Grantee Spotlights

The Environmental Law & Policy Center is the Midwest’s leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. ELPC develops and leads strategic advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural heritage.nt, education and community leaders working together to establish the US as a leader in advanced manufacturing-collaborating to rediscover, reinvent, and rebuild manufacturing in the knowledge economy.

The Center for Labor & Community Research (CLCR), a Chicago-based nonprofit, is a partnership of labor, business, government, education and community leaders working together to establish the US as a leader in advanced manufacturing-collaborating to rediscover, reinvent, and rebuild manufacturing in the knowledge economy.

The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is dedicated to the study, advancement, and presentation of Hispanic culture -- arts, and humanities. Founded in 1983, the NHCC offers year-round public programming in the visual arts, performing arts, history, literary arts, and media arts.

 

Since 2006, The Center for Working Families ("The Center") has been working with community-based organizations, elected officials, policy advocates, and environmental organizations to develop and implement ambitious policy reform agendas. With a focus on creating income, health, and job equality, The Center works with local allies to build the momentum and capacity necessary to reform policies which disproportionately affect low income families in New York state.

Recognizing the vital need to address the impact of plant closings and relocations on struggling manufacturing-dependent cities, WIRE-Net supports more than 200 parts and components manufacturers, with a specialization in the wind industry, and helps link these businesses to valuable community resources, enabling them to embrace innovation to invest in their employees, spur local economic vitality, and improve competitiveness.

Mill Street Loft is a not-for-profit Multi-Arts Educational Center in Poughkeepsie, New York.  It is committed to supporting personal growth and fostering self-expression through the visual and media arts, literary arts, performing arts and arts education.

Founded in 1985, Associated Black Charities (ABC) is a statewide public foundation that seeks to facilitate the development of measurably healthier and wealthier communities throughout the state of Maryland through responsible leadership and philanthropic investment.

1Sky has built a coalition of 600 allied organizations to educate and mobilize the public about the importance of comprehensive climate policy, working to strengthen the nation's economic competitiveness through green jobs, and accelerating the transition off of fossil fuels by integrating local greening and energy initiatives into the national dialogue.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) opened in October 1997, and now ranks as the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States.  Located in Newark, NJPAC aims to be a different kind of arts center--not only a world-class cultural landmark, but also a community center that embraces the diversity of New Jersey.

Ever wonder how an idea transforms into a thriving company, or what elements are needed to create a prosperous local economy? JumpStart, a Cleveland-based venture development organization has an insider's scoop.