Southern CA
Case Studies

Learn from some of the organizations and foundations experimenting with implementation of the standards to improve working conditions for community organizers in the region.

How the California Black Power Network Introduced New Compensation Practices—and What It Will Take to Sustain Them

How Viet Rainbow of Orange County Raised Their Wage Floor by Indexing It to Housing Costs

How the Inland Empire Black Worker Center Began with No Cost Changes to Improve Organizer Recruitment and Retention

How the McCune Foundation Grew their Commitment to Community Organizing Amidst Challenges

How ORALE Built an Org-Wide Commitment to Staff Sustainability

How the Weingart Foundation is Experimenting with Multi-Year Grantmaking that Addresses Cost of Living

“If we keep our grantees at the same level of funding year after year, we're actually giving them less.”

— Claudia Armann, Executive Director of the McCune Foundation