STRONG LOCAL ECONOMIES grant descriptions
Fairmount/Indigo Line CDC Collaborative
Dorchester, MA | $200,000 (1 year)
To sustain an equitable transit-oriented development agenda that creates affordable housing, vibrant commercial development and quality jobs along the Fairmount-Indigo commuter rail line.
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
Brooklyn, NY | $75,000 (1 year)
To ensure economic opportunities for low-income families through organizing campaigns for accountable development and access to quality job creation.
Food Chain Workers Alliance
Los Angeles, CA | $93,000 (1 year)
To support a comprehensive study that documents the state of the food systems workforce in the United States.
FutureWorks
Seattle, WA | $320,000 (3 years)
To support an action-learning network of regional leaders working to link job creation and expanded economic opportunity for low-income communities.
Greenlining Institute
Berkeley, CA | $125,000 (1 year)
To support the Greenlining Leadership Academy to prepare people of color to participate in policy and advocacy career tracks.
Housing Virginia Campaign
Richmond, VA | $225,000 (3 years)
To support policy research, community forums and technical assistance to promote location-efficient housing, job centers and commercial development as part of Virginia's first statewide housing plan.
Inter-Alliance Dialogue
New York, NY | $100,000 (1 year)
To support the Excluded Workers Congress, which develops policies and practices that improve access to training and career building opportunities in the initial rungs of the career ladder.
Interise
Boston, MA | $200,000 (2 years)
To support national expansion of Interise's program to economic development partners, increasing their capacity to leverage the contribution of small businesses for regional economic revitalization.
ISAIAH
Minneapolis, MN | $150,000 (2 years)
To support a multi-stakeholder campaign to ensure inclusion and equitable access to transportation, employment and housing options for low-income communities in Minnesota.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Job Opportunities Task Force
Baltimore, MD | $225,000 (2 years)
To strengthen and align Baltimore City's workforce system and promote policies that better connect low-income residents to quality workforce training, local employers and well-paying jobs.
Jobs for the Future
Boston, MA | $300,000 (3 years)
To support documentation, best practices development and peer learning among community colleges awarded grants under the U.S. Department of Labor's sector-based training program.
Liberty Hill Foundation
Santa Monica, CA | $75,000 (16 months)
Support for the Wally Marks Leadership Institute for Change to provide organizational capacity-building and individual leadership development for nonprofit organizations and their leaders to advance economic, environmental and social change in Los Angeles.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Livable Communities Coalition of Metro Atlanta
Atlanta, GA | $150,000 (2 years)
To inform development decisions in the Atlanta region through a multi-stakeholder organizing and advocacy campaign for policies and financing tools that prioritize transportation and smart growth.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Living Cities
New York, NY | $1,000,000 (3 years)
To support Living Cities' efforts to advance a substantive, integrative agenda to improve the quality of life and quality of place for low-income communities.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.