$400K IN GRANTS TO BUILD WEALTH IN BLACK COMMUNITY

Two local groups get funding from San Diego Foundation

The San Diego Foundation on Wednesday announced $400,000 in grants to the San Diego Workforce Partnership and the Neighborhood House Association to help build generational wealth for Black San Diegans through education and workforce training.

The foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to expand the Neighborhood House

Association Youth Fellowship Internship Program and provide 80 to 100

Black high school and college students with “highquality, career-rich” paid internships.

“Our Youth Fellowship Internship Program helps prepare young adults for future leadership roles in their careers and communities,” said Rudy

Johnson, CEO of The Neighborhood House Association. “The program provides students with professional development skills, exposure to career professionals and valuable careerrelated experience in real world environments.”

The San Diego Workforce Partnership received $100,000 for its TechHire program to train Black San Diegans for information, communications and

technology jobs with paid work experience, subsidized training and job placement.

Additionally, the foundation and Bank of America each provided $100,000 grants to support the San Diego Workforce Partnership

Construction Career Jumpstart program for San Diegans interested in energy, construction and utilities.

The grants were made from the Black Community Investment Fund at the San Diego Foundation. The fund is led by an advisory council of San Diego

leaders and is focused on economic prosperity for Black San Diegans through education, employment, housing and entrepreneurism.

The fund was co-founded by the San Diego Foundation and the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce.

It was seeded with $1 million from the foundation and $250,000 from San Diego Gas & Electric.