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Congratulations for our 2025-2027 Fund for Workforce Equity Grantees:
- Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice – Queens, NY
- Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology – Buffalo, NY
- Building Skills Partnership – Los Angeles, CA
- Impact Justice – Oakland, CA
- Michigan AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute – Detroit, MI
- Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA
- Todos Juntos Learning Center – Austin, TX
Congratulations to our 2024 WGNCC Awardees:
- Purple Maiʻa Foundation, Alea, Hawaii
- Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Kenai, Alaska
- Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, Montana
- Red Lake Nation- Oshkiimaajitahdah, Redby, Minnesota
- Saad Kidilye, Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Northern California Indian Development Council, Inc, Eureka, California
- Change Labs, Tuba City, AZ
- MIGIZI Communications Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Articles
Episode 36 – Closing the Equity Gap for Native American Workers feat. Natasha Hale (November 2024) (State of Our Workforce)
Support for initiatives that center workers and learners of color: Funders look ahead at how they can be most impactful (WorkingNation, Dec 1, 2022)
Press Releases
Fund for Workforce Equity Selects Second Cohort of Grantees (March 5, 2025)
Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities Awards Inaugural Funding(August 8, 2024)
Fund for Workforce Equity Selects Inaugural Grantees (November 17, 2022)
“This diverse group of organizations will elevate important lessons about advancing equitable outcomes as they seek out the best ways to design and implement programs that ensure learners and workers of color, especially those from low-income backgrounds, are connected to workforce training opportunities that lead to high-quality jobs.”
Kirstin Yeado
Ascendium“We’re proud to support the Fund for Workforce Equity and partner with these 15 organizations as they lead the way in developing workforce solutions that center the voices and agency of BIPOC workers and learners.”
Lauren Crain
WES Mariam Assefa Fund“These Fund for Workforce Equity grantees have a unique opportunity to collaborate with workers of color and develop workforce strategies that center their goals and aspirations.”