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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Skilled Trades Training/Education, Workforce Readiness/Development, Job/Career Training
Deadline: July 10, 2026
“BlackRock Future Builders is a $100 million philanthropic initiative funded by The BlackRock Foundation to expand economic opportunity and power the next generation of America’s skilled trades workers. Through this Request for Proposals (RFP) process, The Foundation seeks to support U.S. nonprofit organizations delivering or supporting high‑quality skilled trades training. This competitive grant opportunity operates in parallel to other BlackRock Future Builders partnerships and is intended to surface additional, regionally grounded solutions across the skilled trades ecosystem. Organizations may propose direct worker training programs or capacity‑building efforts that enable systems to function more effectively and at greater scale.
- Worker training interventions may include direct service proposals such as pre-apprenticeship or career navigation programs, workforce training programs, apprenticeship programs, or wraparound participant supports that are supportive of training persistence and completion.
- Capacity-building interventions are organizational and system-focused, rather than in direct service of participants, and may include, but are not limited to, proposals such as ecosystem-building, demonstration projects, technology or tool adoptions, or research, among others.
All skilled trades are eligible, provided applicants demonstrate a strong connection to infrastructure projects such as data center construction or related supply chains, energy infrastructure, or transportation infrastructure. Examples of eligible occupations may include, but are not limited to: Electricians, HVAC technicians, Plumbers, Pipefitters and steamfitters, Ironworkers, Insulation workers, Construction equipment operators.”
Funder: The BlackRock Foundation
Eligibility: “U.S.-based (including Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands) nonprofit organizations recognized as a 501(c)(3) public charity or equivalent.”
Amount: $500,000 – $1,000,000
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