what we’re up to Congratulations to our newest Steering Committee members! Please join us in welcoming our newest Steering Committee members: Monique Baptiste, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Laura Burgher, Annie E. Casey Foundation Isa Ellis, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jennifer LaForest, Holloway Family Foundation Kristen Titus, Cognizant US Foundation Read more…
what we’re up to Insights from Our Members In our newest guest post, Robin Kramer of The Smidt Foundation discusses findings from two studies the Foundation commissioned through its Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Initiative: A JFF landscape of high school trades education in all 50 states, and nationwide opinion research from NORC Read more…
what we’re up to Insights from Our Members In our newest guest post, Rob Hope and Kayla Tolentino of ReWork the Bay at the San Francisco Foundation weigh in on why the rules of the game matter, not just how you play it: “Our main goal as a Read more…
Our latest blog post comes from Rob Hope, Director, and Kayla Tolentino, Initiative Associate, of ReWork the Bay at the San Francisco Foundation. ReWork the Bay works to increase the number of people in the Bay Area who have quality, empowered employment that offers the pay and benefits necessary for people Read more…
what we’re up to New! Post-Election Analysis for Philanthropy from Economic Opportunity Funders Workforce Matters is pleased to partner with our colleagues at Economic Opportunity Funders to connect workforce grantmakers with an opportunity to participate in EOF’s post-election virtual funder learning series. Register today to participate in one of their upcoming Read more…
Workforce Matters recently had the opportunity to screen the documentary The Road Up and host a Q&A, moderated by Tameshia Mansfield of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, with panelists Sheena Meade from Clean Slate Initiative, Esther Franco-Payne from Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA), and Kristen Robinson, co-founder of the Ecofeminist Action Institute Read more…
what we’re up to Last chance! Apply to join a Peer-to-Peer Learning Lab by Friday, October 16th This fall, Workforce Matters will be launching three new Learning Labs. Our Learning Labs provide a table for funders to come together to share information about their own grantmaking, discuss tough questions, Read more…
what we’re up to Feeling isolated working from home? Overwhelmed with ambiguity about what the future holds? We heard you. We’ve designed a series of Fall 2020 events to keep you connected to peers, exploring new ideas, and cultivating a vision for what comes next. Please consider joining us for Read more…
Contact tracing is viewed as an important tool for managing COVID-19’s spread in the United States if done in a timely fashion, but a scarce supply of workers with contact tracing training has hobbled efforts to keep the disease in check in many regions. For a growing number of workforce Read more…
on our calendars Talent Finance U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is kicking off a series of virtual forums to launch their newest initiative, Talent Finance. The event series will follow the release of a white paper that will make the case for a new Read more…