Build Field Presence: Establish your organization as a leader in economic mobility, worker rights, or related fields in California
  • Participate in Convenings: Engage in forums, coalitions, and networks where Irvine staff and grantees are active
  • Demonstrate Alignment: Ensure your work clearly aligns with the foundation's focus on low-income workers and economic opportunity

What NOT to Do:

  • Do not submit unsolicited full proposals
  • Do not submit formal letters of inquiry (they are not accepted)
  • Do not expect to apply through an open RFP process (with rare exceptions like the Public Workforce Capacity Fund)

Leadership Awards Application Process (Separate from General Grantmaking)

For the 2026 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards:

  • Nomination Period: February 10, 2025 - March 14, 2025 at noon
  • Self-Nomination: Also accepted by March 14, 2025 deadline
  • Validator Deadline (for self-nominations): April 30, 2025
  • Detailed Submission Deadline: April 30, 2025
  • Announcement: Recipients announced February 2026
  • Award Amount: $350,000 grant per recipient plus additional resources

Decision Timeline

General Grantmaking:

  • Timeline varies significantly as grants are proactive and strategic
  • Administrative processing has been streamlined to approximately 18 days using Salesforce-based system (for paperwork, not full review)
  • Typical process from initial identification to grant award can take several months as foundation conducts due diligence, builds relationships, and collaborates on proposal development
  • Board approval occurs at regular board meetings throughout the year (typically quarterly)

Leadership Awards:

  • Nominations accepted: February 10 - March 14 (for 2026 awards)
  • Detailed submissions due: April 30
  • Selection Committee review: Spring through Fall
  • Site visits and research: Summer through Fall for 10-12 finalists
  • Final selection: Late Fall/Winter
  • Public announcement: February (following year)
  • Approximately 12-month process from nomination to announcement

Notification:

  • For proactive grants: Foundation staff contact organizations directly when exploring potential partnerships
  • For Leadership Awards: Nominees and finalists notified at each stage; all nominees informed of final decisions

Success Rates

General Grantmaking:

  • Success rates not publicly available due to invitation-only model
  • Foundation made 686 grants in 2023 totaling $174+ million
  • Average grant size approximately $250,000-$700,000 based on 2021 data (173 grants averaging $711,000)
  • Core grantees often receive multi-year renewals, suggesting high retention for established partnerships
  • Most grantees are invited by foundation, not applying cold

Leadership Awards:

  • Highly competitive: "hundreds of nominations" received annually
  • 4-7 recipients selected each year (varies by year: 7 in 2023-2025, 6 in 2024)
  • 10-12 finalists reach site visit stage
  • Rough success rate: approximately 1-2% of nominations result in awards

Volume of Funding:

  • 686 active grants in 2023
  • $158.7 million distributed in 2024
  • Foundation operates with approximately 80 staff across San Francisco and Los Angeles

Reapplication Policy

General Grantmaking: No formal reapplication policy since unsolicited applications are not accepted. However, key considerations:

  • Multi-Year Commitments: Foundation strongly prefers multi-year partnerships; most grants are 2-4 years
  • Renewal Potential: Core initiative grantees often receive grant renewals as long as initiative continues and performance is strong
  • Long-Term Relationships: Foundation has supported some organizations for decades; values sustained partnerships
  • Initiative Lifecycle: When initiatives conclude (typically 7-10 year commitments), grantees may transition off unless work aligns with new initiatives
  • Staying Connected: Organizations previously engaged with foundation may be reconsidered for new initiatives if work aligns

For Organizations Not Currently Funded:

  • Continue building track record and field leadership
  • Share updates via the foundation's "Share Your Ideas" contact page
  • Participate in coalitions and networks with Irvine grantees
  • Demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Stay informed about new initiative launches that might align with your work

Leadership Awards:

  • No explicit restriction on reapplication in future years if not selected
  • Self-nominators and validators can reapply in subsequent cycles
  • Current and recent Irvine grantees generally ineligible for Leadership Awards

Application Success Factors

Foundation's Guidance to Organizations

Alignment is Essential

"To get on the radar here, your work will need to closely align with Irvine's outlook on diversity, equity and inclusion, which it outlines clearly as part of its grantmaking strategy." Organizations must demonstrate this alignment in both their external work and internal operations.

Focus on Target Population

"Across all areas, Irvine prioritizes low-income and marginalized people." Your organization must clearly serve and center low-income workers in California. As Don Howard states, the foundation's goal is "ensuring all low-income workers in California have the power to advance economically."

Understand the Initiative Model

"Grantmaking focuses on initiatives, instead of separate program areas, with specific outcome goals, timeline, and budgets." Organizations must understand which initiative their work aligns with and how they contribute to that initiative's specific outcomes.

Think Systems Change, Not Just Services

President Don Howard emphasizes the foundation seeks to "rebuild the economy and the middle class in a way that's racially inclusive." This requires addressing root causes and structural barriers, not just providing direct services. The foundation funds organizations engaged in policy reform, advocacy, field building, and systems change.

Build Your Field Presence

Since the foundation identifies grantees proactively, organizations must establish themselves as leaders and innovators in their field. The foundation learns "from community leaders and effective organizations" during exploration phases.

Examples of Funded Projects

Better Careers Initiative:

  • Canal Alliance: $2 million general operating support over 36 months
  • Public workforce development agencies: $5 million over three years for capacity building
  • Public Workforce Capacity Fund: Multiple grants of $400,000-$500,000 over two years

Fair Work Initiative:

  • Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus: $2 million over three years
  • National Domestic Workers Alliance: $4.1 million over three years for labor protections and improved conditions for domestic and home care workers in California
  • Families and Workers Fund: $3 million over four years

Just Prosperity Initiative:

  • California Calls Education Fund: $2 million general operating support over two years
  • Public Policy Institute of California: $2 million general operating support over two years
  • AAPIs for Civic Empowerment Education Fund: $2.05 million over two years to increase civic engagement of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders living on low incomes
  • California Native Vote Project: $2.05 million over two years for power building, advocacy, and data research among Native communities

Priority Communities Initiative:

  • Movement Innovation Collaborative: $8 million over three years to support growth, long-term health, and collaboration among nonprofit leaders working with low-income communities in inland California
  • San Bernardino community-driven collaborative: $7 million over three years to improve economic conditions for low-income residents
  • Fresno small business providers: $2 million over two years for culturally competent technical assistance, coaching, and capital investments for entrepreneurs of color
  • SoCal OASIS: $1.6 million over three years to expand capacity to grow diverse entrepreneurial communities in Inland Empire

Housing Affordability:

  • San Francisco Foundation: $7.5 million over two years to sustain and grow capacity of statewide affordable housing and housing justice organizations

Leadership Awards 2024-2025:

  • Seven leaders each received $350,000 grants addressing teacher preparation, youth justice, college access, AAPI/LGBTQ+/immigrant health and safety, housing, criminal justice reform, tribal sovereignty

Key Success Factors

Organizational Characteristics:

  • California-based with deep state knowledge and networks
  • Strong track record and credibility in economic mobility, worker rights, or related fields
  • Commitment to racial equity embedded in mission, leadership, governance, and operations
  • Range from grassroots organizations to established policy institutes
  • BIPOC-led organizations increasingly prioritized (42% of some initiative funding)
  • Capacity to use flexible, unrestricted funding strategically
  • Collaborative approach and participation in coalitions

Strategic Alignment:

  • Clear focus on low-income workers and economic opportunity in California
  • Systems change orientation addressing root causes and structural barriers
  • Policy advocacy and field-building capacity, not just direct services
  • Contribution to one or more initiative's specific outcome goals
  • Geographic focus in priority communities (for Priority Communities Initiative)
  • Sustainable, long-term vision with measurable impact

Demonstrated Values:

  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion as core organizational values
  • Trust-based approach to partnerships and community engagement
  • Racial justice and equity in practice, not just rhetoric
  • Community voice and leadership in decision-making
  • Commitment to building worker power and influence
  • Collaborative rather than competitive orientation

Use Foundation Language:

  • "Low-income workers"
  • "Economic mobility" and "economic opportunity"
  • "Systems change" and "root causes"
  • "Worker power" and "fair work"
  • "Racial equity" and "racial justice"
  • "Trust-based philanthropy"
  • "General operating support"
  • "Multi-year partnerships"
  • "Field building"
  • "Community-driven"
  • "Inclusive economies"

Practical Steps:

  • Study the foundation's website thoroughly, especially initiative pages
  • Review the searchable grants database to understand funding patterns
  • Connect your work explicitly to current initiative goals and outcomes
  • Demonstrate how unrestricted support would strengthen your systemic impact
  • Show evidence of community trust and leadership
  • Highlight BIPOC leadership and governance
  • Emphasize policy wins, coalition building, and field-strengthening achievements
  • Be prepared for long-term partnership, not one-time project funding

Common Barriers to Success

  • Geographic misalignment (working outside California)
  • Focus on direct services without systems change component
  • Lack of clear connection to low-income workers and economic mobility
  • Insufficient organizational commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
  • Submitting unsolicited proposals when foundation doesn't accept them
  • Working in isolation rather than collaboration with coalitions
  • Projects receiving majority government funding (>50% restriction)
  • Insufficient track record or field credibility
  • Short-term project mentality rather than long-term systems change vision
  • Not centering low-income and marginalized communities in work
  • Weak alignment with specific initiative outcomes and strategies
  • Current or recent Irvine grantee status (for Leadership Awards only)

Key Takeaways for Grant Writers

  1. This is an invitation-only funder with proactive grantmaking: Unlike most foundations, Irvine does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of inquiry. Success requires building field presence, demonstrating leadership in economic mobility work, and potentially being discovered by foundation staff during their strategic research. Use the "Share Your Ideas" contact page to introduce your organization, but recognize that becoming a grantee typically requires being identified through the foundation's proactive research rather than a formal application process.

  2. Geographic and mission alignment are absolute requirements: Your organization must be California-based and focused on economic mobility for low-income workers. The foundation has a singular goal—ensuring all low-income workers in California have the power to advance economically—and every grant must advance this mission. If your work doesn't directly serve low-income California workers or address barriers to their economic advancement, you will not be funded.

  3. Initiative alignment is critical; study current initiatives deeply: With the initiative-based model, you must understand which specific initiative (Better Careers, Fair Work, Just Prosperity, Priority Communities, or Housing Affordability) your work aligns with and how you contribute to that initiative's specific outcome goals. Review each initiative's strategy and theory of change on the foundation's website. Multi-year commitments range from $107 million to $220 million per initiative, showing serious long-term focus.

  4. Systems change trumps direct services: President Don Howard emphasizes rebuilding "the economy and the middle class in a way that's racially inclusive." The foundation funds organizations addressing root causes through policy advocacy, field building, coalition strengthening, and structural reform. If you only provide direct services without a systems change component, you're not aligned. Demonstrate how your work creates lasting structural change beyond immediate beneficiaries.

  5. Multi-year general operating support is the default: This is transformational for funded organizations. Typical grants are $1-3 million over 2-4 years for unrestricted general operating support, not project-specific funding. Be prepared to articulate how flexible funding strengthens your organization's overall capacity, sustainability, and adaptive strategy. The foundation seeks long-term partners, not one-time project grantees. Some relationships span decades.

  6. Diversity, equity, and inclusion must be embedded, not superficial: The foundation explicitly requires alignment with its DEI outlook in both external work and internal operations. This means BIPOC leadership, equitable governance, racial justice in practice, and centering community voice. Recent data shows 42% of some initiative funding goes to BIPOC-led organizations. Surface-level DEI statements won't suffice; demonstrate lived commitment in leadership, board composition, staff demographics, and decision-making processes.

  7. Build field presence and collaborative relationships over time: Since you cannot apply cold, success requires establishing your organization as a recognized leader in California's economic mobility field. Participate in coalitions with Irvine grantees, attend relevant convenings, publish thought leadership, achieve policy wins, and demonstrate innovation. The foundation values collaboration over competition and often funds networks and coalitions. When exploring new initiatives, staff specifically seek out "community leaders and effective organizations" to learn from—position your organization to be one they discover. Be patient: the foundation makes 7-10 year commitments to initiatives and seeks lasting partnerships, not quick transactions.

References

  1. The James Irvine Foundation Official Website: https://www.irvine.org/ (Accessed November 2024)

  2. The James Irvine Foundation - About Us: https://www.irvine.org/about-us/ (Accessed November 2024)

  3. The James Irvine Foundation - Our Focus: https://www.irvine.org/our-focus/ (Accessed November 2024)

  4. The James Irvine Foundation - Our Approach: https://www.irvine.org/our-approach/ (Accessed November 2024)

  5. The James Irvine Foundation - Our Grants: https://www.irvine.org/our-grants/ (Accessed November 2024)

  6. The James Irvine Foundation - Grantseekers: https://www.irvine.org/our-grants/grantseekers/ (Accessed November 2024)

  7. The James Irvine Foundation - Search Grants Awarded: https://www.irvine.org/our-grants/search-grants-awarded/ (Accessed November 2024)

  8. The James Irvine Foundation - Share Your Ideas: https://www.irvine.org/contact/share-your-ideas/ (Accessed November 2024)

  9. The James Irvine Foundation - Better Careers: https://www.irvine.org/our-focus/better-careers/ (Accessed November 2024)

  10. The James Irvine Foundation - Fair Work: https://www.irvine.org/our-focus/fair-work/ (Accessed November 2024)

  11. The James Irvine Foundation - Just Prosperity: https://www.irvine.org/our-focus/just-prosperity/ (Accessed November 2024)

  12. The James Irvine Foundation - Priority Communities: https://www.irvine.org/our-focus/priority-communities/ (Accessed November 2024)

  13. The James Irvine Foundation - Housing Affordability: https://www.irvine.org/our-focus/housing-affordability/ (Accessed November 2024)

  14. The James Irvine Foundation - Our Initiative Model: https://www.irvine.org/our-approach/our-initiative-model/ (Accessed November 2024)

  15. The James Irvine Foundation - Staff: https://www.irvine.org/about-us/staff/ (Accessed November 2024)

  16. The James Irvine Foundation - Don Howard: https://www.irvine.org/person/don-howard/ (Accessed November 2024)

  17. The James Irvine Foundation - Board of Directors: https://www.irvine.org/person_type/board-of-directors/ (Accessed November 2024)

  18. The James Irvine Foundation - Leadership Awards Homepage: https://irvineawards.org/ (Accessed November 2024)

  19. The James Irvine Foundation - Leadership Awards FAQ: https://irvineawards.org/faq/ (Accessed November 2024)

  20. The James Irvine Foundation - Board Elects Maria Anguiano as Chair: https://www.irvine.org/insights/the-james-irvine-foundation-board-of-directors-elects-maria-anguiano-as-chair/ (Accessed November 2024)

  21. The James Irvine Foundation - Board Elects Tim Rios as Chair: https://www.irvine.org/insights/the-james-irvine-foundation-board-of-directors-elects-fresnos-tim-rios-as-chair/ (Accessed November 2024)

  22. The James Irvine Foundation - Announces Just Prosperity Initiative: https://www.irvine.org/insights/the-james-irvine-foundation-announces-35-million-in-grants-and-107-million-for-new-initiative-just-prosperity/ (Accessed November 2024)

  23. The James Irvine Foundation - Board Approves $186.5 Million for Fair Work: https://www.irvine.org/insights/the-james-irvine-foundation-board-of-directors-approves-186-5-million-to-expand-its-fair-work-initiative-over-the-next-seven-years/ (Accessed November 2024)

  24. The James Irvine Foundation - Board Approves $220 Million for Priority Communities: https://www.irvine.org/insights/the-james-irvine-foundation-board-of-directors-approves-220-million-for-its-priority-communities-initiative-over-the-next-seven-years-and-expands-the-initiative-into-a-sixth-community-2/ (Accessed November 2024)

  25. The James Irvine Foundation - Board Approves $46.9 Million in Grants (September 2024): https://www.irvine.org/insights/the-james-irvine-foundation-board-of-directors-approves-46-9-million-in-grants-on-september-19-2024/ (Accessed November 2024)

  26. The James Irvine Foundation - Meet the 2024 Leadership Award Recipients: https://www.irvine.org/insights/meet-the-2024-leadership-award-recipients/ (Accessed November 2024)

  27. The James Irvine Foundation - Meet the 2025 Leadership Award Recipients: https://www.irvine.org/insights/meet-the-2025-leadership-award-recipients/ (Accessed November 2024)

  28. The James Irvine Foundation - Priority Communities Updated Roadmap: https://www.irvine.org/insights/an-updated-roadmap-for-the-priority-communities-initiatives-next-seven-years/ (Accessed November 2024)

  29. The James Irvine Foundation - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: https://www.irvine.org/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/ (Accessed November 2024)

  30. The James Irvine Foundation - Public Workforce Capacity Fund RFP: https://www.irvine.org/public-workforce-capacity-fund-rfp/ (Accessed November 2024)

  31. Inside Philanthropy - James Irvine Foundation Profile: https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/find-a-grant/grants-i/james-irvine-foundation (Accessed November 2024)

  32. Inside Philanthropy - Eight Questions for Don Howard: https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2021-12-7-eight-questions-for-don-howard-president-and-ceo-of-the-james-irvine-foundation (Accessed November 2024)

  33. Inside Philanthropy - How Irvine Foundation Navigates Economic Mobility and Civic Engagement: https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2024-8-8-how-the-irvine-foundation-navigates-the-intersection-of-economic-mobility-and-civic-engagement (Accessed November 2024)

  34. Inside Philanthropy - Funder Spotlight on James Irvine Foundation: https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022-5-2-funder-spotlight-the-james-irvine-foundation (Accessed November 2024)

  35. Wikipedia - James Irvine Foundation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Irvine_Foundation (Accessed November 2024)

  36. Candid Foundation Directory - James Irvine Foundation Profile: https://fconline.foundationcenter.org/fdo-grantmaker-profile?key=IRVI001 (Accessed November 2024)

  37. ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer - James Irvine Foundation: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941236937 (Accessed November 2024)

  38. Philanthropy News Digest - James Irvine Foundation Appoints New President and CEO: https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/james-irvine-foundation-appoints-new-president-and-ceo (Accessed November 2024)

  39. Philanthropy News Digest - Irvine Foundation Awards $49.5 Million in Grants: https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/irvine-foundation-awards-49.5-million-in-grants (Accessed November 2024)

  40. San Francisco Foundation - Irvine Foundation Awards $7.5 Million Grant to SFF: https://sff.org/irvine-foundation-awards-7-5-million-grant-to-sff/ (Accessed November 2024)

  41. Canal Alliance - Announces $2M Award from James Irvine Foundation: https://www.canalalliance.org/blog/canal-alliance-announces-2m-award-from-the-james-irvine-foundation/ (Accessed November 2024)

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