Clean Slate Grants

Change often starts at the local level. Clean Slate for Worker Power is requesting proposals for grants up to $50,000 that advance the project’s vision and recommendations for labor law reform.

The grants will support initiatives, research, and analysis needed to explore, develop, implement or improve programs at the state or local level. Total funds to be granted this year total approximately $175,000. Proposals are due April 30, 2020. Grantees will be notified by late May and the first grant disbursement will be end of July/early August.

Clean Slate grantees will have an opportunity to be a part of the diverse and growing Clean Slate network of workers, worker advocates, labor leaders, policymakers, scholars, economists and others committed to labor law reform.

Clean Slate grants will be awarded to projects and initiatives that are most aligned with the Clean Slate priorities, including projects that:

Support development of innovative initiatives or proposals at the state and local levels that would empower working people to build an equitable economy and democracy, particularly for women workers, workers of color, and low-wage workers
Pilot a specific recommendation in the Clean Slate for Worker Power report at the state or local level
Develop and implement strategies for building an inclusive and innovative labor movement.

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Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) organizations whose programs are focused on activities at the state or local levels.

Proposals will be assessed based on the following criteria and factors:

Scope of impact
Project alignment
Sustainability and other funding resources, especially given the limited size of the grant
Timeliness and relevance
Ability to fill unmet needs, particularly those of populations subject to systemic racial and gender oppression or from historically disenfranchised communities or geographic areas

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Applications are due by April 30, 2020 via email to lwp@law.harvard.edu and must include:

Cover page with:

Name of project
Name of organization or fiscal sponsor
Contact name, email, and phone number

Overall project budget that includes project expenses, revenue, and other funding sources
Amount of the Clean Slate grant request
Responses to the following (250 words max per question):

Describe the project, including the specific activities that the Clean Slate grant would support
Describe how the proposed project advances the Clean Slate vision for labor law reform, including the specific recommendation(s) from the Clean Slate report that it would advance
Describe the workers that your project will most impact, noting whether they include women workers, workers of color or low-wage workers
Describe the stakeholders and partners involved in your project and their support

Clean Slate Grants

Change often starts at the local level. Clean Slate for Worker Power is requesting proposals for grants up to $50,000 that advance the project’s vision and recommendations for labor law reform.

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