Total Wireless + Empower Work: Working Students Pilot Grant Opportunity
Background
Total Wireless, a phone service provider covered by the Verizon 5G network, is partnering with Empower Work, a national nonprofit on a mission to build healthier, more equitable workplaces, to launch a new program designed to support working students.
We will be selecting nonprofits in Dallas, Detroit, and Chicago to receive grants between $50,000 - $150,000. Selected nonprofits will use those grant dollars to:
Fund existing programs that support working students, including job training, skill development, job placement, career advancement, and subsidies. Working students may include, but are not limited to: high schoolers balancing work and jobs, parents returning to school and raising families, college students pursuing degrees while working, workers pursuing additional training and skills.
Plan and host 2-4 in-person events for working students at a predetermined, independently-operated Total Wireless retail location (1-2 locations per city). Sample events may include resume writing workshops, job fairs, coaching, or other events that help working students thrive.
📣 Grantees have been selected! We look forward to announcing later in the year.
Meet the grantees!
Coming soon!
About Us
Empower Work is a national nonprofit that’s radically improving the economic opportunity and emotional well-being of historically marginalized workers. Through our innovative text line that provides unique wraparound coaching and support services to workers at their fingertips and our digital resources, we’ve positively impacted over 450,000 workers. Empower Work will work directly with selected nonprofits to make the best use of available resources, like Empower Work’s text line and selected Total Wireless store locations, to support working students.
Total Wireless is a fast-growing, no-contract wireless provider covered by the Verizon 5G network with over 1,000 retail stores across the country. Total Wireless’ goal is to open and embed Total stores within the community, allowing them to serve as community hubs of engagement.
Questions?
Please contact us at partnerships@empowerwork.org with any questions on the initiative!