About the JOBS Fund

SCORE uses some of its profits to finance the JOBS Fund, a 501c(3) that makes grants and loans to not-for-profit organizations focused on economic growth and job training for low-income persons and communities. JOBS Fund grants help to establish educational programming, childcare, and other initiatives designed to benefit and support the health and welfare of the communities that SCORE serves.

The JOBS Fund is an Equal Opportunity Provider. In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of the Treasury policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write to Department of the Treasury, Office of Civil Rights and Diversity, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20220 or call (202) 622-1160.

The JOBS Fund has supported initiatives in line with this mission, including:

Providence Cristo Rey High School | Indianapolis
Nationally renowned Corporate Work Study program allows students to work one day a week in a wide variety of industries with different local companies. The program promotes its students’ future successes by enabling them to learn soft and hard professional skills while also funding approximately one-third of their tuition.

PODER | Chicago
A nonprofit with a mission to empower Spanish-speaking adult immigrants in northern Illinois and Indiana to create successful and fulfilling new lives in the United States.

Project H.O.O.D. | Chicago
An economic empowerment and community revitalization nonprofit focused on ending the cycle of poverty, violence, and incarceration by empowering individuals in Chicago’s Woodlawn and Englewood neighborhoods.

Ladder Up | Chicago
Financial non-profit which helps make society more fair and equitable by providing services to address financial obstacles low-income Chicago-area residents face. Services include free tax return preparation, pro bono tax legal counsel, financial education, and college financial aid assistance.

Skills For Chicagoland’s Future | Chicago
A public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job seekers.

Gary 4 Jobs | Gary, Indiana
Program designed to give ex-offenders employment and entrepreneurship skills.

Friends of the Forest Preserves | Chicago
The only independent non-profit organization solely focused on the Forest Preserves of Cook County, Illinois.

Chicago Teacher’s Union Foundation | Chicago
Funds supported the launch of an advanced manufacturing program that trains and qualifies instructors to teach advanced manufacturing courses in Chicago high schools.

Hesed House | Aurora, Illinois
Job readiness and training program which provides trial jobs to homeless persons so they can master the soft skills needed in the workplace.

Second Helpings | Indianapolis
The Second Helpings Culinary Job Training Program promotes productive citizenship and provides an opportunity for individuals to gain industry recognized skills and certifications upon which future successes can be built.

Urban Growers Collective | Chicago
Focused on teen education, transitional job training and farmer incubation on Chicago’s South and West sides, the initiative is rooted in sustainable urban agriculture, ecology and local community feed system development.