Upcoming Grants Related to Economic Development/Job Training/Financial Literacy
U.S. Department of Labor: Susan Harwood Training Program Grants
Deadline: Sep 2, 2018
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Susan Harwood Training Grants program supports the creation of in-person, hands-on training and educational programs including the development of materials for workers and employers in small businesses; industries with high injury, illness, and fatality rates; and vulnerable workers, who are underserved, have limited...
Foundation for Rural Service
Deadline: Sep 15, 2018
The Foundation for Rural Service (FRS), in cooperation with the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NTCA)–The Rural Broadband Association to sustain and enhance the quality of life in America by advancing an understanding of rural issues. FRS will provide annual grants for programs in rural communities served by NTCA members. Grants support local efforts to...
McCune Charitable Foundation: Cultivate/Continuity and Focus Tiers
Deadline: Sep 14, 2018
The Marshall L. and Perrine D. McCune Charitable Foundation is dedicated to enriching the health, education, environment, cultural, and spiritual life of New Mexicans. The Foundation memorializes its benefactors through proactive grantmaking that seeks to foster positive social change. The McCune Foundation focuses on the following nine priorities in its grantmaking: Capacity building in the...
Department of Labor: Trade and Economic Transition National Dislocated Worker Grants
Deadline: Sep 7, 2018
Trade and Economic Transition National Dislocated Worker Grants (DWGs) will enable successful applicants to address ongoing or emerging workforce and economic challenges by providing training and career services to dislocated workers seeking reentry into the workforce, and increasing their skill levels to become competitive for growing or high-demand employment opportunities. To receive an Economic Transition...
U.S. Department of the Treasury: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund – Bank Enterprise Award Program
Deadline: Aug 23, 2018
The Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program) supports Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured financial institutions around the country that are dedicated to financing and supporting community and economic development activities. The BEA Program complements the community development activities of banks and thrifts by providing financial incentives to expand investments in Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)...
Robert and Toni Bader Charitable Foundation
Deadline: Sep 30, 2018
The Robert and Toni Bader Charitable Foundation provides seed capital for projects/programs to help further Jewish ideals in the areas of education, science, and the arts. The Foundation has funded projects to help teachers educate, children learn, feed the hungry, people earn a living, provide work for the unemployed, and find new ways to treat...
U.S. Department of Labor: Scaling Apprenticeship Through Sector-Based Strategies
Deadline: Oct 16, 2018
The purpose of this grant program is to support sector-based approaches to expanding efforts to develop and implement apprenticeships on a national scale in key industry sectors. The overarching goals of this grant program are threefold: (1) to accelerate the expansion of apprenticeships to new industry sectors reliant on H-1B visas, (2) to promote the...
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: Capital Magnet Fund
Deadline: Sep 17, 2018
The Capital Magnet Fund was created to spur investment in affordable housing and related economic development efforts that serve low-income families and low-income communities across the country. Through the Capital Magnet Fund, the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund provides competitively awarded grants to CDFIs and qualified non-profit housing organizations. These awards can be used...
TD Bank Group: TD Ready Challenge
Deadline: Jul 27, 2018
The TD Ready Challenge will fund organizations that offer solutions for a problem statement that is connected to one of the four drivers of change of the Ready Commitment (the Bank’s new corporate citizenship platform): Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities, and Better Health. The 2018 TD Ready Challenge problem statement focuses on Financial Security....
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Community Development and Economic Development Grants
Deadline: Nov 1, 2018
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is committed to supporting organizations led by low-income individuals as they work to break the cycle of poverty and improve their communities. CCHD has two grant programs that are currently accepting applications: 1. Community Development Grant Program: This program support efforts that demonstrate a commitment to the dignity...
BBVA Compass Foundation
Deadline: Sep 28, 2018
The BBVA Compass Foundation is the charitable arm of Compass Bank. It provides grants in the following areas: Community Development (including financial literacy): Create and sustain affordable housing Deliver alternative financial services and products to low- to moderate- income (LMI) communities through CDFIs Revitalize low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, facilitate job creation Deliver financial education and...
Los Alamos National Laboratory Major Subcontractors Consortium: Economic Development Industry Cluster Grants
Deadline: Jul 19, 2018
The Los Alamos National Laboratory Major Subcontractors Consortium (LANL MSC), in partnership with New Mexico Community Foundation and Los Alamos National Security, is accepting proposals for the 2018 Economic Development Industry Cluster Grant cycle. Created in 2006, LANL MSC is a collaboration of Los Alamos National Laboratory major subcontractors that pool resources to support projects...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant
Deadline: Jul 30, 2018
The Socially-Disadvantaged Groups Grant (SDGG) Program’s primary objective is to provide technical assistance to socially-disadvantaged groups through cooperatives and Cooperative Development Centers. A socially-disadvantaged group is defined as a group whose members have been subjected to racial, ethnic, or gender prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to their individual...
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Jobs Plus Initiative
Deadline: Aug 14, 2018
The Jobs Plus program develops locally-based, job-driven approaches that increase earnings and advance employment outcomes for residents of public housing. The place-based program addresses poverty among public housing residents by incentivizing and enabling employment through earned income disregards for working residents and a set of services designed to support work, including employer linkages, job placement...
Wells Fargo Foundation: Housing/Economic Development/Environment
Deadline: Aug 15, 2018
Wells Fargo makes contributions in areas that it believes are important to the future of the nation’s vitality and success. Its first priority is to support programs and organizations whose chief purpose is to benefit low- and moderate-income individuals and families. In community development, the Wells Fargo Foundation supports programs improving low- and moderate-income communities...