Accelerating Innovative + Equitable Workforce Pathways Grant
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Overview
Accelerating Innovative + Equitable Workforce Pathways Grant
Blue Grass Community Foundation, with support from the Walton Family Foundation, is offering a second round of a two-round funding opportunity aimed to foster the development of innovative education-to-workforce programs. Grant funds will support initiatives that prepare Fayette County students in grades 6-12 for in-demand, high-wage employment opportunities. BGCF is seeking proposals for new projects that bridge the gap between education and the workforce, with focus on addressing disparities due to socioeconomic status, gender, and/or race and ethnicity. Proposals with project budgets between $200,000 and $450,000 will be considered. Projects must be co-designed and co-implemented by at least two partner organizations representing different sectors (e.g., public, private, schools, nonprofits, and businesses). One or more grants totaling up to $450,000 will be awarded for the two-year grant cycle (March 1, 2025 – February 28, 2027).
Eligibility
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What Blue Grass Community Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 514
- Total given
- $20.72M
- Median grant
- $17K
- Range
- $5,025–$520K
- By dollars: Kentucky 87%, Tennessee 3%, Missouri 2%. Top recipient cities: Lexington, KY; Winchester, KY; Frankfort, KY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
The Fayette Education Foundation · Lexington, KY
To further the exempt purpose of the organization
$520K
Robert L Brown Foundation Inc · Lexington, KY
To further the exempt purpose of the organization
$480K
University of Kentucky Athletics · Lexington, KY
To further the exempt purpose of the organization
$404K
Whetstone Boys Ranch · Mountain View, MO
To further the exempt purpose of the organization
$400K
Safe Passage · Louisville, KY
To further the exempt purpose of the organization
$397K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Education
- Workforce development
- College prep
- Education equity
- K-12 schools
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