2024 Grow the Trades Grant Recipients

166 organizations. Nearly $4 million in grants. Supporting 150,000 people in their trades journeys.

The Grow the Trades Grant program is part of DEWALT's $30 million commitment by 2027 to close the skilled trades gap. Through this grant, DEWALT supports organizations that provide greater accessibility and resources for trades training.

In 2024, DEWALT awarded nearly $4 million in grants to 166 organizations in the United States and Canada focused on skilling, reskilling and upskilling tradespeople. This year’s Grow the Trade Grant recipients were selected via a competitive application process based on their trades-focused initiatives, providing certifications and credentials to skill tradespeople.

The selected organizations support 150,000 people in their trades journey through high school, trade school and apprenticeships.

See Recipients By

  1. The Makers Hub
  2. YWCA METROPOLITAN CHICAGO
  3. CATI SKILLED TRADES TRAINING
  4. TREASURE COAST BUILDERS ASSOCIATION CHARITABLE FUND INC
  5. INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE INC
  6. OPEN WORKS INC
  7. MCEIVR INC
  8. COOPERATIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC
  9. BALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE
  10. CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC DBA SUCCESS CENTERS
  11. Lanier Robotics Inc
  1. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE FOR THE SHEET METAL & AC INDUSTRY
  2. NON TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN
  3. AGC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION FOUNDATION
  4. CENTER FOR MILITARY RECRUITMENT ASSESSMENT AND VETERANS EMPLOYMENT
  5. PROJECT JUMPSTART INC
  6. MECHANICAL CRAFT TRAINING INSTITUTE
  7. Rebuilding Exchange
  8. SHE BUILT THIS CITY
  9. PROVISIONAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INCORPORATED
  10. Fund for Public Housing, Inc
  11. Living Classrooms Foundation
  12. BOILERMAKERS LOCAL 549 APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING FUND
  13. NEW HORIZONS FOUNDATIONS-A SHEET METAL INDUSTRY INITIATIVE
  14. BUILDING PATHWAYS INC
  15. NATIONAL RHCA TRAINING AND SAFETY FOUNDATION
  16. MUST STEP UP TR FUND
  17. NINE POINT NINE
  18. CARPENTERS AND JOINERS APPRENTICESHIP AND JOURNEYMEN
  19. INTL BROTHERHOOD ELECTRICAL WKRS
  20. SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO 28 EDUCATION FUND
  21. DOWNTOWN STREETS INC
  22. PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY INC
  23. SUTHERLIN HIGH SCHOOL
  24. MONTANA TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISE CENTER
  25. DALLAS LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
  26. OPERATION LIFELINE INC
  27. CLEVELAND BUILDS
  28. YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES UNLIMITED
  1. THE CONESTOGA COLLEGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED LEARNING
  2. THE DURHAM COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  3. The Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
  4. THE MOHAWK COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  5. DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD OF NIAGARA
  6. THE GEORGIAN COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY
  7. YouthBuild Global
  8. HEAVY METAL SUMMER EXPERIENCE
  9. GIRL WITH GRIT PROGRAM
  10. CALIFORNIA HOMEBUILDING FOUNDATION
  11. CAREERS IN CONSTRUCTION COLORADO
  12. NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION RESEARCH
  13. NORTHSIDE ISD
  14. ACE MENTOR PROGRAM OF AMERICA INC
  15. GIRLS GARAGE
  16. Chemeketa Community College Foundation
  17. Dez Kids Construction Education Program
  18. ROC CHARLOTTE INC
  19. PHASE 3 TRAINING CORPORATION
  20. COVINGTON FFA ALUMNI
  21. IBUILDCENTRALFLORIDA INC
  22. EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  23. NATIONAL ROOFING FOUNDATION
  24. BridgeYear
  25. Tigard-Tualatin School District 23J
  26. KLAMATH UNION HIGH SCHOOL
  27. ADOLFO CAMARILLO HIGH SCHOOL PTSA
  28. unCommon Construction
  29. THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC
  30. STANLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
  31. SOUTHEASTERN CARPENTERS TRAINING TRUST
  32. The Turner Construction Company Foundation
  33. LOS ANGELES TRADE TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  34. YORK BUILDERS ASSOCIATION WORKFORCENOW FOUNDATION INC
  35. FOUNDATION OF THE CALDWELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND TECHNICAL
  36. FOUNDATION FOR EAST BATON ROUGE SCHOOL SYSTEM
  37. RANCHO VERDE HIGH
  38. South Carolina FIRST Lego League and Robotics Education
  39. BASIC AUTOMOTIVE TRAINING AND SPONSORSHIP INC
  40. Seneca School District
  41. ROCHESTER COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  42. AGC CONSTRUCTION EDUCATION & RESEARCH FOUNDATION
  43. REDMOND OASIS VILLAGE PROJECT
  44. Murrieta Valley High School
  45. TEXO FOUNDATION
  46. NEWBERG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
  47. ACADEMY OF CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES INC
  48. Riverside Unified School District
  49. LIFT COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC
  50. EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  51. MERRILLVILLE EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
  52. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STUDENTS CONSTRUCTION TRADES FOUNDATION INC
  53. ARKANSAS FFA FOUNDATION INC
  54. HOOVER CITY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION INC
  55. THIS ONES FOR THE GALS
  1. Fanshawe College Foundation
  2. THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
  3. OKANAGAN COLLEGE FOUNDATION
  4. THE HUMBER COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
  5. The College of Carpenters and Allied Trades Inc
  6. BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  7. INTERNATIONAL TRAINING FUND
  8. ARIZONA CHAPTER ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA INC APPREN
  9. NEW YORK DISTRICT COUNCIL CRPNTRS APPRNTCSHP JRNYMN RETRAING EDUCA
  10. MIKEROWEWORKS FOUNDATION
  11. GULF COAST CARPENTERS & MILLWRIGHTS TRAINING TRUST FUND
  12. J M PERRY INSTITUTE OF TRADES INDUSTRIES & AGRICULTURE
  13. CONSTRUCTING HOPE PRE- APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
  14. PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO 630 JOINT APPRENTICE AND
  15. COMPASS ROSE FOUNDATION INC
  16. STEM XPOSURE
  17. RISING SUN ENERGY CENTER
  18. PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS OF DALLAS APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING FUND
  19. HER RESILIENCY CENTER
  20. INDIANA PLAN FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT INC
  21. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP INC
  22. TRADE SCHOOL AT SBE INC
  23. CHALLENGE PROGRAM
  24. CLARK COUNTY VOCATIONAL SKILLS CENTER FOUNDATION
  25. ULA NETWORK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC
  26. ALAMOGORDO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  27. TRADES POWERED BY HER
  28. PROJECT LIFT INC
  29. HOPE RENOVATIONS
  30. VALLEY CONTRACTORS WORKFORCE FOUNDATION
  31. RI WOMEN IN THE TRADES
  32. JANE ADDAMS RESOURCE CORPORATION - BALTIMORE
  33. WORKING PARTNERSHIPS USA
  34. ARC FOUNDATION
  35. Northwest Technical College
  36. INDUSTRIAL ARTS INSTITUTE INC
  37. WOMEN WHO WELD
  38. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL UNION 450 APPRENTI
  39. PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS LOCAL UNION NO 421 JOINT TRAINING FUND
  40. POWER 52 INC
  41. TRADESFUTURES
  42. WORKTEXAS TRAINING CENTER
  43. CONSTRUCTION TRADES WORKFORCE INITIATIVE
  44. TRADE INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURGH
  45. NORTH ATLANTIC STATES CARPENTERS TRAINING FUND
  46. PLUMBERS & STEAMFITTERS LOCAL 568 APPRENTICESHIP & JOURNEYMENT TRAIN
  47. TEXAS IRON WORKERS TRAINING TR
  48. EASTERN ATLANTIC STATES CARPENTERS TECHNICAL COLLEGE
  49. OHIO CARPENTERS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING TRUST
  50. Youth 71Five Ministries
  51. ALTERNATIVE YOUTH ACTIVITIES INC
  52. GRID Alternatives (Headquarters)
  53. DONNA J BEASLEY TRI-COUNTY APPRENTICESHIP ACADEMY INC
  54. SCHOOL OF SKILLED TRADES
  55. NATIONAL CENTER ON INSTITUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES INC
  56. MICHIGAN REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS COMMUNITY SERVICE TR F
  57. SHEET METAL WORKERS & TRI CTY AIR COND & SHT MT CONTR JOINT TR FUND
  58. PIONEER JOINT VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
  59. CORPORATION TO DEVELOP COMMUNITIES OF TAMPA INC
  60. UNITY ONE MOVEMENT INCORPORATED
  61. PARTNER4WORK
  62. SHEET METAL TRAINING FUND
  63. FOUNDATION FOR STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF MISSOURI INC
  64. HOPE CENTER FOR ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY INC
  65. WOMEN IN NON TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT ROLES
  66. WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TRUST FUND
  67. BROKEN SHACKLE RANCH INC
  68. OPERATING ENG 37 APPRENTICE TRAINING FUND
  69. POLARIS CAREER CENTER
  70. OPERATING ENG 37 APPRENTICE TRAINING FUND
  71. PEOPLES INCLUSIVE WELDING
  72. CUYAHOGA VALLEY CAREER CENTER

“As the industry grapples with how to fill the 500,000 open construction jobs nationwide, DEWALT is committed to doing its part to fill these critical roles by supporting organizations who share our commitment to empower the next generation of tradespeople.”

Portrait of Frank A. Mannarino
Frank Mannarino
President and General Manager, DEWALT

DEWALT Grow the Trades Grant


Committing $30 million to help skill, reskill and upskill tradespeople.

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