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BlackRock Future Builders Launches $25 Million National RFP to Expand America’s Skilled Trades Workforce

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Funding will support nonprofits that are connecting workers to skilled trades careers and economic opportunity across the country

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BlackRock today launched a $25 million nationwide Request for Proposals (RFP) as the next phase of BlackRock Future Builders, its $100 million philanthropic effort to build and strengthen America’s skilled trades workforce, reaching 50,000 American workers over the next five years. Through the RFP, over two funding cycles, The BlackRock Foundation will award two-year grants ranging from $500,000 to $1 million per award.

As recipients of these grants, local, regional, and national nonprofits

BlackRock Future Builders Launches $25 Million National RFP to Expand America’s Skilled Trades Workforce

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Funding will support nonprofits that are connecting workers to skilled trades careers and economic opportunity across the country

As recipients of these grants, local, regional, and national nonprofits

BlackRock Future Builders Launches $25 Million National RFP to Expand America’s Skilled Trades Workforce

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Funding will support nonprofits that are connecting workers to skilled trades careers and economic opportunity across the country

As recipients of these grants, local, regional, and national nonprofits

BlackRock Future Builders Launches $25 Million National RFP to Expand America’s Skilled Trades Workforce

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400

Funding will support nonprofits that are connecting workers to skilled trades careers and economic opportunity across the country

As recipients of these grants, local, regional, and national nonprofits

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three leading proxy advisory firms have recommended that shareholders of BlackRock ESG Allocation Term Trust (NYSE: ECAT) support the incumbent board nominees ahead of the fund's annual meeting on June 9, 2026.

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended shareholders vote for seven of nine incumbent board nominees, while Egan-Jones and Glass Lewis recommended all nine nominees. All three firms rejected a dissident's full slate of nominees.

ISS noted that ECAT has made improvements, stating that total shareholder return since inception is now better than peers and the net asset value discount has narrowed considerably. The firm said the dissident "has not provided enough

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

Three proxy advisors back BlackRock ECAT board nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:18 -0400

ISS and Egan-Jones Join Glass Lewis to Recommend ECAT Shareholders Vote to Support ECAT Board Nominees

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:50:00 -0400