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Workforce 101: An Overview of Public Workforce System Funding and Infrastructure

Workforce Matters created and released Workforce 101 in May 2025. Developed by Nancy Snyder Consulting and delivered by Nancy Snyder and Katie Spiker of the National Skills Coalition, this webinar and slide deck provided a detailed overview of the publicly-funded workforce development system with insights specifically tailored toward philanthropic interests. Read more

By Workforce Matters, 1 day ago July 23, 2025

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Workforce Matters Field Partner Survey

Workforce Matters launched the second round of Fund for Workforce Equity funding in 2024 in order to expand our support of efforts to engage workers and learners in shaping workforce development programs and policies. Now that our grantmaking round has concluded and grantees have been announced, we are reflecting on our processes Read more

By Workforce Matters, 4 months ago April 2, 2025

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Fund for Workforce Equity Selects Second Cohort of Grantees

$700,000 awarded to workforce organizations from across the country to center workers and learners of color (March 5, 2025) – The Fund for Workforce Equity, a pooled investment fund led by Workforce Matters, announced seven grant recipients will each receive grants of up to $100,000 to implement initiatives that center Read more

By Workforce Matters, 5 months ago March 5, 2025

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The Results Are In. Now What?

Many have called the 2024 election one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and perhaps they’re right. However, without understating the importance of this 2024 election and its results, it’s possible that Americans in previous centuries felt the same way, and they too were right. Whether you believe Read more

By Workforce Matters, 9 months ago November 7, 2024

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Listening to our Network – A Report to Workforce Matters Members

Over the last year, Workforce Matters has launched two surveys in order to collect and respond to your feedback: one of our field partners and Fund for Workforce Equity Round 1 applicants (Sept. 2023-Jan. 2024) and one of our grantmaking members (April 2024-July 2024). Our spring member survey also included Read more

By Workforce Matters, 9 months ago October 23, 2024

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Championing Workforce Inclusion: Investing in Opportunities for Workers and Learners with Disabilities

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October, Workforce Matters asked two of our members, Elaine Katz from the Kessler Foundation and Tuquan Harrison from the James Irvine Foundation, to briefly share about their work to invest in and advance opportunities for workers and learners with disabilities. People Read more

By Workforce Matters, 9 months ago October 22, 2024

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Celebrating Workforce Development Month

As a philanthropy-serving organization uniquely focused on workforce development through our support of workforce grantmakers, Workforce Matters cares deeply about the field of workforce development, workers, learners, and all those who work daily to find innovative solutions to workforce challenges. We envision a workforce development field where funders work effectively with all Read more

By Workforce Matters, 11 months ago September 11, 2024

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Steering Committee Spotlight: Porsha Cropper

Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I currently lead The Broad Foundation’s (TBF) pathways to good jobs portfolio, which provides youth and adults with the skills, social capital, and workforce training to secure family-wage earning employment. Before joining TBF, I led education, Read more

By Workforce Matters, 11 months ago August 28, 2024

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The Fund for Workforce Equity is now accepting applications!

Workforce Matters is launching Round 2 of the Fund for Workforce Equity, a pooled fund that aims to center workers and learners of color in workforce policy and program design and implementation. In this round of funding, we anticipate awarding up to seven two-year grants of $100,000 each to organizations Read more

By Workforce Matters, 11 months ago August 23, 2024

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Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities Awards Inaugural Funding

Over $500,000 awarded to organizations from across the country to support workers and learners in Native nations and communities The Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities Initiative, a new initiative spearheaded by Workforce Matters, announced eight funding recipients who will each receive funding of up to $70,000 to implement Read more

By Workforce Matters, 11 months ago August 15, 2024