STRONG LOCAL ECONOMIES grant descriptions
Los Angeles Alliance for a
New Economy (LAANE)
Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 (3 years)
To establish a large scale program to: 1) organize for energy efficiency measures on hundreds of thousands of residential and commercial buildings served by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and 2) provide training for career path green jobs for thousands of low-income residents.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Make the Road New York
Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 (1 year)
To connect youth and immigrant adults with expanded economic opportunity through workforce and youth development programming, and to advocate for state and federal reforms that will lead to increased economic opportunity for disadvantaged and vulnerable New Yorkers.
Marketumbrella.org
New Orleans, LA | $45,000 (1 year)
To study the economic impact of local farmers markets and their ability to create places of destination.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
Mayors Automotive Coalition
Washington, DC | $50,000 (1 year)
For a project working to build a network and capacity of local government leaders to foster job creation and revitalize local economies impacted by the loss of auto manufacturers.
Metropolitan Planning Council
Chicago, IL | $125,000 (1 year)
To utilize employer-assisted housing and transit-oriented development as tools to engage the private sector in policy and implementation on targeted initiatives in the Chicago region and at the national level.
Minority and Women Educational Labor Agency
Pittsburgh, PA | $300,000 (3 years)
To strengthen the capacity of the Sheltered Bond program, increasing women and minority entrepreneurs' ability to access the capital needed to grow their construction trades businesses.
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development
Berea, KY | $100,000 (2 years)
To promote policy development, advocacy, organizing and workforce development initiatives in Kentucky and Central Appalachia that will reduce emissions, create jobs and bring the benefits of energy efficiency and the green economy to low-income and underserved communities.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
National Skills Coalition
Washington, DC | $50,000 (1 year)
To support the National Skills Coalition's deployment of a new comprehensive communications strategy aimed at mobilizing the workforce field to respond to recent changes in the political and policy climate in the United States, which pose significant threats and reforms to traditional funding mechanisms for occupational skills training and workforce programs.
New York Community Trust
New York, NY | $300,000 (2 years)
Continued support for One Region, a funders' collaborative that supports grantmaking and joint learning to advance transportation reform issues and transit-oriented development in the tri-state region of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and at the federal level.
Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments Program.
People Organized to Win Employment Rights
San Francisco, CA | $75,000 (1 year)
To organize low-income residents of color to influence transportation planning and investments, achieving greater affordability and accessibility to jobs and education in the Bay Area.
Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group
Pittsburgh, PA | $200,000 (2 years)
To grow a constituency for increased transit and transit-oriented development in Pittsburgh, particularly among low-income and minority communities, and to strengthen a transit steering committee to guide and implement strategic recommendations.
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 (1 year)
To document the economic impact of manufacturing along the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and to identify policies and strategies for adapting its model in New York and other older industrial cities.