Employment Equity

Our Funding Focus

In Grand Rapids, we’re working to help people – especially people of color – access career pathways for upward economic mobility and wealth-building opportunities. We partner with employers, job seekers and community organizations to widen pathways to stable, high-quality jobs and equitable employment opportunities.

Our investments focus on:

• Workforce development.
• Removing barriers to employment and increasing access to job training programs in developing, high-paying fields for the workforce.
• Entrepreneurial supports.
• Job creation efforts.
• Employer engagement.
• Building pre-K to college and career pathways.