About
The California Census 2020 Statewide Funders’ Initiative was established in 2017 in order to achieve two overarching goals:
- To ensure that hard-to-count populations in California are accurately counted
- To build a stronger movement infrastructure across the state that can improve opportunities and conditions for Californians who have been politically, economically, and socially marginalized
Strategies
Statewide
- Ensure that specific hard-to-count populations and geographies are reached
- Invest in resources that can be utilized across the state, including talking points, communications tools, and multilingual community information
- Support strategies with a high return on investment, such as identifying hidden or low-visibility housing that will increase the census count in under-resourced areas
- Coordinate with state government to identify funding needs and gaps, devise complementary and coordinated funding strategies, and inform the allocation of state funding
- Develop a single statewide evaluation plan
- Align grantmaking with movement-building goals, including bringing civic engagement funders to the table and engaging movement leaders in census mobilization efforts
- Support regional planning and capacity building and develop related grantmaking strategies
How We Connect
- Quarterly meetings support relationship building, deeper dialogue on major issues, and expanded collaboration
- Subgroups offer participants opportunities to dive deep on specific issues, exercise their leadership, and forge partnerships on shared concerns
- A listserv brings regular updates and information about issues and events related to the census in California and beyond
census Updates and Resources
GCIR is compiling national and California-focused resources for philanthropy on the 2020 Census. We will be regularly posting news and resources to this page as the enumeration effort proceeds in the weeks ahead.
Visit the resource page for the latest updates.
Leadership
Steering Committee
Christian Arana, Co-Chair
Policy director
Latino Community Foundation
Tara Westman, Co-Chair
Program Manager
The California Endowment
Lisa Cleri Reale
Consultant
Lisa Cleri Reale & Associates
Leslie Dorosin
Co-Executive Director
Grove Foundation
Stephania Ramirez
Director, Strategic Initiatives
California Community Foundation
Advocacy Partners
Statewide Funders’ Advocacy Table, organized by Philanthropy California
Cecilia Chen
Public Policy Director
Northern California Grantmakers
Karla Mercado
Senior Manager, Public Policy and Philanthropy California
Southern California Grantmakers
Megan Thomas
Vice President of Collaboration & Special Initiatives
San Diego Grantmakers
Staff
sheila Chung hagen
chung hagen consulting
GCir consultant
[email protected]
Membership
Membership is open to professionals affiliated with grantmaking organizations, including philanthropic consultants and advisors, from throughout California. For more information, contact Caleb Beaudoin.
