EDUCATION TO EMPLOYMENT
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Bringing Together Skilled Candidates and Quality Jobs
Education is the most direct path to economic mobility, and students deserve an opportunity to secure quality employment with their hard-earned credentials and degrees. Those who build professional skills, experience, and networks while in school are better positioned to meet the needs of employers and to find success as they embark on a career.
The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation provides grant funding and impact-related investments to organizations and mission-driven companies that are focused on helping students secure a quality first job within six months of attaining a credential or degree.
Pathways From Education to Employment
Accelerate and scale pathways connecting credentialed graduates with quality jobs.
Quality Training
Equip students and recent graduates with in-demand technical and soft skills.
Who Should Apply?
Nonprofits, intermediaries, cross-organizational networks and partnerships, and mission-driven companies working to support current students and recent graduates from postsecondary programs (credentials and/or college) are encouraged to apply.
Our Funding Focus Areas
Qualification Criteria
Serve Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds
Direct impact on quality job outcomes within a three-year timeframe
Report outcomes (e.g., number of placements, placement rate, average monthly salary) and disaggregate by race and socioeconomic status
Grant activities should not start before September 2024
Apply Today
The deadline to apply for grant funds ended July 12, 2024.
