Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) is a left-of-center activist organization that is at the “forefront” of the left-progressive and labor union movements in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3] [4]
LAANE is a co-founder of the left-of-center Partnership for Working Families (PWF), [5] [6] [7] supports the far-left Black Lives Matter movement, [8] [9] has called abortion a “human right,” [10] calls water affordability a “racial justice and equity issue,” [11] [12] and incorporates components of the critical race theory-influenced concept of social justice in its approach to Los Angeles-area activism. [13]
LAANE’s funders include the left-of-center Annenberg Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Center for Popular Democracy, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, left-wing Penney Family Fund, Weingart Foundation, and others. [14] In 2022, LAANE received a three-year, $2 million grant from the left-of-center James Irvine Foundation. [15] LAANE has also received grants from the left-wing Movement Strategy Center [16] and $50,000 from the left-of-center Tides Foundation in 2018. [17]
History and Leadership
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy was founded in 1993. [18]
Roxana Tyan has been the executive director of LAANE since February 2012. [19] [20] Tyan is a 2022-2023 Job Quality Fellow with the Aspen Institute. [21] Previously, she was an organizer for the Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union (HERE) labor union in Los Angeles, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada. [22]
Activities and Funding
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy is at the “forefront” of the left-progressive and labor union movements in Los Angeles. [23] [24] [25]
LAANE is a co-founder of the left-of-center Partnership for Working Families (PWF) and incorporates components of the critical race theory-influenced concept of social justice in its approach to social movements in the Los Angeles area. [26] [27] [28] LAANE is also an ally of the the left-of-center California Calls. [29]
LAANE supports the far-left Black Lives Matter movement, [30] [31] has called abortion a “human right,” and published a statement that the leaked Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade is an “attack on poor and working class folx [sic] with uteruses.” [32]
LAANE operates the Reclaim Our Schools LA coalition, [33] is a member of Our Water LA Coalition, [34] calls water affordability a “racial justice and equity issue,” [35] helped create left-of-center PowerSwitch Action, [36] and supports a one-time tax on all property sales over $5 million in Los Angeles, California. [37]
LAANE demands what it calls an “equitable, water secure future.” [38] The organization is a member of the Repower LA coalition that advocates for the critical theory-influenced concept of equitable environmental programs in Los Angeles. [39] It also advocates using critical theory-influenced “climate and economic justice screening” to direct federal funding, with race included as a key factor for grants. [40] In 2016, LAANE conducted research that aimed to “advance equity in California climate policy.” [41]
In 2015, LAANE launched the Quality Care Campaign with the left-of-center SEIU labor union to mobilize and activate nursing home workers. [42] LAANE supports raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour [43] and supports labor unions at the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, [44] and in the retail sectors. [45]
In 2019, LAANE gave a $40,000 grant to the left-of-center Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE). [46]
Funding
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy is funded by individual donations and foundation grants. [47] LAANE’s funders include the left-of-center Annenberg Foundation, California Wellness Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Center for Popular Democracy, Ford Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, left-wing Penney Family Fund of the Common Counsel Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Resources Legacy Fund, Roth Family Foundation, Weingart Foundation, and others. [48]
In 2022, LAANE received a three-year grant worth $2 million from the left-of-center James Irvine Foundation. [49] LAANE also received a grant from the left-of-center Raikes Foundation in 2022. [50]
In 2020, LAANE reported revenue of $5,234,400 and expenses of $2,193,917. [51] LAANE reported revenue of $3,669,402 and expenses of $3,255,672 in 2019. [52]
In 2020, received a $75,000 grant from the Omidyar Network as one of its “reimagining capitalism” grants [53] [54] and also received a $30,000 grant from the left-of-center Hidden Leaf Foundation. [55] In 2019, LAANE received a $300,000 grant from the left-of-center Lumina Foundation. [56]
In 2018, LAANE received $60,000 from the left-wing Movement Strategy Center; [57] $50,700 from the Liberty Hill Foundation; [58] [59] $50,400 from the left-of-center California Community Foundation; [60] $50,000 from the left-of-center Tides Foundation; [61] $10,000 from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) labor union; [62] $89,000 from the Screen Actors Guild of America; and others. [63]
LAANE also received $600,000 in grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation between 2012 and 2015; [64] $110,000 from the left-of-center William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2007; [65] $100,000 from the Rosenberg Foundation; [66] and smaller grants from organizations including the AFL-CIO labor union, [67] Chicago Community Trust, [68] Surdna Foundation, [69] United Steelworkers (USW) labor union, [70] Solidago Foundation, [71] Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles, [72] [73] Unite Here, [74] San Francisco Foundation, [75] ImpactAssets, [76] Ronald W. Burkle Foundation, and others. [77]