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GRANT LIST 2010
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"94% of Americans believe full-time workers should earn enough to keep their families out of poverty"

-MS. FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN, NATIONWIDE VOTER SURVEY, 2002

 
  Unemployed workers rally. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Unemployment Project.
  Lorraine Hays, a member of Philadelphia Unemployment Project and Hotel Employees Local 274, leads a rally of unemployed workers in Washington D.C. post-September 11. Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Unemployment Project.

All Grantees are Public Charities

Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice
Mr. Baldemar Velasquez
1221 Broadway
Toledo, OH 43609
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Tobacco Harvesters Campaign.

Casa Latina
Ms. Hilary Stern
317 17th Ave. South
Seattle, WA 98144
$20,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Workers Defense Committee.

Chicago Workers Collaborative
Mr. Leone Jose Bicchieri
77 West Washington Street, Suite 1402
Chicago, IL 60602
$20,000 for general operating support.

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
Rev. Alexia Salvatierra
1345 S. Burlington Ave., Suite 206
Los Angeles, CA 90035
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Warehouse Workers United Campaign.

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
Ms. Angelica Salas
2533 W. Third Street, Suite 101
Los Angeles, CA 90057
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Immigrant Worker Rights and Economic Justice Project.

Community Labor United
Ms. Lisa Clauson
8 Beacon Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02108
$20,000 for general operating support.

East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Ms. Nikki Bas
1814 Franklin Street, #325
Oakland, CA 94612
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Clean and Safe Ports Campaign.

Florida Immigrant Coalition
Ms. Maria Rodriguez
8325 NE 2nd Avenue, #206
Miami, FL 33138
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: South Florida Wage Theft Task Force.

Fuerza Laboral
Mr. Gregory Pehrson
P.O. Box 202
Central Falls, RI 02863
$20,000 for general operating support.

Interfaith Worker Justice
Ms. Kim Bobo
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: National Wage Theft Campaign.

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Mr. Hugh Espey
2001 Forest Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
$15,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Dignity for All Workers Project.

Jobs with Justice Education Fund
Ms. Sarita Gupta
1325 Massachusetts Ave., NW Ste. 200
Washington, DC 20005
$25,000 for general operating support.

Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance
Mr. Danny Park
3465 West 8th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90005
$25,000 for general operating support of the CLEAN Carwash Campaign.

La Fuente
Ms. Amy Sugimori
101 Avenue of the Americas, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10013
$25,000 for general operating support of Domestic Workers United.

Make the Road New York
Mr. Andrew Friedman
301 Grove Street
Brooklyn, NY 11237
$20,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Workplace Justice Project.

National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Mr. Pablo Alvarado
675 S Park View Avenue, Suite B
Los Angeles, CA 90057
$25,000 for general operating support.

National Employment Law Project
Ms. Christine Owens
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 601
New York, NY 10038
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Just Pay Project.

National Immigration Law Center
Ms. Marielena Hincapie
3435 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2850
Los Angeles, CA 90010
$20,000 for general operating support of New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice.

National People’s Action
Mr. George Goehl
810 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 60642
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Worker Justice Project.

Partnership for Working Families
Ms. Leslie Moody
2525 W. Alameda Avenue
Denver, CO 80219
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Clean and Safe Ports Campaign.

Puget Sound Sage
Mr. David West
1032 S. Jackson Street, Suite 203
Seattle, WA 98104
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Clean and Safe Ports Campaign.

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
Ms. Saru Jayaraman
350 Seventh Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10001
$25,000 for general operating support.

Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation
Mr. David Hatch
5001 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
$25,000 for general operating support.

Sunflower Community Action
Mr. Jason Selmon
2201 East 13th Street N
Wichita, KS 67214
$20,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Independent Worker Organizing Project.

Voces de la Frontera
Ms. Christine Neumann Ortiz
1027 S. 5th Street
Milwaukee, WI 53204
$20,000 for general operating support.

Workers Defense Project
Ms. Emily Timm
P.O. Box 6423
Austin, TX 78762
$25,000 for general operating support.


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