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Trusted Messenger Grant Initiative | Cohort One

California State Alliance of Ymcas

Funding Amount

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Deadline

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Grant Type

Foundation

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Cycle
One-time opportunity
Tracked since
April 2026

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Geography

  • Community-based organizations and YMCAs in California

Other requirements

  • Partners: Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research

Overview

Geographic Scope: California (fourteen YMCAs participated)

Focus Areas:

  • Public awareness and community outreach
  • Services for community members experiencing health and social inequities
  • Culturally relevant, in-language resources for state priority campaigns
  • Topics: extreme heat, water conservation, COVID-19

Key Accomplishments:

  • Positively impacted over 4 million people
  • Utilized materials in Armenian, English, Russian, and Spanish
  • Distributed 53,790 flyers through events and YMCA lobbies
  • Interacted with 82,267 individuals through community events
  • Trained 3,222 individuals through meetings and workshops
  • Reached 2,835,058 people through social media campaigns
  • Sent email newsletters to 1,477,242 community members

Eligibility:

  • Community-based organizations and YMCAs in California

Partners: Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications in the Governor's Office of Planning and Research

What California State Alliance of Ymcas actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
23
Total given
$7.04M
Median grant
$50K
Range
$5,808–$5.36M
  • By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: Los Angeles, CA; Long Beach, CA; Whittier, CA.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

Example grants

  • YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA

    To support the exempt mission of the organization

    $5.36M

  • YMCA of Greater Long Beach · Long Beach, CA

    To support the exempt mission of the organization

    $724K

  • YMCA of Greater Whittier · Whittier, CA

    To support the exempt mission of the organization

    $110K

  • Southeast Ventura County YMCA · Thousand Oaks, CA

    To support the exempt mission of the organization

    $93K

  • YMCA of Glendale · Glendale, CA

    To support the exempt mission of the organization

    $70K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Health education
  • Community health
  • Community services

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