Support for a workforce and career development project to scale leadership programs in Kansas City, strengthening community organizations’ capacity and expanding workforce skills to advance economic mobility.

Support for a workforce and career development project to position manufacturers in the Kansas City region as Employers of Choice, improving retention and expanding the talent pipeline to create equitable career opportunities.

Support for a college access and completion project to expand the Kansas State College Advising Corps program to 12 KC area schools.

Capacity building support to develop a design curriculum and host real-world projects for 8th graders, expanding access to design careers for historically underrepresented youth.

Support to research, and implement, measures that support the resilience of Black entrepreneurs during exogenous shocks.

Support for 2024 general operating expenses.

Support for an entrepreneurship project to implement and scale programming based on national best-practices that remove barriers for underrepresented groups and works to reduce fragmentation within the innovation-led startup ecosystem.

Support to build capacity for strategic planning related to workforce development.

Support for a workforce and career development project to expand a cost-sharing model that increases access to affordable, quality child care in the Kansas City region, supporting workforce participation and economic mobility.

Support for an entrepreneurship proposal to deploy capital to underserved entrepreneurs, partnered with technical assistance.