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How to Win Grants: Five Steps for Successful Grant Seeking for Nonprofits
How can nonprofits strategically position themselves to thrive in today’s fast-paced funding landscape?
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Northwest Area Foundation
This foundation supports job training that leads to high-paying jobs specifically within Native American communities as well as programs that train communities of color, immigrants, refugees, and people in rural areas. ...
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Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
This foundation supports economic justice as part of its social justice work, which could include job training programs for populations that have traditionally been excluded from craft careers. ...
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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. ...
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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....
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2023 AmeriCorps Seniors Workforce Development
Provides AmeriCorps support for employment training programs geared towards adults 55 and older....
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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....
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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"...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...