SKCCIF Funding Opportunities

2025 RFP application is open from March 3 - April 10
The Port is accepting applications for the 2025 South King County Community Impact Fund (SKCCIF) Economic Opportunities for Communities (EOC) Program. The EOC Program connects historically underrepresented communities to opportunities for living wage jobs and careers, creating access for the next generation of professionals to enter the port-related industries of aviation, construction trades, green jobs, and maritime. The RFP is Procurement # 00322251. See Funding FAQs for additional details. 

Fund details

• Approximately $2 million in funding is available for 2025 application
• Funding duration and amounts are:
  • Single year from $65,000 - $115,000, or
  • Multi-year (up to 3 years) from $100,000-$275,000
• Community-based organizations with the following requirements may be eligible to apply:
  • 501(c)3, 501(c)6 or community organizations with fiscal sponsor
  • Experience and trust with underrepresented communities in near-airport cities and South King County, extending up to Duwamish Valley and Beacon Hill
  • Experience with workforce development and career-prep and readiness programming in Port-related industries (aviation, construction trades, green jobs, and maritime)  
• Proposed projects must include the core components:
  • Port-related industries. Increase awareness and access to jobs and careers in port-related industries (aviation, construction trades, green jobs, and maritime)
  • Career-prep and Career-readiness Scopes. Be related to workforce development, utilizing career-prep and career-readiness programming and work-based learning strategies, such as awareness, exploration, preparation, and training
  • Equity. Serve historically underrepresented communities who live and work in near-airport cities and South King County, extending up to Duwamish Valley and Beacon Hill. Underrepresented communities include communities of color, low-income communities, immigrants and refugees, and other structurally excluded communities
• Organizations with physical office space in the six near-airport cities will be evaluated more favorably
• See the Community Outreach Presentation for more details about the EOC program

How to apply

1. Go to the Port's VendorConnect
2. Click on “Current/Past Solicitations” and search for Procurement # 00322251
3. Download the RFP Package and Exhibits. The files will include details about the program and application forms
4. Submit your application with all required documents by email to [email protected] by 12:00 p.m. PST on April 10, 2025

Tips: 

• Before you apply, take the SKCCIF EOC Self-Assessment to determine whether your organization and project proposal are the right match for this funding
• To receive email updates to the RFP, go to the Port's VendorConnect. Create a log-in account. Register your organization as a Vendor. Click on “Become a Plan Holder”
• To ask questions about the RFP, follow step in Tip #2 and Click on “Ask a Question”

This webpage is not the Port’s official procurement site.  The official RFP information and most updated requirements are in the Port’s VendorConnect system. Registration in VendorConnect is not required to apply, however, you must register and enroll as a “Plan Holder” to receive automatic updates and submit questions about the RFP. For detailed instructions about registering, read the VendorConnect External User Guide.

Information and Q&A sessions (virtual)

If you would like more information about the RFP and application process, please join one of the upcoming virtual Information and Q&A Sessions. 

Technical assistance sessions

The Port's Procurement Office will be available to provide help on navigating VendorConnect. Join one of the virtual Technical Assistance Sessions below. 

RFP questions

All questions must be submitted in writing through VendorConnect. To submit questions, your organization must be a registered Vendor and enroll as a Plan Holder. See the SKCCIF Economic Opportunities FAQ for further clarification about fund requirements.