Strong Local Economies Grants Descriptions
Alliance for a Just Society
Seattle, WA | $250,000 (24 months)
To support efforts to build relationships and engage small business owners in dialogue about earned sick leave (ESL), mobilizing them to educate key audiences about how ESL policies support strong local economies
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
American Sustainable Business Council
Washington, DC | $200,000 (24 months)
To incorporate the voice of minority-owned businesses in American Sustainable Business Council 's campaigns (sick leave, minimum wage) and assist the piloting of a crowd funding platform to give sustainable businesses greater access to capital.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Anchor Institutions Task Force
New York, NY | $225,000 (36 months)
To support the development of ongoing measurement of the economic development practices of anchors and technical assistance to current anchor partnerships.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Asian Americans For Equality
New York, NY | $100,000
To develop an EB-5 'Regional Center' dedicated to addressing the employment and community economic development needs of New York’s immigrant populations served by Asian Americans For Equality.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
BOC Capital Corp.
Brooklyn, NY | $480,000 (36 months)
To build the capacity of BOC Capital Corp. to manage a Mobilization Loan Program and provide technical assistance for small minority and women-owned contractors working on Sandy recovery efforts.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
BOC Capital Corp.
Brooklyn, NY | $700,000 (36 months)
To assist minority and women-owned small construction businesses to compete for Sandy recovery subcontracts through the New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, as well as for specific recovery-related contract opportunities issued through other agencies in the near future.
Category: Program Related Investment
Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Bellingham, WA | $300,000 (24 months)
To expand BALLE's Local Economies Fellowship dedicated to cultivating a national shift towards inclusive, strong local economies.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage
Boston, MA | $200,000 (24 months)
To strengthen the organization’s capacity to educate, organize and publicize business support for increasing the minimum wage at the federal, state and local level.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
California Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA | $15,000
To secure 1,000 livable wage jobs for black male youth 18 years and older who face barriers to employment.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
Center for American Progress
Washington, DC | $45,000
To support the White House Summit on Working Families.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways