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California Wellness Foundation
The foundation supports workforce development focused on formerly incarcerated men and women, immigrants and refugees, or low-income people of color. ...
Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships (ERiCA) – California Department of Industrial Relations
Provides $25 million in grants to improve access to training and employment opportunities for women, non-binary and underserved populations within the building and construction trades in California by supporting childcare costs and improving outreach to these populations....
2023 AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development
Provides AmeriCorps support for employment training programs geared towards adults 55 and older....
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Supports "ideas and solutions designed to imrove education, boost entrepreneurship, and help communities and individuals thrive." Career and Employment Readiness is a major portion of the funder's Education focus. Very strong preference for Greater Kansas City Metro Area....
Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) (Us Department of Labor) #FOA-ETA-23-07
Focused on local and regional workforce development strategies. This is a notice of upcoming Round Five of an ongoing program. ...
Knight Foundation
Workforce development work falls under the Foundation's "engaged community" focus are, which seeks to create communities where "people are attached to the place where they live and are invested in the community’s future," including local pathways to economic opportunity. ...
MetLife Foundation
One of the Foundation's three focus areas is "Economic Inclusion" which focuses giving on programs that "Empower young people and adults to develop workforce skills and an entrepreneurial mindset"...
Kresge Foundation
The foundation's "Human Services" funding area focuses on increasing social economic mobility for people with low incomes. The foundation issues Calls for Proposals periodically; potential applicants should subscribe to the foundation's newsletter to stay informed of specific funding opportunities. ...
Prudential Foundation (Prudential Insurance)
The Prudential Foundation supports programs designed to meet basic needs; connect people to quality jobs; build assets; and transform communities. The foundation does not currently accepted unsolicited proposals, so potential grantees will need to establish a relationship with their local...
J. P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Funder has a focus on "Careers and Skills" that is aligned with NCCER members' work. Grants are generated through a connection with a local J.P. Morgan Chase branch, so potential grantees will need to build a relationship locally (does not...
YouthBuild (U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Division), FOA-ETA-23-17
The YouthBuild Funding Opportunity will award grants to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, while performing meaningful work and service to their communities. This funding opportunity...
Building Pathways to Infrastructure Jobs Grant Program (U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Division), FOA-ETA-23-31
This opportunity provides funding to public-private partnerships to develop, strengthen, and scale promising and evidence-based training models in H-1B industries and occupations critical to meeting the goals of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and to maximize the impact of these...