Federal grants to Chicago Women in Trades
Chicago Women in Trades in Chicago, Illinois received $4.7 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 5 awards. Its largest program was Registered Apprenticeship, with $3.0 million. It had no new grant money in fiscal 2025.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated October 31, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$4.7 million
- Awards5
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Largest award$3.0 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 1 | $75,000 |
| FY 2022 | 3 | $4.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 0 | $0 |
| FY 2024 | 1 | $703,752 |
| FY 2025 | 0 | $0 |
Programs that fund Chicago Women in Trades
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Registered Apprenticeship | 1 | $3.0 million |
| Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (“WANTO”) Technical Assistance Grant Program | 3 | $1.7 million |
| Occupational Safety and Health Susan Harwood Training Grants | 1 | $62,051 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Labor | 5 | $4.7 million |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Award purpose the purpose of this program is to build upon its successful local tradeswomen peer networking and mentorship programming to support the development of a national mentorship model and framework in a targeted and customized collaboration with the bricklayers and ironworkers' internationa | Registered Apprenticeship | June 27, 2022 | $3.0 million |
| Program purpose awardchicago women in trades transforming the workforce system to ensure gender equity in infrastructure proposal seeks to support womens entry into and retention in the skilled construction, manufacturing, transit, rail, utilities and clean energy industries. The focus of this propo | Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (“WANTO”) Technical Assistance Grant Program | September 23, 2024 | $716,701 |
| Award purpose the purpose of this program is to provide technical assistance (TA) to employers (which may include public entities) and labor unions to encourage employment of women in registered apprenticeship and nontraditional occupations (a/nto). Activities performed provide technical assistance | Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (“WANTO”) Technical Assistance Grant Program | August 25, 2022 | $713,785 |
| Award purpose as state and federal agencies including the departments of transportation, commerce, and energy are gearing up to break ground on major projects funded by the bipartisan infrastructure bill (BIF), chicago women in trades (CWIT) is proposing to launch the women in the infrastructure wor | Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (“WANTO”) Technical Assistance Grant Program | August 30, 2022 | $249,993 |
| Susan harwood grants | Occupational Safety and Health Susan Harwood Training Grants | September 29, 2021 | $62,051 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Chicago Women in Trades get?
$4.7 million in 5 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Chicago Women in Trades the most?
The Department of Labor, with $4.7 million in 5 awards.
What is Chicago Women in Trades's largest federal grant?
$3.0 million under Registered Apprenticeship, with its first action in the period on June 27, 2022. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Chicago Women in Trades?
Its largest are Registered Apprenticeship, Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (“WANTO”) Technical Assistance Grant Program and Occupational Safety and Health Susan Harwood Training Grants.
Other grant recipients in Chicago
- Chicago Transit Authority
- Northeast Illinois Railroad Co
- The University of Chicago
- University of Illinois
- Illinois Department of Employment Security
- Chicago Housing Authority
- Chicago Department of Public Health
- City of Chicago
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