Submit Your Nomination by November 21 Workforce Matters is accepting nominations for our 2026-27 Steering Committee through Friday, November 21. Steering Committee members provide oversight and strategic direction for the activities of the Workforce Matters network. Please consider applying to serve if you’re interested in: Advancing equity through workforce philanthropy Helping to shape Read more
Share Your Feedback by November 14 Workforce Matters is seeking your feedback! Your feedback in 2024 helped us plan this year’s Further Together conference and encouraged us to convene more in-person events; hold more funder-to-funder conversations; and lift up innovative work that our members are doing. Survey responses also helped Read more
Reflecting on Our 2025 Peer Learning Strategy Series Throughout 2025, Workforce Matters hosted a four-part Peer Learning Strategy Series designed to help funders navigate emerging challenges and opportunities across the workforce development landscape. Each session brought together experts, funders, and practitioners to share insights, exchange strategies, and spark collaboration. Here’s Read more
At our Further Together conference last month, we hosted our second research reception highlighting new, innovative or impactful research about education and workforce development. Twelve different workforce-oriented research projects were selected to participate in this year’s research reception, all organized around the conference’s primary themes: Advancing Worker-Centered Workforce Development Programming Read more
Attributed to: Jenny LaForest, Executive Director, Holloway Family Foundation About Holloway Family Foundation Jenny LaForest, Executive Director, Holloway Family Foundation The Holloway Family Foundation is a lean-staffed private foundation based in Colleyville, Texas. Its three focus areas include workforce development, youth mentorship, and creative expression for children from under resourced Read more
Attributed to: Liz Hoagland, Senior Director, Education and Workforce Development, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation About Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Liz Hoagland, Senior Director, Education and Workforce Development, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fairfield County’s Community Foundation works closely with local organizations, nonprofits, businesses, government, and philanthropists to address challenges and Read more
In the Summer of 2025, five grantmakers explored how they could further evolve their trust-based philanthropy practices in a learning lab sponsored by Workforce Matters. Each organization was already implementing at least one of the six principles of trust-based philanthropy but wanted to dig deeper so they could do better Read more
-Attributed to: Monique Tinglin, Manager, The Allstate Foundation Social Impact & Strategic Programs About The Allstate Foundation Monique Tinglin, Manager, The Allstate Foundation Social Impact & Strategic Programs The Allstate Foundation works to help communities thrive. Our focus areas are empowering youth through service, disrupting the cycle of relationship abuse, Read more
This spring, Workforce Matters partnered with Listen4Good to launch our second survey of field partners, including Fund for Workforce Equity applicants and grantees, in order to collect and respond to field partner feedback. Who responded We received complete surveys from 118 individuals representing a range of community-based organizations, community colleges, Read more
About Ascendium Ascendium Education Group’s philanthropy is grounded in our commitment to ensuring all learners have a path to upward mobility, and the recognition that good jobs increasingly require some kind of postsecondary education or specialized workforce training. As a national funder, our investments aim to transform postsecondary education and Read more