In 2023, Workforce Matters will be releasing an updated Workforce Grantmakers Directory to help you find – and connect! – with peer grantmakers who share your interests. You must opt in to have your information included in the directory + receive your free copy. If you’d like to participate, please click on the button Read more…
The White House recently kicked-off the Infrastructure Talent Pipeline Challenge to prepare workers for jobs that help rebuild American infrastructure and supply chains, sustain the recovery, and promote steady and stable growth. The Challenge is a nationwide call-to-action for employers, education and training providers, states, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, Read more…
Advancing Equity Through Workforce Philanthropy November 14-16 2022 | Washington, DC Learn More + Register Join your fellow workforce development grantmakers this fall for Further Together: Advancing Equity Through Workforce Philanthropy, a unique three-day gathering featuring nine workshops, two plenaries, opportunities to learn from more than a dozen experts, and Read more…
Workforce Matters is launching the Fund for Workforce Equity, a new pooled fund that aims to center workers of color in workforce policy and program design and implementation. The impetus to launch this fund comes from Workforce Matters’ Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders, which recommends that funders take Read more…
This spring, Workforce Matters will launch a new peer-to-peer learning lab facilitated by Clair Watson Minson of Sandra Grace LLC to serve as a community of practice for grantmakers working to implement ideas and strategies inspired by A Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders. This four session series will provide space for grantmakers to learn about and apply Read more…
Interested in helping Workforce Matters shape the future direction of our work? Workforce Matters seeks to engage a consultant to facilitate an organizational planning process that helps our leadership determine the most efficient, equitable, and effective operating model to advance our mission, meet members’ needs, support continued growth, and increase Read more…
You asked and we listened: In 2022, Workforce Matters will be releasing a new Workforce Grantmakers Directory to help you find – and connect! – with peer grantmakers who share your interests. You must opt in to have your information included in the directory + receive your free copy. If you’d like to participate, Read more…
Workforce Matters is accepting nominations for our Steering Committee now through December 3, 2021. Steering Committee members serve two-year terms and provide oversight and strategic direction for the activities of the Workforce Matters network. Please consider applying to serve if you’re interested in: Suggesting topics for future learning opportunities and events Getting to Read more…
With flexible funding flowing to states and localities via the American Rescue Plan, the recent announcement of new grants to expand Registered Apprenticeships, and the Biden Administration’s ambitious American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan proposals pending, the field of workforce development is anticipating a historic infusion of new public 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…