Pay-for-Performance Incentive Payments Program is a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration that funds organizations working to expand the national Registered Apprenticeship system. With approximately $145 million available, the program awards cooperative agreements to entities developing new apprenticeship programs or scaling existing ones, with a focus on reducing barriers for program sponsors through performance-based incentive payments. Priority industries include shipbuilding and defense, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, nuclear energy, healthcare, information technology, transportation, and telecommunications. Eligible applicants include state agencies, national industry associations, labor-management organizations, economic development entities, workforce intermediaries, and professional consulting organizations. The application deadline is April 3, 2026.

Hearst Journalism Awards Program is sponsored by William Randolph Hearst Foundation. A national program of monthly competitions in writing, photojournalism, audio, television, and multimedia. The program provides scholarships to undergraduate journalism students for excellence in reporting and storytelling, along with matching grants to their respective universities. Geographic focus: United States Focus areas: Journalism, Education

The Reentry Employment in Skilled Trades, Advanced Manufacturing, Registered Apprenticeships, and Training (RESTART) Initiative is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Supports the advancement of workforce readiness skills and the attainment of employment for ex-offenders across three populations: youth (ages 15-17 years old), young adults (ages 18-24 years old), and adults (ages 25 years old and above).

YouthBuild - FOA-ETA-26-38 is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). YouthBuild prepares participants for quality jobs in various industry sectors and includes wrap-around supportive services such as assistance in transportation, childcare, and housing. YouthBuild programs must offer participants construction training and hands-on experiences building affordable housing for their community. Programs may also include a Construction Plus component, providing vocational training in additional high-demand industries.

YouthBuild is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This program awards grants to eligible public or private non-profit organizations or Tribal entities to provide pre-apprenticeship occupational skills training, education, and job placement services to opportunity youth. YouthBuild programs must offer participants construction training and hands-on experiences building affordable housing for their community, and include wrap-around supportive services such as housing assistance.

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 6) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This grant program funds community colleges to build program and system capacity for implementing and scaling access to short-term training opportunities through Workforce Pell Grants. The focus is on promoting industry-driven strategies, worker mobility, and integration with the larger state workforce system for statewide impact. Nonprofits may be involved as partners.

Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants (Round 6) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA). This program funds community colleges to build program and system capacity for implementing and scaling access to short-term training opportunities through Workforce Pell Grants, promoting industry-driven strategies and worker mobility. Healthcare is a designated industry focus.

TechAccess: AI-Ready America is sponsored by U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in partnership with U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA), and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). This national initiative aims to accelerate AI readiness and adoption across the U.S. by expanding access to AI knowledge, tools, and training for individuals, communities, and businesses, especially small and emerging enterprises. It focuses on strengthening coordination, leveraging partnerships, and scaling effective approaches. The program supports State/Territory Coordination Hubs to drive AI readiness.

Colorado Nonprofit Grants is a grant from the Adolph Coors Foundation that funds Colorado-based nonprofit organizations working in areas of youth development, STEM education, adult workforce readiness and self-sufficiency, rural community support, and public policy that promotes individual responsibility and free enterprise. The Foundation does not support arts, emergency services, senior programs, schools, or start-up organizations. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organizations based in Colorado that have been operational for at least one full year; public policy requests may come from out-of-state organizations. Award amounts vary by project; the application deadline is July 1, 2026.

Transformational Homelessness Response Grant Program is sponsored by Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), Division of Housing (DOH). This program aims to ensure everyone in Colorado has a safe and stable place to live and thrive. It funds projects that prevent or end homelessness as efficiently and effectively as possible by transforming systems, programs, and outcomes.

Northeast Ohio Natural Gas Hardship Program is a utility assistance grant from Dollar Energy Fund that helps limited-income customers of Northeast Ohio Natural Gas maintain or restore their basic gas service. Administered by Dollar Energy Fund, this program provides grants applied directly to customers' utility bills. Eligible applicants must have household income at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, carry an outstanding balance of at least $100, and have paid at least $100 toward their account in the past three months ($75 for seniors aged 62 and older). Awards are up to $500 per eligible residential account. The program is open from October through the end of the fiscal year or until funds are exhausted.

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant is a grant from the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation that funds individual painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have worked in a mature phase of their art for 20 or more years and demonstrate current financial need. Each year, the foundation awards 20 grants of $25,000 each, reviewed by a panel of five independent arts professionals. Applicants who have previously received the grant three or more times are not eligible. Organizations, students, graphic artists, craft practitioners, and photographers (unless the work involves painting or sculpture) are ineligible. Applications for the 2026 cycle are accepted from October 15, 2025 through January 15, 2026.

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant is sponsored by Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant is a grant from the Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation that funds individual painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have worked in a mature phase of their art for 20 or more years and demonstrate current financial need.

Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) is sponsored by Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA). The REDI program helps rural communities comprehensively diversify their local economy and create a more resilient Colorado. Projects can include plans, construction, programs, and capacity building that create and retain jobs, support entrepreneurial ecosystems, and enhance economic resilience.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Grants is sponsored by The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation provides grants in five program areas: Arts & Humanities, Community Services, Education, Environment, and Health & Wellness. For Community Services, grants support children, youth and families (academic performance, employment, relationships with trusted adults, community connections), community development (affordable housing, services for people experiencing homelessness, wealth disparities, civic engagement), justice (civil legal aid, services for survivors of violence, criminal justice system efforts), and workforce development.

Emergency Assistance Program (Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation) is sponsored by Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.. Provides interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident (e. g. , fire, flood, emergency medical need) and who lack the resources to meet that situation.

Job Corps Information Technology Academy (JCITA) Demonstration Project is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Under this Funding Opportunity Announcement, DOL will award up to five cooperative agreements to implement and test innovative training models within Job Corps, specifically in information technology, to provide expanded career technical training and career outcomes for Job Corps students.

William Randolph Hearst Foundation: Culture Grant is sponsored by William Randolph Hearst Foundation. This grant aims to support outstanding nonprofits that enhance cultural engagement and artistic talent in the U. S. It focuses on programs that reach young people and prioritizes organizations that create lasting impacts in the arts and sciences.

Hearst Foundations General Grantmaking is sponsored by William Randolph Hearst Foundation. The Hearst Foundations provide funding to well-established nonprofit organizations working in the fields of culture, education, health, and social services. Support is provided for programs, capital projects, and occasionally endowments or general operations. The foundations look for best-in-class organizations that demonstrate measurable impact and serve large demographic or geographic constituencies. Geographic focus: United States Focus areas: Culture, Education, Health, Social Service

YouthBuild - FOA-ETA-24-36 (and FOA-ETA-24-53, FOA-ETA-26-38) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The YouthBuild program awards grants to organizations providing pre-apprenticeship services that support education, occupational skills training, and employment services to opportunity youth, ages 16 to 24, who are performing meaningful work and service to their communities. It includes wrap-around services like mentoring, trauma-informed care, personal counseling, and employment, and emphasizes construction skills training, often with a 'Construction Plus' component for other in-demand industries.

Arts Forward Fund is sponsored by Greater Washington Community Foundation (in partnership with The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation and others). The Arts Forward Fund provides resources to help arts and culture organizations in the DC region make essential shifts needed to continue their work despite ongoing challenges and to respond to the national movement for racial justice.

Industry-Driven Skills Training Fund is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This program provides grants to State Workforce Agencies to form partnerships with eligible employers in high-growth and emerging industry sectors, including those essential to the buildout of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and information technology. The grants support businesses in creating or expanding training programs to provide workers with critical industry skills.

Jobs for Veterans State Grants (JVSG) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Veterans Employment and Training Administration. This program provides federal funding to state agencies to hire staff who provide individualized career and training-related services to eligible veterans and eligible persons with employment barriers, and assist employers in filling their workforce needs with job-seeking veterans. While not directly for medical staffing, it supports employment for veterans, which can indirectly aid in workforce development.

Reentry Employment in Skilled Trades, Advanced Manufacturing, Registered Apprenticeships, and Training (RESTART) Initiative is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This initiative provides grant funding to assist people reentering their communities after being incarcerated by helping them gain experience and secure employment in skilled trades and high-demand industries. Such training and employment services include pre-apprenticeships, work-based learning, AI and digital literacy training, credential attainment, and paid work experiences, with a specific focus on placing participants into Registered Apprenticeships. Priority consideration is given to applicants focused on shipbuilding and those partnering with Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors. The program aims to offer individuals with criminal backgrounds opportunities to learn in-demand skills and find employment, contributing to DOL's broader workforce development goals.

Housing Development Grant Funds (HDG) is sponsored by Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), Division of Housing. Administered by the Division of Housing, this fund provides monies for acquisition, rehabilitation, and new construction through a competitive application process to improve, preserve, or expand the supply of affordable housing, and to finance foreclosure prevention activities i…

Emergency Assistance Program (Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.) is sponsored by Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.. Provides interim financial assistance to qualified artists whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident (e. g. , fire, flood, emergency medical need) and who lack the resources to meet that situation.

Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Women Veterans' and Homeless Veterans' with Children Reintegration Grant Program (HWVHVWC) is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Employment-focused federal grant program aimed at assisting veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness in obtaining meaningful employment.

Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) Grant Program is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This program awards grants to community-based organizations to attract and retain women in Registered Apprenticeship programs and industries where they are underrepresented, such as manufacturing, construction, and cybersecurity. While not directly for women-owned businesses, it supports workforce development that can benefit women entrepreneurs in these fields.

Dollar General Literacy Foundation Adult Literacy Grants is sponsored by Dollar General Literacy Foundation. These grants award funding to nonprofit organizations that provide direct service to adults in need of literacy assistance. Programs must provide help in one of three areas: adult basic education, GED or high school equivalency preparation, or English language acquisition.

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Grants for AI Literacy and Training is sponsored by U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance urging states to leverage Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) grants to bolster artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and training across the workforce. This includes supporting AI literacy among participants in WIOA Title I Youth, Adult, and Dislocated Worker programs, integrating AI learning into programming, and using governor's reserve funds for AI training opportunities. Small businesses can benefit by partnering with state and local workforce development boards to access training for their employees.