The Starbucks Foundation 2017 “Opportunity for All” Partnerships
The Starbucks Foundation has a 20-year history of investing in communities across the U.S. and globally by supporting organizations working to create job and education opportunities for young people.
The Starbucks Foundation has a 20-year history of investing in communities across the U.S. and globally by supporting organizations working to create job and education opportunities for young people. With its new Opportunity for All initiative, the organization is expanding its focus on three populations – youth, Veterans and military spouses, and refugees. In 2017, the foundation made $1.41 million in Opportunity for All grants to 41 nonprofits in 27 U.S. cities ranging from $10,000 to $100,000. Additionally, Starbucks partners (employees) will engage and volunteer to help those receiving each organization’s services become job-ready and develop skills to continue on the pathway of opportunity.
Following are the 2017 Opportunity for All grant recipients:
United Way of Bay Area
$100,000
San Francisco, CA
Providing job and career readiness opportunities for youth and young adults in the Bay Area
1951 Coffee
$63,000
Oakland, CA
Barista training and job readiness programs for refugees, including those who served as interpreters and translators for the US military oversees.
City Year Orlando
$75,000
Orlando, FL
Support for the implementation of the Whole School, Whole Child service model by placing a diverse team young leaders into an academically‐challenged school to provide students with targeted interventions
PACE
$25,000
Miami, FL
Career readiness and career exploration opportunities for girls enrolled in the PACE Academic and Counseling Day Program
Mile High Youth Corps
$50,000
Denver, CO
Career preparation and wrap-around services to help opportunity youth embark on a career pathway
The Matthews House
$35,000
Denver, CO
Helping young people gain skills for the restaurant industry
A Place Called Home
$40,000
Los Angeles, CA
Empowering teens with skills they need to pursue fulfilling and sustainable careers
Hillsides
$30,000
Los Angeles, CA
Supporting workforce development for young people; primarily those exiting the foster care or probation system.
Community Action Partnership of Kern
$30,000
Bakersfield, CA
Supporting the PREP Works pre-employment training program for youth by providing career exploration, community service, and paid work experience
Honolulu Community Action Center
$15,000
Honolulu, HI
Helping young people break the cycle of poverty through work readiness training
Pacific Gateway Center
$10,000
Honolulu, HI
Supporting refugees on Oahu with food safety and production training
City Year New York
$25,000
New York, NY
Training and professional development for AmeriCorps members who have dedicated a year of their lives to service in New York City’s highest need public schools
STRIVE
$35,000
New York, NY
Providing underserved youth with the skills, credentials and attitude to succeed in employment
Upwardly Global
$40,000
New York, NY
Working with college-educated by low income refugees to support them in gaining professional employment so they can provide for their families and start new lives in the United States
Chicanos Por La Causa
$50,000
Phoenix, AZ
Support for Chicanos Por La Causa’s continued work with out-of-school opportunity youth and building additional capacity to serve in-school youth
International Rescue Committee
$35,000
San Diego, CA
Providing opportunity youth, refugees, and immigrants with work readiness training, civic engagement, tutoring, and paid internships through the Connect2Work Program
Hiring Our Heroes
$15,000
San Diego, CA
Providing career education and assistance to military spouses facing employment challenges due to multiple relocations and resume gaps
Public Allies Indianapolis
$30,000
Indianapolis, IN
Supporting efforts to advance social justice and equity by engaging and activating young leaders
EmployIndy
$40,000
Indianapolis, IN
Supporting efforts to catalyze a re-engagement center that holistically integrates best practices and promising approaches for service for disconnected youth
City Year Memphis
$30,000
Memphis, TN
Developing youth into engaged citizens and young professionals
YouthBuild Boston
$30,000
Boston, MA
Providing youth with construction industry skills training and apprenticeships
Boston Private Industry Council
$40,000
Boston, MA
Support for the School-to Career initiative which trains young people and develops relationships with employers to hire them
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
$20,000
Cleveland, OH
Support for Jobs for Ohio’s Graduates (JOG), a classroom based program that focuses on career development, employability, life and leadership skills
Communities in Schools
$10,000
Harrisburg, PA
Engaging out-of-school-youth in a successful path to a high school diploma or GED, career training and over-all preparedness to enter the work force
United Way of Atlanta
$35,000
Atlanta, GA
Creating and expanding educational and career pathways to support postsecondary success for opportunity youth
Liberty’s Kitchen
$50,000
New Orleans, LA
Helping New Orleans youth attain brighter futures through hospitality-based workforce training
Hiring Our Heroes
$15,000
Fayetteville, NC
Supporting programs while provide military spouse professionals with networking possibilities to become part of the local business landscape and to become employed faster than they would on their own.
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans
$35,000
Houston, TX
Providing customer service training to immigrant, refugee and other students of need
United Way of Dallas
$40,000
Dallas, TX
Giving youth hard and soft skills to thrive in higher education or the workforce
Tarrant Food Bank
$25,000
Fort Worth, TX
Supporting skills-based culinary training programs for students seeking full-time employment
Transition Projects
$10,000
Portland, OR
Assisting homeless veterans in the Portland metro region with job training and placement support
New Avenues
$15,000
Portland, OR
Supporting job training, skills development, training curriculum, and work experiences for young people
City Year Seattle
$35,000
Seattle, WA
Directly support AmeriCorps member Professional Development work as a part of the larger Whole School, Whole Child model
Boys and Girls Club of King County
$40,000
Seattle, WA
Providing young people with employment and leadership skills; developing career and educations goals, and creating a relevant portfolio through YouthForce University
Juma
$40,000
Seattle, WA
Supporting employment and job training, alongside a comprehensive suite of services focused on building financial capability and career pathways for youth ages 16-24 who have been engaged in the foster care system and disconnected from both work and school in the last six months.
City Year Philadelphia
$70,000
Philadelphia, PA
Through support for the Learning and Development program, City Year will develop 205 AmeriCorps members into engaged citizens and young professionals
Fusion Inc. (Ingoma Foundation)
$20,000
Baltimore, MD
Supporting hiring of disconnected youth and young adults between the ages of 16-29 who have significant barriers to employment
Hiring Our Heroes
$10,000
Northern Virginia
Supporting military spouse professionals by offering introductions and networking connections that allow them a pathway to employment
Public Allies Chicago
$15,000
Chicago, IL
Helping youth achieve college or career success through Service apprenticeships
Greater Chicago Food Depository
$50,000
Chicago, IL
Providing workforce training to unemployed or underemployed adults to enter the food and hospitality industry
City Year Milwaukee
$35,000
Milwaukee, WI
Providing youth with leadership and career skills training