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  • Regional Office Hours for Grantmakers: Southwest/West

    Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

    We’re excited to launch Regional Office Hours for Grantmakers—a new way to connect, learn, and problem-solve with peers in your region. These sessions are designed for funders to share what’s working, tackle common challenges, and stay plugged into regional opportunities and trends. Our next office hours will be held on Read more

  • Worker-Centered Strategies Affinity Group: Session 4

    This affinity group is anchored in our definition of worker-centered strategies: policies and practices that prioritize good jobs, worker power, fair treatment, and equitable opportunities—and are designed with workers, not for them. This four-part series is intentionally designed to support collective learning and collaboration among grantmakers interested in deepening investments Read more

  • Summer/Fall Workforce Policy Briefing

    Join Workforce Matters for our summer/fall Workforce Policy Update. This briefing is free and open to both funders and field partners. Space is limited, and registration is required!

  • Workforce Equity x AI (Session 2): The Changing Landscape of Work

    Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

    Join us for the second webinar in our Workforce Equity x AI series: The Changing Landscape of Work. This interactive session will focus on where AI is being deployed at scale and how it is reshaping work. The webinar series is organized in partnership with Ivan Torres of the National Center Read more

    $75

  • Workforce Matters Grantee Site Visit

    Join Workforce Matters for an in-person site visit with New Mexico-based grantees from our Fund for Workforce Equity and Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities initiatives. This site visit will be held at a location convenient to the SHIFT Conference in Albuquerque, NM and is open to grantmakers. Please Read more

  • Workforce Matters Networking Dinner @ SHIFT

    Grantmaking members who are coming to the SHIFT Conference in Albuquerque are invited to join us for a funder networking dinner on the evening of September 22 from 6:30-8:30 pm. This event is free, but RSVP is required. Location information will be shared with registrants. Email info@workforce-matters.org to RSVP or Read more

  • Corporate Grantmaker Learning Series

    This past May, Workforce Matters' launched a Corporate Grantmaker Learning Series to support learning and networking across the network. This series is designed to bring together corporate grantmakers, foundation executives and philanthropic leaders for candid, 25-minute conversations about the most pressing issues in workforce and education philanthropy. If you know Read more

  • Postsecondary Education and Workforce Funders Affinity Group Meeting

    Do you invest at the intersection of postsecondary education and workforce development? Connect with peers to exchange strategies, investments, and lessons learned. Sign up to learn more about this group and be notified of future opportunities to get involved. This is our third affinity group meeting of the year. Registration Read more

  • Workforce Equity x AI (Session 3): Funders Taking Action

    Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

    Join us for the third webinar in our Workforce Equity x AI series: Funders Taking Action. This interactive session will feature grantmakers sharing about what they are doing and what more they can do to account for AI's impact on workers and workforce equity. The webinar series is organized in Read more

    $75

  • Economic Inclusion Funders Roundtable #3 (In-person)

    The Economic Inclusion Funders Roundtable series is a collaborative learning and action initiative convened by the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund in partnership with Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR) and Workforce Matters. The third meeting of the Roundtable will be held in conjunction with GCIR's National Conference. Please see www.gcir.org for more information about registration.  Read more

  • Regional Office Hours for Grantmakers: Midwest

    Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

    We’re excited to launch Regional Office Hours for Grantmakers—a new way to connect, learn, and problem-solve with peers in your region. These sessions are designed for funders to share what’s working, tackle common challenges, and stay plugged into regional opportunities and trends. Engage with Midwest peers to discuss challenges, spotlight Read more

  • Apprenticeship Affinity Group Meetings

    Join Workforce Matters for our apprenticeship affinity group meetings this year! These one-hour calls will provide funders with the opportunity to learn and share about grantmaking that expands and strengthens apprenticeship opportunities. This group will meet 3 times in 2026 - April 9, July 29, and December 1. Register today.