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Powerful Communities: Local Impact

Application open year round; Grants $10,000 or less.
Grants supporting the four defined priorities <$10,000 

• K-12 Education
• Workforce
• Nature
• State Strategic Impact

Power For Students <$5,000

• Out-of-school extra-curricular opportunities for students from low-income communities <$5,000

Grants that support a local strategic impact opportunity <$5,000

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Powerful Communities: K-12 Education

Application period Nov. 15 – Jan. 31
Note: During these extraordinary times, we want to ensure the grants we fund align to the needs of the communities we serve. We will look at funding this year through the lens of how we can best help our customers and communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, and how we can further the work on social justice and racial equity in our communities. 

• Programs to address the summer reading loss (“summer slide”) experienced by rising kindergartners through rising third graders with an emphasis on addressing new gaps/barriers created by COVID.
• Programs or teacher professional development for fourth through twelfth grade students and teachers focusing on energy, engineering or environmental education, with a preference for out-of-school-day programming and that also create equal learning environments in these areas for people of color.
• Programs serving under-represented, low-income or diverse audiences, including people of color, women and minorities, will be given preference in this grant cycle.

Application link available during application period only.

Powerful Communities: Workforce

Application period Feb. 1 – April 30

• Workforce development programs that address the most pressing skills gaps in communities that we serve.
• Programs cultivating the energy-sector's future workforce will be given priority in this grant cycle.

Powerful Communities: Nature

Application period May 1 – July 31
Programs supporting:

• Water quality, quantity, conservation and access
• Habitat restoration, forestry and conservation
• Species conservation

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