The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation: Program Grants - Jobs

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

The Weinberg Foundation fulfills its mission of meeting the basic needs of people experiencing poverty by providing grants across five focus areas that serve a range of populations, primarily within the Foundation’s priority communities. Grant requests should align with one of these areas: Housing, Health, Jobs, Education, or Aging.

The Weinberg Foundation’s grantmaking reflects the wishes of Harry and Jeanette Weinberg, as outlined in the Foundation’s charter, as well as the laws and public policy that govern private philanthropy in the United States and Israel.

Jobs

Employment provides the best opportunity for personal success and financial security. Quality training programs that lead to employment enable individuals and families to achieve economic stability.

Priorities

• Job Training: The Foundation supports job-training programs that result in industry-recognized credentials, as well as job-placement and retention services. Employers must engage with the training organizations to verify program content and support placement and retention services. Organizations should track job retention and wages for at least one year, preferably two.
  • Examples of appropriate projects:
  • Sector-based training programs in industries including health care, manufacturing, construction, food services, information technology, and biotechnology.
  • Life-skill and job-readiness training, including case management and referrals to technical-training programs or direct job placement.
  • Capital costs for job-training centers, such as construction or renovation projects or large equipment purchases, that result in an increased number of individuals served in a sector-based training program.
  • Programs that provide job-placement services for veterans and their spouses.
• Youth Employment and Career Support: The Foundation supports programs that provide high school-based career exploration and hands-on learning opportunities for youth ages 14–24.
  • Examples of appropriate projects:
  • Hard- and soft-skill training to help young people who are neither in school nor working reconnect with career opportunities.
  • Paid internships that give youth direct work experience.
  • Citywide summer job programs.
  • Customized, community-based employment opportunities for young adults with disabilities who are transitioning from a school environment into the workplace.

Program Grants

Program grants fund specific programs within an organization.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• To be considered for funding, an organization must meet several requirements:
  • Be a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; or have a fiscal sponsor that has 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; or be an Israeli equivalent.
  • Provide direct services to low-income and vulnerable populations.
  • Have audited financial statements or external financial reviews.
  • Have been in operation for at least three years.

Ineligibility

• The Foundation does not fund the following interests/entities:
  • Individuals
  • Arts and culture
  • Postsecondary scholarships
  • Debt reduction
  • Colleges and universities
  • Religious institutions and facilities (including churches, congregations, mosques, synagogues, and temples)
  • Think tanks
  • Endowments
  • Political action groups
  • Annual appeals (in most cases)
  • Publications
  • Academic or health research
  • Fundraising events