We're looking forward to continuing amazing work in Appalachia partnered with our friends at Coalfield Development Corporation!
Executive Director at the Families and Workers Fund | President of the Stonewall Community Foundation Board of Directors | Presidential Leadership Scholar
🔊 🔊 🔊 Grant Funding Announcement! Cleo is a young man who lives in Philly. A few years ago, he was just barely getting by on "odd jobs and grunt work," in his own words. Today, Cleo is a manager in a solar panel warehouse earning middle class pay; finding purpose, joy, advancement opportunities, and respect in his work; filling a critical workforce need; and inspiring others to enter climate careers -- especially folks who, like Cleo, never saw people who looked like them represented in these industries. Today, The Families and Workers Fund is thrilled to announce $12 million in new grants to the awardees of our Powering Climate and Infrastructure Careers Challenge. By funding these incredible nonprofits and state partnerships, we can use philanthropic dollars to leverage public and private investment to help create one million more stories like Cleo's. The pathway to a sustainable, resilient future for all of us runs straight through the workforce, and we need to go big on workers. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dhTyrQ26 #announcement #grant #funding #philanthropy #workforce #workers #climate #sustainability #workforcedevelopment #InflationReductionAct #BipartisanInfrastructureLaw