Strong Local Economies Grants Descriptions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Community Innovators Lab
Cambridge, MA | $15,000
To support an exploration of hospitals' community benefits work and the possibilities for their impact on communities in the context of the Bronx Cooperative Development Initiative.
Category: Discretionary
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders
San Antonio, TX | $200,000 (24 months)
To strengthen the capacity of nonprofits to accelerate and expand Latino small businesses, by increasing lending and economic development projects in small business districts.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders
San Antonio, TX | $100,000
To expand the volume and geographic scope of small business lending in predominantly Latino communities.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
National Employment Law Project
New York, NY | $300,000 (24 months)
General support for the National Employment Law Project’s work to improve the quality of low wage jobs, and enhance workers' access to education and training that will improve their workforce mobility.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Boston, MA | $250,000 (24 months)
To support job quality and career advancement opportunities for low-wage workers.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
National Housing Institute
Montclair, NJ | $15,000
To support Shelterforce as it strengthens its coverage of economic development and good jobs topics.
Category: Discretionary
National Skills Coalition
Washington, DC | $300,000 (36 months)
To enhance the National Skills Coalition's capacity to reform federal and state workforce policies and promote alignment within industry-targeted sectors to build 'middle-skill' career pathways for low-income working adults.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC | $5,000
To support the Neighborhood Funders Group's Working Group on Labor and Community Partnerships.
Category: Discretionary
New Orleans Business Alliance
New Orleans, LA | $170,000 (24 months)
To increase minority business participation and opportunities through business development, marketing and communications, strategy, policy and research.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice
New Orleans, LA | $50,000
To support efforts to secure career ladder jobs and economic opportunity for low-income African Americans in New Orleans, and to build a coalition to advocate for a city-wide community benefits agreement.
Category: Equitable Economic Development