Lowe's Foundation Awards Workforce Development Partners with Gable Grants
Workforce development partner She Built This City (Charlotte) will use the grant to grow its training, hiring and community service model with five new locations across North Carolina’s Piedmont region.
The Lowe's Foundation has selected 10 community-based nonprofits as Gable Grants recipients to enhance their innovative skilled trades training programs. These nonprofits expand the foundation's roster of grant recipients to 24 organizations offering inclusive and scalable training programs in 25 states nationwide.
Among the 10 recipients are two of Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte’s workforce development partners, She Built This City and Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont. RTGC administers apprenticeship programs for students in the program to enhance their skills learning with on-the-job training.
The grants are the latest investment in the Lowe's Foundation's five-year, $50 million commitment to support the training of 50,000 people for skilled trades careers. Through these grants, students will strengthen their skills across carpentry and construction, HVAC, electrical, plumbing and appliance repair.
"The skilled trades industry offers fulfilling and lucrative opportunities that are in high demand, with over half a million additional tradespeople needed this year in construction alone," said Janice Dupré, Lowe's executive vice president of human resources and chair of the Lowe's Foundation. "These community-based nonprofits have proven their ability to recruit and train a high volume and high quality of tradespeople for America's workforce. They are providing an essential service because they are launching careers, not just jobs."
For more on The Lowe’s Foundation’s Gable Grants and the community-based nonprofits recognized by the foundation, visit PR Newswire.
About The Lowe’s Foundation
The Lowe's Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) organization founded by Lowe's Companies, Inc., is helping develop a community of skilled tradespeople to build and revitalize our homes, neighborhoods and infrastructure for the future. From 2023 through 2027, the Lowe's Foundation is investing $50 million to help prepare 50,000 people for skilled trades careers through grants to community and technical colleges, community-based nonprofit organizations and national nonprofit partners with a strong local presence. To learn more about the Lowe's Foundation, visit Lowes.com/Foundation and follow on X, Facebook and LinkedIn.