Workforce & Jobs Grants in New Jersey

Top workforce & jobs grants in New Jersey right now

• New Jersey Green Workforce Training Grant Challenge Phase 2

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)Up to $800Kopen

  New Jersey Green Workforce Training Grant Challenge Phase 2 is a grant from the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) that funds workforce...

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• Expanding Career Pathways in Artificial Intelligence Grant

  New Jersey Department of EducationUp to $375Kopen

  Expanding Career Pathways in Artificial Intelligence Grant is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Education. Supports county vocational school distr...

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• Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) Grant Program

  New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL)Up to $200Kopen

  Cultivating Access, Rights, and Equity (CARE) Grant Program is a New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development initiative funding community...

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• Champions in Action program

  Citizens BankUp to $50Kopen

  Champions in Action program is sponsored by Citizens Bank. This program recognizes nonprofit organizations that demonstrate innovation in workforce de...

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• Community Employment Grants

  Kessler FoundationUp to $40Kopen

  Community Employment Grants is sponsored by Kessler Foundation. These grants provide critical funding to organizations that support, train, and place ...

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• Artificial Intelligence Grant Program (New Jersey)

  New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher EducationUp to $25Kopen

  Artificial Intelligence Grant Program (New Jersey) is sponsored by New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education. This New Jersey state progr...

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• Empowerment Grant

  The Provident Bank FoundationUp to $25Kopen

  Empowerment Grant is sponsored by The Provident Bank Foundation. Provides multi-year grants to nonprofit organizations in New Jersey, New York, and Pe...

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• Visions Loves Educators Grants

  Visions Federal Credit UnionUp to $500open

  The Visions Loves Educators Grants is a classroom funding program from Visions Federal Credit Union that provides up to $500 to educators for projects...

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• Youth Inclusion Initiative (YII)

  New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)Deadline: Mar 12, 2028open

  Youth Inclusion Initiative (YII) is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Partners with community-based organizations ...

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• Community Center Digital Connect Grant

  New Jersey State Libraryopen

  Community Center Digital Connect Grant is a grant from New Jersey State Library that supports eligible applicants with funding for qualifying projects...

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• Artificial Intelligence Professional Development (PD) Weeks: CS Foundations for Creating with AI

  National Science Foundation (NSF)open

  Artificial Intelligence Professional Development (PD) Weeks: CS Foundations for Creating with AI is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). Th...

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• Leaders in Financial Literacy Awards

  CrossState Credit Union Foundationopen

  Leaders in Financial Literacy Awards is sponsored by CrossState Credit Union Foundation. This program recognizes exceptional financial education progr...

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• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)

  New Jersey Department of Community Affairsopen

  Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects a...

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• Nonprofit Resource Training Grant

  TD Charitable Foundationopen

  Nonprofit Resource Training Grant is sponsored by TD Charitable Foundation. This grant offers up to $1,000 for tax-exempt organizations to send employ...

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• Nita M. Lowrey 21 st Century Community Learning Centers - Competitive Cohort 22

  NJ Department of Educationopen

  Nita M. Lowrey 21 st Century Community Learning Centers - Competitive Cohort 22 is sponsored by NJ Department of Education. All NJ non-profit organiza...

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• UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant Program

  New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Developmentopen

  UPSKILL: NJ Incumbent Worker Training Grant Program is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Provides funding to New ...

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• The Achelis and Bodman Foundation Grant

  Achelis and Bodman Foundationopen

  The Achelis and Bodman Foundation Grant is sponsored by Achelis and Bodman Foundation. This foundation focuses on grantmaking in New York City and nor...

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• Grace & Mercy Foundation Grants

  Grace & Mercy Foundationopen

  Grace & Mercy Foundation Grants is sponsored by Grace & Mercy Foundation. Supports housing and homelessness, work and opportunity, education, mental h...

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• Regular Operating Districts (ROD) Grant Program

  New Jersey Department of Educationopen

  Regular Operating Districts (ROD) Grant Program is sponsored by New Jersey Department of Education. This program provides funding opportunities for ca...

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• NJ AI Hub Fund

  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) & CoreWeaveopen

  NJ AI Hub Fund is sponsored by New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) & CoreWeave. This fund supports startups associated with the NJ AI Hu...

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What counts as a workforce & jobs grant in New Jersey

We surface opportunities matching workforce & jobs-related keywords whose geography includes New Jersey (statewide, regional, or county-level grants serving New Jersey-based organizations). The keyword set:

Internal program language often differs from how funders tag their grants. AI mission-fit search (available after signup) catches the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses — useful in New Jersey where program names vary by region.

Where New Jersey workforce & jobs grants come from

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov opportunities open to New Jersey-based organizations and thematically aligned with workforce & jobs.
• New Jersey state portal — state-administered workforce & jobs programs, including pass-through federal dollars and state-only appropriations.
• Foundations — community foundations and private foundations giving in New Jersey for workforce & jobs work, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated directories.
• Corporate giving — corporate philanthropy programs that fund workforce & jobs work in New Jersey.