Strong Local Economies Grants Descriptions
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
Brooklyn, NY | $75,000
To ensure economic opportunities for low income families in Downtown Brooklyn through organizing campaigns for accountable development and quality job creation.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Family Values at Work: A Multi-State Consortium
Milwaukee, WI | $300,000 (24 months)
To support Family Values at Work's efforts to establish earned sick leave (ESL) measures at the city, state, and federal levels, including developing the case for ESL's positive impact on businesses and local economies.
Category: Job Quality & Career Pathways
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Boston, MA | $45,000
To support awards for the Working Cities Challenge.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Foundation for Louisiana
Baton Rouge, LA | $100,000 (24 months)
Provide general operating support and capacity building resources in support of work to increase economic opportunity for vulnerable communities while preserving their cultural fabric. Additional funding for this grant comes from Surdna's Sustainable Environments and Thriving Cultures Program.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Coral Gables, FL | $48,000
To develop and execute the work plan of an Anchor Institutions and Philanthropy Project.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Good Jobs First
Washington, DC | $600,000 (36 months)
To sustain and grow research and technical assistance capacity to promote accountability in economic development and build good jobs.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
GRITtv with Laura Flanders
New York, NY | $5,000
To support GRITtv with Laura Flanders and the Toolbox For Education and Social Action in production and distribution of a short video on how to create worker-owned cooperatives.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Impact America Fund
New York, NY | $48,000
To formalize a mission management system to help scale mission-driven companies and generate real social returns.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration
Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Roxbury, MA | $10,000
To support a convening that will explore how to increase the utilization of EB-5 as an impact investing vehicle in low income communities, the publication and dissemination of the EB-5 white paper and other event-related materials, and outreach.
Category: Equitable Economic Development
Inner City Advisors
Oakland, CA | $45,000
To support work to formalize a capital investment strategy and implement the systems that will ensure Fund Good Jobs' long-term sustainability.
Category: Business Development & Acceleration