The Port of Seattle is accepting applications for the 2025 South King County Community Impact Fund (SKCCIF) Economic Opportunities for Communities (EOC) Program.
Donor Name: Port of Seattle
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The EOC Program connects historically underrepresented communities to opportunities for living wage jobs and careers, creating access for the next generation of professionals to enter the port-related industries of aviation, construction trades, green jobs, and maritime.
Through the EOC program, the Port of Seattle contracts with community-based organizations to implement career-prep programs to increase access to jobs and careers in port-related industries. These programs will provide services focused on awareness, exploration, preparation, and training to underrepresented communities who live and work in near-airport cities and South King County, extending up to Beacon Hill and Duwamish Valley.
Proposed projects must include the core components:
- Port-related industries. Increase awareness and access to jobs and careers in port-related industries (aviation, construction trades, green jobs, and maritime.)
- Career-prep and Career-readiness Scopes. Be related to workforce development, utilizing career-prep and career-readiness programming and work-based learning strategies, such as awareness, exploration, preparation, and training.
- Equity. Serve historically underrepresented communities who live and work in near-airport cities and South King County, extending up to Duwamish Valley and Beacon Hill. Underrepresented communities include communities of color, low-income communities, immigrants and refugees, and other structurally excluded communities.
Funding Information
Approximately $2 million in funding is available for 2025 application. Funding duration and amounts are:
- Single year from $65,000 – $115,000, or
- Multi-year (up to 3 years) from $100,000-$275,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Community-based organizations with the following requirements may be eligible to apply:
- 501(c)3, 501(c)6 or community organizations with fiscal sponsor.
- Experience and trust with underrepresented communities in near-airport cities and South King County, extending up to Duwamish Valley and Beacon Hill.
- Experience with workforce development and career-prep and readiness programming in Port-related industries (aviation, construction trades, green jobs, and maritime.)
For more information, visit Port of Seattle.
