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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Amount awarded: $3,000,000$XXX,XXX.000
Good Jobs First Amount awarded: $510,000$XXX,XXX.000
Urban Habitat Amount awarded: $850,000$XXX,XXX.000
PolicyLink Amount awarded: $1,000,000$XXX,XXX.000
Partnership for Working Families Amount awarded: $250,000$XXX,XXX.000
Los Angeles Alliance for A New Economy Amount awarded: $290,000$XXX,XXX.000
ISAIAH Amount awarded: $300,000$XXX,XXX.000
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability Amount awarded: $200,000$XXX,XXX.000
Transit for Livable Communities Amount awarded: $150,000$XXX,XXX.000
TransFormca Amount awarded: $350,000$XXX,XXX.000
Ohio State University Foundation Amount awarded: $400,000$XXX,XXX.000
Community Labor United, Inc. Amount awarded: $100,000$XXX,XXX.000
Shorebank Enterprise, Detroit Amount awarded: $300,000$XXX,XXX.000
Foundation-Administered Project (FAP) Amount awarded: $650,000$XXX,XXX.000
The San Francisco Foundation Amount awarded: $1,100,000$XXX,XXX.000
Nexus Community Partners Amount awarded: $250,000$XXX,XXX.000

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Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

Core support for the New Economy Initiative to leverage resources and catalyze positive economic and social change in the Detroit metropolitan area

Amount	$3,000,000
Period	2009
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform

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Good Jobs First

General support for the promotion of corporate and government accountability in economic development and smart growth for working families and to promote paid family leave as a job quality standard

Amount	$510,000
Period	2010
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform
Secondary Approaches	Research and Public Policy Analysis Program Demonstration and Scaling Stakeholder Development and Collaboration Research and Public Policy Analysis

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Urban Habitat

General support to combine education, advocacy, research & coalition building to advance environmental, economic and social justice in low-income communities and communities of color in the Bay Area

Amount	$850,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform
Secondary Approach	Stakeholder Development and Collaboration

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PolicyLink

General support for advancing economic and social equity by lifting up what works

Amount	$1,000,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform
Secondary Approach	Stakeholder Development and Collaboration

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Partnership for Working Families

General support to nurture broad-based coalitions and develop innovative strategies for building community power and reshaping regional economies to transform the lives of workers and communities

Amount	$250,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform
Secondary Approaches	Research and Public Policy Analysis Advocacy, Litigation and Reform

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Los Angeles Alliance for A New Economy

General support to build a new economy grounded in good jobs and a healthy environment

Amount	$290,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform
Secondary Approach	Network Building and Convening

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ISAIAH

For a campaign to better integrate land use, housing and transportation investment that increases racial and economic equity and access to opportunity in the Twin Cities

Amount	$300,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform

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Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

General support to advance racial, economic and environmental justice in economic growth and land development patterns in the Twin Cities metropolitan region

Amount	$200,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform

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Transit for Livable Communities

General support to transform Minnesota's transportation system to improve opportunity and health for all people, strengthen community, protect natural resources and foster a sound economy

Amount	$150,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform

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TransFormca

To ensure the Bay Area’s implementation of SB 375 creates a paradigm change that benefits low-income communities and creates access to jobs and opportunities

Amount	$350,000
Period	2012
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Advocacy, Litigation and Reform

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Ohio State University Foundation

Core support for the Kirwan Institute to partner with people, communities & institutions worldwide to think about, talk about & engage issues of race & ethnicity in order to create opportunity for all

Amount	$400,000
Period	2010
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Research and Public Policy Analysis
Secondary Approach	Stakeholder Development and Collaboration

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Community Labor United, Inc.

To establish and coordinate a statewide Transit Equity Team to campaign for full, fair and affordable public transportation across Massachusetts

Amount	$100,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Research and Public Policy Analysis

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Shorebank Enterprise, Detroit

General support to improve the quality of life in underserved Detroit neighborhoods and for Detroit residents

Amount	$300,000
Period	2010
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
Secondary Approach	Capacity Building and Technical Assistance

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Foundation-Administered Project (FAP)

For communications and learning activities to promote collaborative, field-based efforts to link transportation policy, affordable housing development and land-use planning in metropolitan regions

Amount	$650,000
Period	2012
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Capacity Building and Technical Assistance
Secondary Approach	Research and Public Policy Analysis

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The San Francisco Foundation

For the Great Communities Collaborative to promote equitable, transit-oriented development in the San Francisco Bay region

Amount	$1,100,000
Period	2011
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Stakeholder Development and Collaboration

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Nexus Community Partners

To engage underrepresented communities in the planning and implementation phases of the transit-focused Twin Cities HUD Sustainable Communities Initiative for regional and economic development

Amount	$250,000
Period	2012
Region	United States
Issue	Metropolitan Opportunity
Initiative	Connecting People to Opportunity
Primary Approach	Stakeholder Development and Collaboration

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