The Fund for Workforce Equity is a pooled fund, supported by Workforce Matters, that aims to center workers and learners most impacted by racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in workforce policy and program design and implementation.
Donor Name: Workforce Matters
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:Â 09/16/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Focus Areas + PrioritiesÂ
Within the broader eligibility criteria, the Fund for Workforce Equity has established a few priority areas and populations for this round of funding:
- Populations: Workers and learners with disabilities, refugees and immigrants, youth and young adults
- Geographies: All U.S.-based applicants are welcome to apply. However, they do have some funds set aside for organizations based in California, Southeast Michigan, and Western NY.
- Approaches:
- Approaches that align or integrate worker rights and workforce development
- Approaches that focus on building worker power to improve workforce development programs, working conditions, and/or economic mobility
- Approaches that empower workers and learners to shape and implement workforce programs and policies
- Applicants committed to applying lessons learned to their own employment and organizational processes.
Funding Information
In this round of funding, they anticipate awarding up to seven two-year grants of $100,000 each to organizations working to center the voices of workers and learners in designing, developing, and implementing workforce programs and policies.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fund for Workforce Equity is open to any nonprofit (501c3) organization, including fiscally-sponsored organizations, providing workforce development services primarily to or within historically marginalized or excluded populations, including workers and learners of color, Native Nations and communities, immigrants and refugees, and people with disabilities, including but not limited to the following:
- Previous applicants to the Fund for Workforce Equity
- Previous grantees of the Fund for Workforce Equity
- Previous applicants to the WGNNC
- Collaborative or partnership efforts
- Worker centers, worker rights organizations, labor management partnerships
- Current awardees of the WGNNC fund are not eligible to apply for this round of funding
For more information, visit Workforce Matters.
