MSF: Pathways to Work Grant

The Morris Stulsaft Foundation's Pathways to Work Grant focuses on empowering Bay Area youth aged 15 to 24 from low-income households. The grant emphasizes the importance of early work experience as a predictor of future employment, providing hands-on job training and support. Organizations must connect youth to paid work opportunities and offer programs that develop essential soft skills, ensuring they are prepared for various career paths in high-demand sectors.

NOTE: NOTE: The Morris Stulsaft Foundation is only accepting applications from returning grantees at this time.
of the Foundation
Dedicated to the well-being of Bay Area children and youth. We fund organizations with strong and effective leadership that prepare children and youth from low-income households for fulfilled and productive lives.
(serves ages 15 to 24)
The foundation believes that early work experience is a predictor of long-term employment as an adult and is achieved by:

• Providing hands-on job experiences

Meeting youth where they are and providing comprehensive support to ensure young people gain meaningful employment, develop soft skills, and understand the culture or work
Connecting youth to fields in which there are current job opportunities and career ladders, including, but not limited to, construction, healthcare, and technology
Programs must provide or connect youth to paid work experience and teach soft skills.
Strong applicants will provide programs leading to careers in which there are current and emerging job sectors in the Bay Area, offer youth paid employment opportunities as part of the program, and connect program participants with industry leaders or a network of program alumni to further their professional development.

Eligibility

Grants are geographically limited to organizations headquartered in and serving the counties of Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, and west Contra Costa.The Foundation considers capital requests by invitation only.
Only one request from an organization will be funded in a 12-month period.Organizations may receive funding for up to three consecutive years.After three consecutive years of funding, an organization must take a one-year break before submitting a new application.Please note that receiving one grant is not a commitment to future funding.Partnerships with high schools and community colleges that provide work-based learning and/or apprenticeships will be considered.

Ineligibility

The Foundation does not award grants to individuals or independent schools.
The Foundation does not support conferences, events, endowments, fund development, or deficit reduction.The Foundation does not support psychological services to individuals or case management services.The Foundation does not make multi-year grants, but subsequent requests may be considered.