National Urban League, Inc.

National Urban League, Inc. is a prominent tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered in New York that serves as a civil rights advocacy and community development entity with a network of 91 affiliates across 36 states and the District of Columbia. The organization leverages its extensive affiliate network to deliver workforce development, educational opportunity, economic empowerment, and social justice initiatives primarily to African American and other underserved populations. Through federal contract and grant awards, National Urban League provides a diverse range of services including workforce training, youth mentoring and development, housing counseling, entrepreneurship support, climate resilience initiatives, and health equity programming.

National Urban League's federal contract portfolio is relatively modest, consisting primarily of purchase order awards from the Department of Energy totaling approximately $32,490. These contracts, issued without set-aside designations, supported sponsorship of the organization's signature convenings: the 2024 National Urban League Conference ($7,490 award in July 2024) and the 2024 Energy Summit ($25,000 award in March 2024). Both contracts were awarded by the Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, reflecting the organization's engagement with federal agencies on energy policy matters and their impact on underserved communities. These contract awards demonstrate the organization's role as a knowledge convener and facilitator of dialogue between federal policymakers and the communities served by National Urban League's affiliate network.

National Urban League's federal grant portfolio is substantially larger and more diverse than its contract activities, encompassing approximately thirty grant awards across multiple federal agencies. The organization serves as a prime grantee on significant workforce development initiatives, including multiple Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) grants from the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration totaling over $13 million to serve unemployed low-income adults aged 55 and older through community service employment, on-the-job training, and skills development. Additional Department of Labor grants include an $8 million Reentry Employment Opportunities award to provide employment services to justice-involved youth aged 18-24, a $9 million Registered Apprenticeship program grant to connect 500 pre-apprentices from underrepresented populations to clean energy careers, and a $12 million Reentry Employment Opportunities grant for pre-release and post-release workforce services to incarcerated individuals. National Urban League has also received grants supporting youth mentoring through the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Project Ready: Mentor program, which serves at-risk youth across multiple urban communities. The organization has secured grants from the Environmental Protection Agency for climate resilience initiatives within Black and African American communities disproportionately affected by climate disasters, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for youth conservation corps workforce development, and the Small Business Administration for community navigator services supporting small business recovery. Additional grant funding supports housing counseling assistance, entrepreneurship development through the Minority Business Development Agency's Capital Readiness Program, affordable connectivity outreach, vaccination coverage programs, and workforce readiness initiatives. National Urban League frequently partners with Urban League affiliates in specific cities as subrecipients, enabling the organization to leverage its national network for localized service delivery while maintaining oversight and coordination at the national level.