Employment Grants Sub Categories

Training Grants|Vocational Rehabilitation Grants|Retraining Grants|Labor Unions Grants|Job Counseling Grants

Employment grants are generally provided to promote job creation, job retention or job expansion. The federal government, state, county and city governments, as well as private and corporate foundations all award employment grants.  Some of the largest foundations that give employment grants are listed below with their total giving, as reported in the Foundation Directory Online, between 2000 and 2004.

Other big givers for employment grants include the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Lilly Endowment, Sloan Foundation, Verizon Foundation, J. P. Morgan Chase Foundation, SBC Foundation, and Joyce Foundation.  The largest percentage of employment grants are awarded to non-profit organizations, health care agencies, colleges and universities, local government agencies, tribal institutions, and schools. Between 2000 and 2004, over 13,000 employment grants were awarded in the United States through private foundations.  The two highest single awards were for $15,000,000 provided by the Lilly Endowment and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  The Lilly Endowment grant went to Discovery Alliance in Valparaiso, Indiana for a collaborative project by four Northwest Indiana communities to 1) prepare youth for success, 2) increase literacy, and 3) strengthen adult workforce development.  The Gates Foundation grant went to a project in Portland, Oregon called E3: Employers for Education Excellence.  It was a five-year school reform grant to convert 18-20 large high schools into smaller learning communities and create 10-12 new small high schools.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) funds training programs that teaches job skills and provides job placement services for adults who are 18 years of age. The employment grants program is administered locally by One Stop Career Centers.  The types of training offered by a local training center can vary depending on the job opportunities in the community.  Other types of DOL grants include grants for apprenticeship, dislocated workers, Indian and Native Americans, Job Corps, migrant and seasonal farmer workers, people with disabilities, safety and health, seniors, veterans and youth programs.

Employment grants usually involve an educational component – either K-12 education or adult education.  U.S. Government Grants specialize in the arena of employment and education grants.  Its founder and lead instructor, Beverly Santicola, has a track record of success in writing employment grants for education, technology, healthcare, science, literacy programs, economic development and labor-management cooperation.  With an average of one million dollars in grant awards each year, Santicola has authored education/employment grants that have:

• Increased learning outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics.

• Increased interest and learning outcomes in science and citizenship.

• Promoted labor-management cooperation in the workplace.

• Encouraged economic growth and employment.

• Advanced professional development.

• Established community technology centers.

Samples of these award winning grant proposals are provided in all U.S.G.G. workshops.

Employment Grants Sub Categories

Training Grants|Vocational Rehabilitation Grants|Retraining Grants|Labor Unions Grants|Job Counseling Grants