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James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards (California leaders)

Annual awards that recognize and support California-based leaders whose work improves lives, expands opportunity, and offers innovative, scalable solutions to pressing state challenges. Winners are chosen for significance, innovation, effectiveness, inclusiveness, timing, and leadership capacity; cohorts of 4–6 leaders are selected to advance and influence policy and practice.

The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards recognize leaders whose work improves people's lives, creates opportunity, and contributes to a better California.

The Awards recognize notable leadership, characterized by:

Significance

Funding Source

Agency: James Irvine Foundation

Awards & funding

Total Funding: $350,000
Award Ceiling: $350,000
Total Awards Given 6

Eligibility

We recognize leaders whose work improves people's lives, creates opportunity, and contributes to a better California. We especially encourage nominations that reflect the diversity of California s population and regions. The most competitive nominations describe leaders addressing critical issue…

Dates

Application Deadline: March 20, 2026

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