Greenlining Institute
For A Capital Campaign To Renovate And Occupy The New Greenlining Headquarters In Downtown Oakland
-
Amount$250,000
-
Program
-
Date Awarded4/28/2014
-
Term48 Months
-
Type of SupportCapital Funds
Overview
The Greenlining Institute is a policy, research, organizing, and leadership institute working for racial and economic justice. Historically headquartered in Berkeley, California, Greenlining is now seeking to relocate to Oakland, California. The Institute recently acquired a building in downtown Oakland, which it seeks to renovate and occupy. The building will serve as Greenlining Institute’s new headquarters, as well as a hub for local nonprofits in need of affordable office space or convenient conference space. This grant supports Greenlining’s capital campaign.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.greenlining.org
Address
360 14th Street, 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for Greenlining the Block
The Greenlining Institute works to support low- and middle-income communities in California, Michigan, Illinois, Virginia, Colorado, and North Carolina in pursuing community-driven climate action projects across the country and unlocking resources available as a result of federal climate investment legislation. This grant for their Greenlining the Block initiative will strengthen local coalitions to effectively pursue and access public and private climate resources. Greenlining will support local organizations to cultivate productive multisectoral partnerships grounded in community needs; support organizations to connect the dots across multiple financing streams; and directly support community capacity with tailored planning, project management, and technical expertise to realize community projects. (Substrategy: U.S. National Policy)
for organizing a statewide conversation about California's ballot initiative process
With this grant, the Greenlining Institute would convene a statewide conversation about California’s ballot initiative process, with a particular emphasis to involve a significant number of diverse Californians. In addition to educating voters about the current ballot initiative process, the project will allow the Institute to obtain better information about what voters think and identify a potential set of reforms. The ultimate goal is to develop a strategy to reform California’s ballot initiative process that will lead to a healthier and more sustainable state. The Institute leads Greenlining Coalition, a coalition of forty multi-ethnic and community-based organizations across the state to act on a variety of issues and, as such, is well poised to lead this project.
