🎉 BIG NEWS 🎉
Today, we are proud to launch Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers for All, a collaborative philanthropic effort for both people and the planet. Our $110 million fund will invest $50 million to help train and connect people in underinvested communities to uplifting climate and infrastructure careers and to boost good job creation in the places that need it most. Our strategy is designed to complement $2 trillion in federal investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and other recent legislation, as well as hundreds of billions in private sector investment.
We are honored and inspired to be in this work with our Essential Leaders Council of frontline workers and directly impacted communities, our co-funders, and our Advisory Group to the initiative’s open call grants challenge.
If you’re a funder interested in supporting this initiative or a nonprofit or state/local agency seeking grant funding, learn more here:
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Among our co-funders: Annie E. Casey Foundation, Ascendium's Education Philanthropy, Autodesk Foundation Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Ford Foundation, Invest in Our Future, The James Irvine Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Joyce Foundation, THE JPB FOUNDATION, The Rockefeller Foundation, and Truist
Grants Challenge Advisory Group Members: Darren Walker, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, Debbie Clifford, Tim Berry, Maria Flynn, Taj Ahmad Eldridge, Jobs for the Future (JFF), Peter Colavito, Danielle S. Goonan, Rachel Isacoff, Sarita Gupta, Clarence Anthony, National League of Cities, Tracy Palandjian, Social Finance, BLUEGREEN ALLIANCE, Mike Fishman, Climate Jobs National Resource Center, Energy Foundation, Talya Karr, Xavier de Souza Briggs, The Brookings Institution, Pronita Gupta, Workforce Matters Funders Network, Clair Minson, LCPC, NCC (she/her), Kate (McElligott) Buchanan, Dr. Thomas Krieger, NABTU, Shaun Donovan, and Enterprise Community Partners.
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