As part of the Champlain Hudson Power Express project (CHPE), Hydro-Québec and Transmission Developers created the Green Economy Fund (GEF), a $40 million fund designed to support disadvantaged communities, low-income individuals, and transitioning fossil fuel workers (the “target population”) in accessing and building careers in New York State’s green economy.
Donor Name: Champlain Hudson Power Express
Counties: Selected Counties
Borough: Astoria, Bronx, Queens
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000 and $250,000
Details:
Objectives
The GEF is focused on funding green jobs training programs and wraparound services associated with programs that prepare participants for careers in the green economy. Applicants that serve communities in counties intersected by the CHPE Project Route (Clinton, Essex, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady, Albany, Greene, Columbia, Ulster, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, and the neighborhoods of the South Bronx and Astoria in the Bronx and Queens) are given some priority.
Acceptable areas of funding include, but are not limited to:
- training costs (e.g., instructors, curriculum development, materials, equipment),
- wraparound services (e.g., transportation, case management, addition of professional development curriculum, childcare),
- Costs of recruitment from disadvantaged communities, and
- participant stipends or wage supports for graduates placed in jobs.
The Green Economy Fund is designed to mitigate the most pressing challenges facing green workforce development, and the Green Economy Fund administrators will work with potential grantees to design individualized reporting metrics to track impact.
Funding Information
Funding will be disbursed over the course of 20 years, and grants in this first round are expected to amount between $50,000 and $250,000. Funds will be paid in multiple disbursements based on grantees’ individual needs and spent within one year of that award. Grantees may be considered for additional funding in the future grantmaking cycles based on the performance of their first grant.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must serve members of the “target population,” or disadvantaged communities, low-income individuals, and transitioning fossil fuel workers, in accessing and building careers in the green economy.
Eligible Organizations
Nonprofit organizations (501c3s), chambers of commerce (501c6s), and unions (501c5s), such as but not limited to:
- Workforce development nonprofits
- Community-based organizations
- Building trades unions
- Nonprofit pre-apprenticeship programs
- Community colleges, career and technical education schools, and adult education programming
Ineligible Organizations
- For-profit organizations
- Government
- Advocacy organizations (501c4)s
For more information, visit Green Economy Fund.
