Strong Local Economies Grants Descriptions
Inner City Advisors
Oakland, CA | $10,000
To support the development of a comprehensive business plan to help scale and grow the Inner City Advisors (ICA) model and positions it as a thought-leader in the economic and workforce sector nationally.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Inner City Advisors
Oakland, CA | $300,000 (24 months)
To increase Inner City Advisors’ capacity to scale its operations and expand its mission of supporting and investing in high-impact, socially-responsible entrepreneurs that create inner city jobs.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Oakland, CA | $45,000
To support a planning grant for a possible longer term regional initiative intended to improve local economic vitality and benefit sharing in Northern California's East Bay Region, focusing specifically on Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Interise
Boston, MA | $375,000 (36 months)
To increase job creation and small business growth by expanding networks, developing anchor procurement strategies, and researching small business challenges.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark, NJ | $50,000
To support the launch of a Minority Business Accelerator program aimed at accelerating business development and growth through procurement and networks.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Juma Ventures
San Francisco, CA | $340,000 (24 months)
To support the national expansion of Juma's social enterprise model in New Orleans, Seattle and Santa Clara.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Juma Ventures
San Francisco, CA | $15,000
To support the piloting of YouthMade Oakland, which will connect low-income students to paid internships with local manufacturing companies.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
Juxtaposition Arts
Minneapolis, MN | $275,000 (36 months)
To build organizational capacity in support of entrepreneurship and creative skills training for low income youth in North Minneapolis. Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Thriving Cultures Program.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Latino Economic Development Center
Minneapolis, MN | $100,000
To enhance business acceleration strategies to accelerate Latino manufacturing business and conduct a feasibility study of the creation of a worker-owned cooperative.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Liquid Studios
New Orleans, LA | $50,000
To create a roadmap for increasing minority business participation in growth industries supporting the New Orleans economy, including creative industries and green water infrastructure. Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments and Thriving Cultures Programs.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration