Connect job seekers with resources, training, and support to achieve career goals and provide employers with tailored recruitment, hiring, and training services to strengthen the regional workforce under WIOA.
Bay Consortium Workforce Investment Board Inc. centers its grantmaking on WIOA-administered workforce services, with 2024 awards repeatedly flowing to training providers, community colleges, and workforce organizations that deliver adult, youth, and dislocated worker services. The largest recent grant in the list is $565,992 to Rappahannock Goodwill Industries for WIOA administration, followed by $305,305 to Rappahannock Community College for the same purpose. That pattern shows a funder working through a small set of regional partners rather than a broad open-grant model. The board’s funding also supports youth workforce activity and employer-facing services through the same regional system. In 2024, Rappahannock Goodwill Industries received $121,501 for youth workforce work, while Eastern Shore Community College received $176,388 for WIOA administration and $50,885 for youth workforce services. Rappahannock Community College also appears in youth workforce grantmaking with $58,246. Across these awards, the board is funding program delivery, administration, and training infrastructure tied to local career pathways. Its grants point to a workforce intermediary role: coordinating service providers, education partners, and employer-aligned training under a regional plan rather than making one-off project grants.
Workforce development is the clearest theme in the recent grants. Rappahannock Goodwill Industries received $565,992 for WIOA administration, and Eastern Shore Community College received $176,388 for the same purpose, indicating support for the operating side of local workforce programming. Youth employment services are another major thread. Rappahannock Goodwill Industries received $121,501 for youth workforce work, while Rappahannock Community College received $58,246 for youth workforce services and Eastern Shore Community College received $50,885 for the same area. Those awards show the board backing youth-oriented training and placement efforts through multiple providers. The grant list also includes dislocated worker support. Rappahannock Goodwill Industries received $38,366 for dislocated worker services, and Eastern Shore Community College received $5,905 for dislocated worker work. Employer and sector alignment appears in a separate $8,871 grant to Rappahannock Goodwill Industries for critical sector activity.
$802K
$1.3M
$2.2M
$2.2M
Most grants fall between $48K and $195K, with a median of $103K.
25th Percentile
$48K
Median
$103K
75th Percentile
$195K
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Typical award sizes cluster in the middle six figures to five figures, with a p25 of $47,755, a median of $102,842, and a p75 of $195,152. The recent list shows repeated awards to the same regional partners across 2024, including Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Rappahannock Community College, and Eastern Shore Community College, which points to recurring operating support and program administration rather than isolated one-time gifts. The foundation is a regular funder and funds through local workforce contracts and WIOA-related administration. It does not fund individuals or make program-related investments.
Grantmaking is local and entirely in Virginia, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the HQ state. The recent awards land in Fredericksburg, Warsaw, and Melfa, showing a regional distribution across the Bay Consortium workforce area. Rappahannock Goodwill Industries in Fredericksburg appears multiple times, while Rappahannock Community College in Warsaw and Eastern Shore Community College in Melfa also receive repeated support. The country distribution is exclusively U.S.-based.
The foundation funds workforce development, job training, youth employment services, business and employer services, dislocated worker services, and talent pathways. Its active programs include WIOA-funded training, a four-year local WIOA plan, Metrix Learning career pathways, business services, and the Talent Pathways Initiative.
Rappahannock Goodwill Industries, Rappahannock Community College, and Eastern Shore Community College appear repeatedly in the recent grants list. Each receives multiple awards in 2024, across WIOA administration, youth workforce, dislocated worker, and critical sector-related purposes.
No. The grant recipient distribution shown here is 100% in the United States, and 100% of grants are to recipients in Virginia, which is also the top state by grant count.
The typical grant size is $47,755 at the 25th percentile, $102,842 at the median, and $195,152 at the 75th percentile. The recent grant list includes both larger administrative awards and smaller program-specific grants within that range.
It operates as a regular funder within a WIOA workforce system, using local area contracts, subgrants, procurement, and eligible training provider payments. Some programs accept unsolicited participation or provider enrollment, while others are restricted to contracted service delivery or eligibility processes.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
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| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $219,235 | 2026 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARSAW, VA | $122,551 | 2026 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $105,036 | 2026 | YOUTH WORKFORCE |
| RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARSAW, VA | $77,292 | 2026 | YOUTH WORKFORCE |
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $74,740 | 2026 | CRITICAL SECTOR |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $72,868 | 2026 | WIOA ADMIN |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $56,062 | 2026 | YOUTH WORKFORCE |
| RAPPHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $39,465 | 2026 | DISLOCATED WORKER |
| RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARSAW, VA | $16,471 | 2026 | CRITICAL SECTOR |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $12,679 | 2026 | CRITICAL SECTOR |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $5,241 | 2026 | DISLOCATED WORKER |
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $565,992 | 2024 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARSAW, VA | $305,305 | 2024 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $239,515 | 2024 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARSAW, VA | $180,365 | 2024 | WIOA ADMIN |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $176,388 | 2024 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $121,501 | 2024 | YOUTH WORKFORCE |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $84,184 | 2024 | WIOA ADMIN |
| RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE | WARSAW, VA | $58,246 | 2024 | YOUTH WORKFORCE |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $50,885 | 2024 | YOUTH WORKFORCE |
| RAPPHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $38,366 | 2024 | DISLOCATED WORKER |
| RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES | FREDERICKSBURG, VA | $8,871 | 2024 | CRITICAL SECTOR |
| EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | MELFA, VA | $5,905 | 2024 | DISLOCATED WORKER |
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$219,235WIOA ADMIN
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$105,036YOUTH WORKFORCE
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$74,740CRITICAL SECTOR
EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$72,868WIOA ADMIN
EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$56,062YOUTH WORKFORCE
RAPPHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$39,465DISLOCATED WORKER
RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$16,471CRITICAL SECTOR
EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$12,679CRITICAL SECTOR
EASTERN SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$5,241DISLOCATED WORKER
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$565,992WIOA ADMIN
RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$305,305WIOA ADMIN
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$239,515WIOA ADMIN
RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$180,365WIOA ADMIN
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$121,501YOUTH WORKFORCE
RAPPAHANNOCK COMMUNITY COLLEGE
$58,246YOUTH WORKFORCE
RAPPHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$38,366DISLOCATED WORKER
RAPPAHANNOCK GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$8,871CRITICAL SECTOR