Groundwork Elizabeth Inc.

Groundwork Elizabeth Inc., a New Jersey–based nonprofit organization, acts as a prime recipient of federal environmental grants focused on workforce development and community air-quality monitoring in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The organization operates exclusively in the grant space with no federal contracts; recent work includes a $739,550 Cooperative Agreement from EPA Region 2 under the Brownfields Job Training program (CFDA 66.815) running through December 2029 and a prior $3.1 million Project Grant from EPA Region 2 for particulate matter monitoring and diesel emissions reduction work completed in 2023.

Groundwork Elizabeth's capability portfolio centers on environmental career training and community environmental health assessment. The current Brownfields award funds recruitment, training, and job placement of 75 unemployed and underemployed Elizabeth residents in environmental remediation careers, delivering 24 classroom and practical training modules including 40-hour HAZWOPER certification, 30-hour OSHA construction safety instruction, and green remediation technology training aligned with hazardous-waste site cleanup work. The prior EPA Project Grant engaged community stakeholders in particulate matter monitoring around the Port of Elizabeth Marine Terminal, modeled diesel emissions impacts, and explored biodiesel as an emissions-reduction strategy, with technical assistance provided by subaward recipients at Rutgers University's Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute and Center for Environmental Exposure and Disease.

Groundwork Elizabeth serves four distinct federal customer agencies, with EPA Region 2 accounting for two awards (combined obligated value $1.3 million across all visible grants). The vendor also appears as a sub-recipient under prime grants from Groundwork USA Inc. (urban forestry and tree stewardship in climate and environmental justice-designated communities, award date June 2024) and Rutgers University (CIVIC-PG Phase 2, award date January 2024). Activity is sporadic across the source data window (one award in 2014, one in 2022, two in 2024, one in 2026), reflecting project-based grant cycles rather than sustained contract volume. No subawards flow through the current Brownfields agreement, and the vendor does not appear on federal contract vehicles or in any prime contracting posture.