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THIS GRANT’S FOCUS: Career Pathway, Job/Career Training, Workforce Readiness/Development, Youth Development
Deadline: July 10, 2026
“The Pathways Impact Fund (The Fund) at StriveTogether is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for regional, place-based intermediary organizations who are committed to ensuring more young people are on purposeful pathways and gaining the experiences, beginning in high school, that build momentum toward well-paying careers and economic mobility.
Through this grant opportunity, The Fund aims to strengthen the connection between education and workforce systems — with an emphasis on grades 9–13 — by supporting place-based partnerships that are scaling integrated, evidence-based pathways experiences. Funding will support the development and expansion of aligned regional efforts that embed advising connected to students’ goals, access to meaningful work opportunities, accelerated coursework and valuable credentials that lead to meaningful jobs. Purposeful pathways also center the student experience and create educational experiences that are linked to students’ goals and identities. They incorporate purpose, belonging, and social capital as key accelerants to pathways design.
The Fund will award $900,000–$1.5M over three years to selected regional intermediary organizations working to scale the components of purposeful pathways that lead to direct student impact. Grantees will join a national learning network, receive tailored support, and engage in a national community of practice. The Pathways Impact Fund is designed to support regional intermediaries to advance the following grantmaking goals:
- Support the adoption of purposeful pathways, including component integration
- Align education to regional economic and workforce needs
- Support strategies to scale pathways programs and close opportunity gaps
- Transform systems and unlock public and private dollars
Successful applications will demonstrate a commitment to scaling purposeful pathways programs as well as developing and scaling the core components of purposeful pathways.”
Funder: Pathways Impact Fund – StriveTogether
Eligibility: “Organizations must: (1) Operate as a place-based regional or state intermediary (nonprofit, collaborative, public-private partnership, workforce board, postsecondary institution, or similar) that is directly embedded in and accountable to the communities they serve. | (2) Convene cross-sector partners across K–12, postsecondary, workforce, employers, and government. | (3) Have formal governance (org chart, organization strategy plan, or any governance agreement with your pathways partners, e.g., charter MOU). | (4) Show credible capacity to scale pathways to at least 1,700–2,500 new students (preference 5,000+) over three years…”
Amount: $900,000 – $1,500,000
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