• Fund for Workforce Equity Round 1 Learning + Next Steps

    Join Workforce Matters and SPR Associates to hear about learnings from Round 1 of the Fund for Workforce Equity, our field partner survey, and implications for funders and field partners about the work of centering workers and learners of color in designing and implementing workforce development programs and policies. Hear Read more

  • Post-Election Workforce Policy Briefing for Grantmakers with NSC, Joint Center, and Unidos

    Join Workforce Matters and partners from National Skills Coalition, the Joint Center, and Unidos for a post-election workforce policy briefing for grantmakers. What's on the horizon? How should we prepare ourselves and our grantees? This event is free to all grantmaking members of Workforce Matters. Registration is required.

  • EOF Budget Briefing Debrief Call with Workforce Matters

    Join Workforce Matters and the National Skills Coalition on March 27 for a funder-only conversation debriefing the Economic Opportunity Funders' 2025 Budget Briefing, which will be held earlier in the week on March 25. Approved registrants for this call will also receive access to the livestream and recording of EOF's Read more

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

    You are invited to register for Workforce Matters' newest webinar--Workforce 101: An Overview of Public Workforce System Funding and Infrastructure. Designed specifically for workforce grantmakers who wish to better understand the workforce sector, this informative webinar will cover: The major federal programs that created and support the infrastructure of the Read more

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  • “Ask Us Anything” with National Skills Coalition

    Wondering about how cuts to SNAP and Medicaid, the passage of Short-Term Pell, or FY2026 appropriations levels might affect your grantees and the communities they serve? Join Workforce Matters for a dynamic, closed-door session with National Skills Coalition to discuss the impacts of budget reconciliation and appropriations on workforce development Read more

  • Further Together 2025

    The Westin Crystal City Reagan National Airport

    Registration is now live, visit www.further-together.org to learn more and register. 

  • Financing the Future of Education & Workforce Training

    Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

    Workforce Matters is kicking off this year’s Peer Learning Strategy Sessions with a conversation with ECMC and their partner Jobs for the Future (JFF) to explore how organizations can use innovative financing models, like pay-it-forward funds, to drive sustainable social impact in the context of constrained budgets and federal loan program reforms. Read more

  • Apprenticeship: What Funders Need to Know Right Now (Webinar)

    Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

    Join Workforce Matters and Apprenticeships for America to learn more about current opportunities to grow and develop apprenticeships as well as the funding streams and policies that are supportive of the apprenticeship ecosystem. Hear from funders that are currently investing in this workforce strategy and their approaches to building apprenticeship Read more

  • Centering Tribal Sovereignty in Workforce Systems and the Role of Philanthropy

    This webinar for funders and field partners will provide two examples from Indian Country of implementing a collective vision and governance model to strengthen workforce programs in Tribal communities.Our speakers will share how a workforce vision for Tribal communities has been organized to both center Tribal community priorities and challenge Read more