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Matchup Labs Prepared by GABI for BOTT Foundation
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A Funding Analysis Prepared for BOTT Foundation

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The money you're missing.
The deadlines you're about to.
Matchup Labs LLC · Brooklyn, NY July 17, 2026
Contents

What's
Inside

  1. 01 Executive Summary 03
  2. 02 How GABI Works 04
  3. 03 The Pipeline — 15 Ranked Sources 05
  4. 04 Hot Deadlines 08
  5. 05 Two-Speed Money 09
  6. 06 Go → Cash Forecast 10
  7. 07 Next Moves & Close 11
01 Executive Summary

A Capital
Pipeline,
On Notice

In one working session, GABI assembled a diversified, dated, fit-ranked funding pipeline for BOTT Foundation — 15 live sources across 6 categories and 5 strategic tiers. Every source was scored against BOTT's actual profile: a Brooklyn 501(c)(3) training justice-impacted and underemployed New Yorkers in TIG, MIG/FCAW, and SMAW welding, already a funded awardee of the NYCEDC East Brooklyn Workforce Development Fund.

The pipeline is deliberately mixed by speed and by risk. Fast, warm money — local foundations, corporate workforce grants, and student scholarships — moves in months. Slower state and federal capital moves over a year and is often paid in arrears. Diversified this way, no single "no" stops the flow of capital into BOTT's programs.

What follows is the evidence: each source ranked for fit, sized by award range, and stamped with its next real deadline — plus the forecast for how fast a "Go" becomes a submitted application.

At a Glance
15
Funding
sources
6
Funding
categories
5
Strategic
tiers
$1K→$175M
Award-size
range
1
Public grant
already won
Counts and ranges only. No summed "total available" is implied — award sizes, eligibility, and timing vary by source. Figures are a planning estimate, not financial or legal advice.
02 Methodology

How GABI
Works

Find
GABI continuously scans public, philanthropic, corporate, and federal funding sources — reading eligibility, award size, and deadlines the way a development director would, at machine scale.
Rank
Every source is scored for fit against BOTT's real profile — mission, geography, program format, credential, and precedent — then sorted into tiers so the highest-leverage moves surface first.
Defend
GABI drafts applications, tracks deadlines, and keeps the pipeline moving — turning a "Go" into a submitted application on a known clock.
GABI drafts, ranks, and tracks. A human approves every move. Nothing reaches a funder without a yes.
03 The Pipeline

15 Ranked
Sources

Grouped into five strategic tiers, by move-priority. Fit is scored out of 5 against BOTT's profile. Dollar figures and deadlines are planning estimates — verify each before submission.

Tier 1 — Move Now
3 sources
Source
Fit
Amount
Deadline
Why BOTT qualifies
Brooklyn Org
General BKO Funding
FIT 5/5
General operating & program grants
Year-round; next decision Sep 30, 2026
Funds the exact racial + economic opportunity intersection BOTT lives at; already backs Brooklyn workforce peers. Strongest single fit.
NYS CFA, Round 14
Workforce Development
FIT 4/5
~$175M statewide; capital for equipment/expansion
SOON — Jul 31, 2026. Gated on Grants Gateway prequal (6–8 wks)
Credential-bearing welding programs qualify; capital dollars could fund booths, machines, site build-out.
Mike Rowe WORKS
Work Ethic Scholarship
FIT 4/5
$500–$34,000, avg ~$9,100
SOON — next round Aug 30, 2026; final Oct 31, 2026
BOTT students in an accredited trade program are eligible; co-brand as "BOTT Welder Scholars."
Tier 2 — Become a Funded Provider
Recurring · 3 sources
Source
Fit
Amount
Deadline
Why BOTT qualifies
NYS ETPL
Eligible Training Provider List
FIT 5/5
Not a grant — the switch that lets WIOA tuition flow to BOTT, ongoing
Rolling, via NYC Local Workforce Development Board
Welding is a NYSDOL in-demand occupation. Unlocks the recurring engine.
NYC SBS ITGs
Individual Training Grants / Workforce1
FIT 4/5
Tuition, fees, testing, books for short-term (<1yr) training
Rolling
BOTT's 3-month program is exactly the short-term, credential-bearing format ITGs fund.
NYCEDC East Brooklyn
Workforce Development Fund
FIT 5/5
~$1.4M across five awardees last round
Watch next RFP / renewal
Precedent — BOTT is already a named awardee, funded to run free for 25 students. Proof point.
03 The Pipeline · continued
Tier 3 — Philanthropy
4 sources
Source
Fit
Amount
Deadline
Why BOTT qualifies
Brooklyn Energy Initiative
BKO × National Grid Fdn × United Way
FIT 4/5
$50,000/org
2026 round awarded; position for next
Welding is core energy/infrastructure labor.
National Grid Foundation
Direct
FIT 3/5
Corporate workforce/community grants
Rolling — eligibility quiz → 1-page summary
Brooklyn residents into infrastructure/energy trades.
Con Edison
Strategic Partnerships
FIT 3/5
Clean-energy-careers priority
2026 concept window closed (Apr 30) — contact PO for next cycle
501(c)(3) in Con Ed's service territory training underserved residents.
Fishman Family Fund
for Economic Opportunity (via BKO)
FIT 4/5
Grants to close Brooklyn's racial wealth gap
Via Brooklyn Org cycles
Converts that mission into a $40/hr welding wage. Tight thematic match.
Tier 4 — Student Scholarships
Co-branded · 2 sources
Source
Fit
Amount
Deadline
Why BOTT qualifies
AWS Foundation
Welder Training + National Scholarships
FIT 4/5
$1,000 training; $2,500–$10,000+ national; ~$2.7M pool
2027 opens Dec 1, 2026; deadline Mar 1, 2027
Purpose-built for BOTT's short-term welding-cert model.
AISC Education Foundation
Rex I. Lewis Welding Scholarships
FIT 2/5
Up to $4,000
~May 1 (next cycle)
Lower direct fit (mostly university-level); best as a partnership/emulation play with steel-fab employers.
03 The Pipeline · continued
Tier 5 — Federal
Bigger · slower · partner-gated · 3 sources
Source
Fit
Amount
Deadline
Why BOTT qualifies
DOL RESTART / REO
Reentry Employment Opportunities
FIT 4/5 mission · 2/5 direct
$81M RESTART + $110M REO
Apr 15, 2026 passed — watch next NOFO
Near-perfect mission fit (justice-impacted into trades) but needs a national/regional intermediary — BOTT's play is NYC sub-grantee/partner, not lead applicant.
DOL Apprenticeship Building America
ABA + State Apprenticeship Expansion
FIT 3/5
$85M; pre-apprenticeship equity pathways
Track NOFOs (grants.gov / apprenticeship.gov)
BOTT's welding program is a natural registered pre-apprenticeship.
Union JATC Pre-Apprenticeship MOUs
Ironworkers / Boilermakers / Sheet Metal
FIT 3/5
JATC education funds co-fund tuition/stipends
Relationship-driven, ongoing
BOTT's structural welding is a textbook pre-apprenticeship feeder; keystone that unlocks the federal apprenticeship tier.
All amounts, deadlines, and eligibility notes are a planning estimate as of July 2026 — verify each with the funder before submission. Not financial or legal advice.
04 Calendar

Hot
Deadlines

Jul 31
NYS Consolidated Funding Application (CFA)
Round 14 workforce/capital. Gated on Grants Gateway prequalification — start now.
Soon
Aug 30
Mike Rowe WORKS — scholarship round
Batch eligible BOTT students; co-brand as "BOTT Welder Scholars."
Near-term
Sep 30
Brooklyn Org — next funding decision
Strongest single fit. General operating + program support.
Near-term
Oct 31
Mike Rowe WORKS — final round
Second window for any students missed in August.
Near-term
Dec 1
AWS Foundation — 2027 cycle opens
Welder-training + national scholarships. Deadline Mar 1, 2027.
Opens
Dates are the next known windows as of July 2026 and shift by cycle — confirm with each funder. Planning estimate, not financial or legal advice.
05 The Insight

Two-Speed
Money

BOTT's pipeline runs on two clocks at once. The point is diversification: no single "no" stops the flow, because fast money covers the gap while slow money clears.

Fast Money
Weeks to months
Local foundations — Brooklyn Org, Fishman Family Fund
Student scholarships — Mike Rowe, AWS Foundation
Corporate workforce — National Grid, Con Edison
Provider reimbursements — ITGs, WIOA via ETPL
Slow / Arrears
Up to a year · paid in arrears
State capital — NYS CFA (Grants Gateway gated)
Federal reentry — DOL RESTART / REO
Federal apprenticeship — DOL ABA
Union JATC — relationship-gated MOUs
Fast money keeps the lights on and students enrolled. Slow money builds the institution. Run both, always.
06 Forecast

Go → Cash

From the moment a human says "Go," how fast a draft is submitted — and when money typically lands. Planning estimates only.

Time to submitted application
DAY 0
"Go"
Human approves the target.
1–2 WKS
Warm & simple
Foundations, scholarships, 1-pagers drafted & submitted.
2–4 WKS
Mid-complexity
Corporate & multi-part philanthropic applications.
6–8 WKS
State / federal
Gated on Grants Gateway prequalification.
Time to cash, by type
Student scholarships
~months
Local foundations
3–6 months
State & federal · paid in arrears
6–12+ months
Timelines are planning estimates and vary by funder, completeness of prequalification, and award cycle. Not financial or legal advice.
07 Next Moves

What We
Do Next

01
Confirm Grants Gateway prequalification status
It gates every state dollar, including the Jul 31 CFA. Start immediately — it can take 6–8 weeks.
02
Draft Brooklyn Org + Fishman Family Fund proposals
Strongest fits, fastest money. Position for the Sep 30 decision cycle.
03
Batch students into the Mike Rowe scholarship round
Co-brand as "BOTT Welder Scholars" for the Aug 30 window; catch stragglers Oct 31.
04
Apply to the ETPL via NYC LWDB
Unlocks the recurring WIOA tuition engine — the highest-leverage structural move in the pipeline.
This is one month
of GABI.
Imagine twelve.
Matchup Labs LLC · Brooklyn, NY · https://mtch.app/ · team@mtch.app · 718.865 · Prepared by GABI for BOTT Foundation · July 17, 2026
Every projection in this document is a planning estimate. This is not financial or legal advice. Amounts, deadlines, and eligibility are subject to change and should be verified with each funder before submission.