CALIFORNIA+ENDOWMENT+California+Counts

California Counts!, a multi-funder effort led by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, is a campaign to include ‘hard to count’ Californians in the 2010 census. Initiated with seed funding of $4 million from The California Endowment, and support from ___ other funders, the collaborative was able to raise a budget of $__million for making sure that ‘hard to count’ Californians were not left out of the 2010 census – and thereby reducing state and federal resources dedicated to their social services. The funds were then channeled to a network of community based organizations across the state who had local social networks connecting them to the ‘hard to count’ populations. By distributing leadership and leveraging local networks, California Counts! has mobilized an impressive effort to ensure greater accuracy in the 2010 census. [i]

[i] [|Califorinia Counts! A Funder’s Guide to the 2010 Census], Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees