Irvine Foundation gives $250,000 to help farmworkers

“The James Irvine Foundation said Thursday it gave $250,000 to four community groups to help the state’s farmworkers. The San Francisco foundation gave the money to help workers who have lost jobs because of a crop freeze in January. The Irvine Foundation gave $75,000 each to the Ventura County Community Foundation; the Desert Community Foundation, which is based in Palm Desert; and the United Way of Tulare County. It also gave $25,000 to the Community Foundation for Monterey County.”