Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening (seated center) signs Baltimore's living wage bill into law as Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD) members look on. Photo courtesy of BUILD.

All Grantees are Public Charities (Operating project or affiliate of grantee appears in parentheses)

2009 Grant List:

Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice
Mr. Baldemar Velasquez
1221 Broadway
Toledo, OH 43609
$20,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Tobacco Harvesters Campaign.

Center for Community Change
Mr. Deepak Bhargava
1536 U St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
$25,000 for general operating support.

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.

Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence
Ms. Haeyoung Yoon
2473 Valentine Avenue
Bronx, NY 10458
$25,000 for general operating support for Domestic Workers United.

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: Wage Theft Task Force.

Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Ms. Carmen Rhodes
140 Sheridan Blvd.
Denver, CO 80226
$25,000 for general operating support.

Interfaith Worker Justice
Ms. Kim Bobo
1020 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue
Chicago, IL 60660-4627
$25,000 for general operating support.

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement
Mr. Hugh Espey
2001 Forest Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50311
$20,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Dignity for All Workers.

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
$20,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Clean Carwash Campaign.

Maine People’s Resource Center
Mr. Jesse Graham
565 Congress Street, #200
Portland, ME 04101
$25,000 for general operating support.

National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Mr. Pablo Alvarado
675 S Park View Avenue, Suite B
Los Angeles, CA 90057
$20,000 for general operating support.

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

National Training and Information Center
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 Alameda Avenue
Denver, CO 80219
$30,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Clean and Safe Ports Campaign.

Partnership for Working Families
Ms. Leslie Moody
2525 Alameda Avenue
Denver, CO 80219
$25,000 for support of the Coalition for Healthy Ports Campaign of Garden State Alliance for a New Economy.

Portland Jobs with Justice
Ms. Margaret Butler
6025 E Burnside
Portland, OR 97215
$15,000 for general operating support.

Restaurant Opportunities Center
Ms. Saru Jayaraman
275 Seventh Avenue, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
$25,000 for support of the grantee’s project: Restaurant Opportunities Centers United.

Tides Foundation
Mr. Drummond Pike
The Presidio
P.O. Box 29198
San Francisco, CA 94129
$40,000 for general operating support of organizations in Arkansas and Pennsylvania that engage in public education on issues relating to the rights of workers to organize.

United Workers Association
Mr. Todd Cherkis
P.O. Box 41547
Baltimore, MD 21203
$25,000 for general operating support.

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. Cristina Tzintzun
P.O. Box 6423
Austin, TX 78762
$25,000 for general operating support.

2008 Grant List:

Alliance to Develop Power
Springfield, MA
413-739-7233
www.a-dp.org
$20,000 for general operating support with a focus on immigrant worker organizing

American Rights at Work Education Fund
Washington, DC
202-822-2127
www.americanrightsatwork.org
$25,000 for general operating support

Campaign for Migrant Worker Justice
Toledo, OH
419-243-3456
www.cmwj.org
$15,000 for support of the Worker Center project, Dudley, NC

Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
202-339-9300
www.communitychange.org
$25,000 for support of the Poultry Worker Justice Project

$15,000 for its project to provide financial services to the unbanked through building the capacity of worker centers with technical assistance and training.

$5,000 for support of the Fair Immigration Reform Movement Summit

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90057
213-353-1333
www.chirla.org
$25,000 for support of the Low-Wage Immigrant Worker and Economic Justice Program

Community Labor United
Boston, MA
617-723-2639
www.massclu.org
$25,000 for general operating support

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
$10,000 for support of the State of Union organizing project

Durham CAN
Durham, NC
919-225-1673
www.durhamcan.org
$20,000 for support of the Living Wage Campaign

Faith Action for Community Equity
Honolulu, HI
808-522-1302
www.facehawaii.org
$25,000 for general operating support, focusing on worker organizing

Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Denver, CO
303-477-6111
www.fresc.org
$20,000 for support of the Right to Organize Campaign

Gamaliel Foundation
Chicago, IL
312-357-2639
www.gamaliel.org or www.transportation.org
$25,000 for support of the Transportation Equity Network

Idaho Community Action Network
Boise, ID
208-385-9146
www.icanweb.net
$20,000 for support of the Health Care Justice Campaign

Jobs With Justice Education Fund
Washington, DC
202-393-1044
www.jwj.org
$20,000 for general operating support

Let Justice Roll
Chicago, IL
501-626-9220
www.letjusticeroll.org
$25,000 for support of the Living Wage Campaign

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Los Angeles, CA
213-977-9666
www.laane.org
$25,000 for support of the Hotel Workers Rising Campaign

Maine People's Resource Center
Portland, ME
207-797-9207
www.mainepeoplesalliance.org
$20,000 for support of the Low-Income Voices for Healthcare Equality project

Metro Organization for Racial & Economic Equity
Kansas City, MO
612-333-1260
www.more2.org
$20,000 for general operating support

Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength
Detroit, MI
313-962-5290
www.mosesmi.org
$25,000 for support of the Healthcare Outreach project

Mid-South Interfaith Network for Economic Justice
Memphis, TN
901-332-3570
www.midsouthinterfaith.org
$20,000 for general operating support

National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Los Angeles, CA
213-380-2784
www.ndlon.org
$25,000 for general operating support

National Immigration Law Center
Los Angeles, CA
213-639-3900
www.nilc.org
$20,000 for New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice project

National Training & Information Center
Chicago, IL
312-243-3035
www.ntic-us.org
$25,000 for support of the Worker Justice Project

9 to5 National Association of Working Women
Colorado Chapter
Denver, CO
www.9to5colorado.org
$25,000 for support of the Restoration of the Colorado Earned Income Tax Credit

Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Seattle, WA
206-568-5400
http://www.nwfco.org
$25,000 for support of the Health Rights Organizing Project

Organizing & Leadership Training Center
Boston, MA
617-822-1499
www.mcan-oltc.org
$20,000 for general operating support, with a focus on immigrant worker organizing

Partnership for Working Families
Denver, CO
213-977-9400
www.communitybenefits.org
$20,000 for general operating support

UE Research & Education Fund
Pittsburgh, PA
412-471-8919
www.ueinternational.org
$20,000 for support of the North Carolina International Worker Justice Project

Valley Interfaith
Weslaco, TX
956-968-3900
$20,000 for support of the Health Care Organizing Campaign

Voces de la Frontera
Milwaukee, WI
414-643-1620
www.vocesdelafrontera.net
$20,000 for support of the Social Security No-Match Campaign

2007 Grant List:

American Institute for Social Justice/Living Wage Resource Center
New York, NY
202-547-2500
www.acorn.org
$25,000 to support ACORN's Living Wage Resource Center to provide technical assistance to living and minimum wage campaigns and campaigns for state earned income tax credits and paid sick days.

American Institute for Social Justice/ACORN Southern Region
Miami, FL
727-692-7215
www.acorn.org
$25,000 to support ACORN's coordinated organizing campaigns in key southern states.

American Rights at Work Education Fund
Washington, DC
202-822-2127
www.americanrightsatwork.org
$20,000 to support its public education campaigns in support of the rights of workers to organize unions.

Anti-Displacement Project
Springfield, MA
413-739-7233
www.a-dp.org
$20,000 for the expansion of its worker center to support low-wage immigrant workers to secure workplace rights.

Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
202-387-4893
www.communitychange.org
$15,000 for its project to provide financial services to the unbanked through building the capacity of worker centers with technical assistance and training.

Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
202-339-9300
www.communitychange.org
$25,000 for its Poultry Worker Justice project, providing technical assistance, training and networking to immigrant worker centers in the south to support worker rights and hold employers accountable for worker safety and fair wages.

Community Labor United
Boston, MA
617-723-2639
www.massclu.org
$25,000 in general operating support for organizing campaigns to secure greater economic benefits for low wage workers and their families.

Durham CAN
Durham, NC
919-225-1673
www.durhamcan.org
$20,000 to support its living wage campaigns for both private and public employees.

Farm Labor Research Project
Toledo, OH
419-243-3456
$20,000 to support FLOC's immigrant worker center in Dudley, NC, to assist farm workers to improve their working and living conditions.

Faith Action for Community Equity (FACE)
Honolulu, HI
808-522-1302
www.facehawaii.org
$25,000 for its organizing campaigns in support of the right of hotel workers to organize and secure better wages and working conditions.

Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Denver, CO
303-477-6111
www.fresc.org
$15,000 in general operating support for its organizing campaigns to benefit low wage workers and their families.

Gamaliel Foundation
Chicago, IL
312-357-2639
www.gamaliel.org
$20,000 to support its multi-state Jobs Now Campaign, to provide technical assistance and training to organizing campaigns focused on transportation equity, including job training and local hiring preferences.

Georgia Stand Up
Atlanta, GA
404-581-0061
www.georgiastandup.org
$20,000 in general operating support for its organizing campaigns to benefit low-wage workers and their families.

Idaho Community Action Network
Boise, ID
208-385-9146
www.icanweb.net
$20,000 to continue its Health Care Justice organizing project to expand health coverage to uninsured individuals and families.

Jobs With Justice Education Fund
Washington, DC
202-393-1044
www.jwj.org
$20,000 for its capacity building project for its local affiliates.

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Los Angeles, CA
213-977-9666
www.laane.org
$25,000 for a collaborative project with the Connecticut Center for a New Economy for leadership development activities in support of the right of hotel workers to organize.

Maine People's Resource Center
Portland, ME
207-797-9207
www.mainepeoplesalliance.org
$20,000 to continue its organizing campaign to expand health coverage to uninsured individuals and families.

Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity
Minneapolis, MN
612-333-1260
www.more2.org
$20,000 for its Jericho Table organizing campaign to increase participation of minorities and women in the area construction industry.

Mid-South Interfaith Network for Economic Justice
Memphis, TN
901-332-3570
www.midsouthinterfaith.org
$15,000 for the establishment of the Memphis Workers Center to support the rights of immigrant workers.

National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Los Angeles, CA
213-380-2784
www.ndlon.org
$25,000 in general support for NDLON's capacity building and other activities with its affiliates across the country.

National Immigration Law Center/New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice
Los Angeles, CA
213-639-3900
www.neworleansworkerjustice.org
$20,000 in support of immigrant worker organizing to secure improved wages, working conditions and just treatment of workers.

Organizing and Leadership Training Center
Boston, MA
617-822-1499
www.mcan-oltc.org
$20,000 for support of its Metro West Immigrant Workers Center and other community-labor organizing campaigns.

The Partnership for Working Families
Los Angeles, CA
213-977-9400
$20,000 in general operating support for capacity building and other activities for its affiliates that strengthen community-labor collaboration.

Restaurant Opportunities Center
New York, NY
212-343-1771
www.rocny.org
$20,000 in general operating support for its workplace justice campaigns for low-wage restaurant workers.

Valley Interfaith
Weslaco, TX
956-968-3900
$20,000 for its health care organizing project to increase the number of insured individuals and families.

Voces de la Frontera
Milwaukee, WI
414-643-1620
www.vocesdelafrontera.net
$20,000 in general operating support for this worker center to support the rights of immigrant workers.

1997 - 2006 Grant List:

Alliance for Global Justice
Washington, DC
www.usasnet.org
www.studentsagainstsweatshops.org

American Institute for Social Justice, Inc. (ACORN Living Wage Resource Center and ACORN projects in IL, MA, NJ, NY and WI)
Washington, DC; Chicago, IL; Baton Rouge, LA; Peterson, NJ; Cleaveland, OH; Phoenix, AZ
www.acorn.org

Anti-Displacement Project
Springfield, MA
www.a-dp.org

Applied Research Center
Oakland, CA
www.arc.org

Arizona Institute for Public Life (Arizona Interfaith Network)
Phoenix, AZ
www.arizonainterfaith.org

Association for the Rights of Citizens (Chicago Homecare Organizing Project and New Orleans Living Wage Campaign)
Chicago, IL and New Orleans, LA
www.acorn.org

Austin Interfaith
Austin, TX

Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development
Baltimore, MD
www.buildiaf.org

Building Responsibility Equality and Dignity
Columbus, OH
www.nabrit.com/bread/

Campaign for Sustainable Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI

CASA of Maryland
Takoma Park, MD
www.casademaryland.org

Center for Community and Corporate Ethics
Washington, DC
www.walmartwatch.org

Center for Community Change (National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support)
Washington, DC
202-387-4893
www.communitychange.org, www.nationalcampaign.org

Center for Connecticut's Future
Hartford, CT

Center for Labor Education & Research, Inc. (Massachusetts Jobs with Justice)
Cambridge, MA; Boston, MA
www.massjwj.net

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Washington, DC
www.cbpp.org

Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Chicago, IL
www.chicagohomeless.org

Childspace Cooperative Development (Philadelphia Jobs with Justice)
Philadelphia, PA

Cleveland Workers Rights Education Fund (Cleveland Jobs with Justice)
Cleveland, OH

Coalition for Economic Justice (Buffalo Jobs with Justice)
Buffalo, NY
cej_maria@yahoo.com

Coalition for Immokalee Workers
Immokalee, FL
www.ciw-online.org

Community Labor United
Boston, MA
617-723-2639
www.massclu.org

Community Voices Heard
New York, NY
www.cvhaction.org

Connecticut Center for a New Economy
New Haven, CT
www.ctneweconomy.org

Connecticut Citizen Research Group, Inc.
West Hartford, CT

Direct Action for Rights and Equality
Providence, RI
www.daretowin.org

Earth Day Network
Washington, DC
www.earthday.net

Economic Policy Institute
Washington, DC
www.epinet.org

Education and Training Institute, Inc.
New Brunswick, NJ
www.newlabor.net

Equal Justice Center
Austin, TX
www.equaljusticecenter.org

Essex County Community Organization
Topsfield, MA
www.eccf.org

Faith Action for Community Equity
Honolulu, HI
808-522-1302
www.facehawaii.org

Faith Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church
Stamford, CT

Fanm Ayisyen Nan Miyami, Inc.
Haitian Women of Miami, Inc.
North Miami Beach, FL

Farm Labor Research Project
Toledo, OH
419-243-3456
www.floc.com

Fifth Avenue Committee
Brooklyn, NY
www.fifthave.org

Front Range Economic Strategy Center
Denver, CO
808-522-1302
www.facehawaii.org www.fresc.org

Gamaliel Foundation
Chicago, IL
312-357-2639
www.gamaliel.org

Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Dorchester, MA
www.gbio.org

Hartford Areas Rally Together
Hartford, CT
www.hartnet.org

HERE Education and Support Fund
New York, NY
www.rocny.org

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Chicago, IL
www.icirr.org

Immigrant Worker Citizenship Project
Las Vegas, NV
citizen@iwcproject.org

Institute for Public Life (Omaha Together One Community)
Omaha, NE
www.otoc.org, HollerIPL@cox.net

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (Good Jobs First)
Washington, DC
www.goodjobsfirst.org

Interfaith Education Fund
Mercedes, Texas; Weslaco, Texas
viemail@sc2000.net

Interfaith Worker Justice
Chicago, IL
www.iwj.org

Jobs With Justice Education Fund
Washington, DC
202-393-1044
www.jwj.org

Judson Memorial Church (New York Jobs with Justice)
New York, NY
www.nyjwj.org

Korean Immigrants Workers Association of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
www.kiwa.org

Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy
Los Angeles, CA
213-977-9666
www.laane.org

Labor Neighbor Research and Training Center, Inc.
Tampa, FL
www.walmartwork.org

Maine People’s Resource Center
Portland, ME
207-797-9207
www.mainepeoplesalliance.org

Make the Road by Walking
Brooklyn, NY
www.maketheroad.org

Merrimack Valley Project
Lawrence, MA
MValleyP@aol.com

Metro Industrial Areas Foundation
New York, NY

Metro Organization for Racial and Economic Equity
Kansas City, MO
Minneapolis, MN
612-333-1260
www.more2.org

Michigan Organizing Project
Muskegon Heights, MI

Ms. Foundation for Women
New York, NY
www.ms.foundation.org

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
www.ncrp.org

National Employment Law Project
New York, NY
www.nelp.org

National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice
Chicago, IL
www.nicwj.org

National Organizers Alliance
Washington, DC
www.noacentral.org

National Training and Information Center
Chicago, IL
www.NTIC-US.org

Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC
www.nfg.org

Northeast Action (Campaign on Contingent Work)
Cambridge, MA
www.neaction.org

Northwest Federation of Community Organizations
Seattle, WA
www.nwfco.org

Northwest Indiana Federation of Interfaith Organizations
Gary, IN
www.interfaithfederation.org

Organizing and Leadership Training Center
Boston, MA
617-822-1499
LewFinfer@aol.com
www.mcan-oltc.org

Philadelphia Interfaith Action
Philadelphia, PA
www.libertynet.org/~fpc/pia.html

Preamble Center for Public Policy
Washington, DC

Progressive America Fund (New York Community Leadership Institute and Progressive Maryland Education Fund)
New York, NY
dcantor@igc.org
www.progressivemaryland.org

Progressive Education and Research Associates
New Haven, CT

Restaurant Opportunities Center
New York, NY
212-343-1771
www.rocny.org

Rhode Island Organizing Project
Providence, RI
RIorgProj@aol.com

Sacramento Valley Organizing Community
Sacramento, CA

Service Employees International Union Education and Support Fund
Washington, DC
www.seiu.org

St. Paul Ecumenical Alliance of Congregations
St. Paul, MN

South Central Los Angeles Inter-Religious Sponsoring Committee
Los Angeles, CA

Tenants Support Committee/Apoyo De Inquilinos (Tenants' and Workers' Support Committee)
Alexandria, VA
www.twsc.org

Tides Center
San Francisco, CA
bjbowen6@aol.com

Unemployment Information Center (Philadelphia Unemployment Project)
Philadelphia, PA
www.philaup.org

Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson (Pima County Interfaith Council)
Tucson, AZ

United States Student Association Foundation
Washington, DC
www.usstudents.org

United Students Against Sweatshops
Washington, DC
www.usanet.org

Unite for Dignity
Miami, FL
annalfink@hotmail.com

U.S. Action Education Fund
Washington, DC
www.usaction.org

Voice and Future Fund, Inc.
Boston, MA
wwaldstein@seiu615.org

Washington Interfaith Network
Washington, DC
mptrimble@aol.com, wwaldstein@seiu615.org

Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund
Milwaukee, WI
www.wi-citizenaction.org

Wisconsin Modernization Institute, Inc. (Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership)
Milwaukee, WI
www.wrtp.org

Working Today
New York, NY
www.workingtoday.org

Workplace Project
Hempstead, NY
workplace@igc.org