• Foundation for Louisiana
    $100,000 through October, 2019

    To support the NOYA Youth Leadership Fellowship program in New Orleans to prepare young people to assume leadership roles in the design of systems, programs and initiatives impacting youth.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: October, 2018
  • National Skills Coalition
    $355,000 through September, 2020

    To convene Louisiana Foundation grantees for a skills policy academy and produce a research project on policies that support employer-based upskilling.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: October, 2018
  • The Troy Andrews Foundation
    $220,000 through September, 2021

    To preserve the unique cultural heritage of New Orleans by establishing career pathways for youth in the cultural sector.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: September, 2018
  • New Venture Fund
    $50,000 through July, 2021

    To provide core support to advance the translation and implementation of the developmental science of adolescence by the Center for the Developing Adolescent.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2018
  • Center for Law and Social Policy
    $250,000 through August, 2020

    To provide expertise on federal policies that affect youth workforce participation and support Foundation grantees by providing technical assistance and opportunities to engage in CLASP's peer learning community.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2018
  • Youth Empowerment Project
    $200,000 through September, 2020

    To build YEP's employer engagement strategy with an emphasis on the hospitality industry, while leveraging existing partnerships with other youth-serving organizations.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: August, 2018
  • Transport for NOLA
    $150,000 through June, 2021

    To research the transportation needs of the hospitality workforce in New Orleans.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: June, 2018
  • Youth Policy Institute of Iowa
    $25,000 through June, 2019

    To support for the Economic Well-Being Work Group of the Youth Transition Funders Group.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: June, 2018
  • Nola Business Alliance
    $1,500,000 through December, 2021

    To build the capacity of the workforce system in the city of New Orleans to better coordinate with the hospitality sector and serve opportunity youth.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: May, 2018
  • Baptist Community Ministries
    $100,000 through December, 2018

    to continue support for an Opportunity Youth Hospitality Pathways Fellow in New Orleans, with a specific emphasis on bridging existing and new local initiatives with new employers.

    Opportunity Youth USA Awarded: November, 2017