Upcoming Grants Related to Economic Development/Job Training/Financial Literacy
McCune Charitable Foundation: New Mexico Collaborative Zone Grants
Deadline: Jun 21, 2018
The “Collaborative Zone Grant” is an opportunity for collaborations of organizations and other entities to apply together for multi-year funding to test, prove, and support approaches to New Mexico’s challenges that extend beyond the mission of any single organization. The New Mexico Collaborative Zone Grant (“Zone Grant”) opportunity includes awarding of a one-year planning grant...
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: Kauffman Knowledge Challenge – Insight to Impact
Deadline: May 9, 2018
The Kauffman Knowledge Challenge – Insight to Impact supports activities aimed at improving basic understanding about entrepreneurs and the levers, tools, and methods that can advance entrepreneurship in the United States. The goal of the Knowledge Challenge is to produce tangible insights for entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship program and policy design, ecosystem builders, and researchers. The Knowledge...
U.S. Department of Labor: Reentry Projects
Deadline: May 4, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) seeks to enhance both adult and young adult reentry strategies through collaboration with the field to identify and respond to emerging or chronic reentry challenges. This funding opportunity provides the chance for organizations to build customized projects. Applicants must propose evidence-based and evidence-informed interventions,...
U.S. Department of Labor: Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program, Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program and the Homeless Female Veterans’ and Homeless Veterans’ with Families Program
Deadline: May 7, 2018
The Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Female Veterans’ and Homeless Veterans’ with Families Program (HFVVWF) (together referred to as HVRP) aims to provide services to assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems...
Rockefeller Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative: Communities Thrive Challenge
Deadline: Jun 12, 2018
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, with guidance from community leaders across the country, have created the Communities Thrive Challenge, a funding opportunity that will support organizations that are working to expand economic opportunity for low-income and financially insecure people and communities in the United States. Through the Communities Thrive Challenge, the funders...
Corporation for National and Community Service: AmeriCorps Indian Tribes Grants
Deadline: May 2, 2018
The mission of the Corporation for National and Community Services (CNCS) is to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic participation through service and volunteering. The AmeriCorps Indian Tribes competition will prioritize the investment of national service resources in: Disaster Services: Improving community resiliency through disaster preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation Economic Opportunity: Increasing economic...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Local Food Promotion Program
Deadline: May 7, 2018
The Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) offers grant funds to increase domestic consumption of and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets, by: developing, improving, expanding, and providing outreach, training, and technical assistance to Local and Regional Food Business Enterprises,...
New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism: AmeriCorps State Program Application (Formula Pool)
Deadline: May 1, 2018
The New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism (the Commission) is a Governor-appointed Commission. It is a diverse, non-partisan body of, among others, representatives of business, labor, education, government, human service agencies, and community-based organizations. The Commission directs national service policy for the state and directly administers funding awarded by the Corporation for National and Community...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program
Deadline: May 15, 2018
The Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program provides funding to support entities who, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO), will conduct outreach, initiatives and training to assist socially disadvantaged farmers and veteran ranchers in owning and operating...
RPM Foundation
Deadline: Apr 20, 2018
The RPM Foundation provides the pathway to careers for the next generation of automotive and marine restoration and preservation craftsmen and artisans through formal training and mentorship. It promotes interest in collectible cars and boats by developing the next generation of enthusiasts, restorers, and craftsmen. By providing funding through scholarships and grants to organizations that...
U.S. Department of Labor: National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Demonstration Grants
Deadline: Jul 31, 2018
National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Demonstration Grants (NHE Demonstration Grants) will support innovative approaches for addressing the economic and workforce-related impacts on communities affected by the opioid epidemic. Recognizing the complexity of the crisis, partnerships between the workforce system and other agencies will be central to these projects. The goals are to: Test innovative approaches...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Veterinary Services Grant Program
Deadline: May 18, 2018
The Veterinary Services Grant Program (VSGP) will provide support to organizations to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services and relieve veterinarian shortage situations in the United States and U.S. Insular Areas. Grants will be used to: Establish or expand accredited veterinary education programs, veterinary residency and fellowship programs, or veterinary internship and externship programs carried...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Refugee Individual Development Accounts Program
Deadline: May 15, 2018
The Refugee Individual Development Accounts (IDA) Program represents an anti-poverty strategy built on asset accumulation for low-income refugee individuals and families with the goal of promoting refugee economic independence. IDAs are leveraged or matched savings accounts. In the Refugee IDA Program, IDAs are matched with federal funds that have been allocated as “match funds” from...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Local Food Promotion Program
Deadline: May 7, 2018
The Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP) aims to increase domestic consumption of and access to locally and regionally produced agricultural products, and to develop new market opportunities for farm and ranch operations serving local markets, by developing, improving, expanding, and providing outreach, training, and technical assistance to, or assisting in the development, improvement, and expansion...
Foundation for Financial Planning
Deadline: Apr 30, 2018
The Foundation for Financial Planning provides providing grants to nonprofits to create and expand pro bono programs, helping activate volunteer financial planners, developing innovative pro bono program models, offering free financial planning resources, and raising the visibility of pro bono service within the financial planning profession. The Foundation supports organizations committed to helping underserved people...