Member Office Hours

Zoom (link to be sent upon registration)

Grantmaking members of Workforce Matters are invited to join co-director Loh-Sze Leung for office hours and share about your workforce grantmaking interests and questions and learn about upcoming events and ways to get involved in the network. Sign up by emailing info@workforce-matters.org.

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…

Member Office Hours

Connect with other members, ask questions, and learn more about the network with co-director Clair Minson at this month's office hours. Please note: office hours are open only to grantmaking members of Workforce Matters. Emailinfo@workforce-matters.org to sign up.

Webinar: Supporting Native Workforce Development – A Guide for Funders

Please join Workforce Matters for a conversation introducing our newest resource: Supporting Native Workforce Development: A Guide for Funders. Speakers will include: Christianne Lind, Northwest Area Foundation Kwelin Waller, AIR Ian Record, Ian Record Consulting Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities (WGNNC) is an emerging funder collaborative focused on Read more…

Member Networking Dinner @JFF Horizons

Grantmaking members of Workforce Matters who are attending Horizons or are just in the DC area are invited to join us for a networking dinner in Washington, D.C. on the evening of July 22. This event is free, but registration is required. Space is limited, and priority will be given Read more…

Peer Learning Strategy Session: Leveraging Federal Funding

Workforce Matters is kicking off this summer's Peer Learning Strategy Sessionswith a conversation on leveraging federal infrastructure investments to support community colleges. Georgia Reagan and Kermit Kaleba from the Lumina Foundation will host this session and share about the "how and why" behind the Foundation's Industry & Inclusion cohorts with Read more…

DALE Webinar with USDOL Acting Secretary Su

Please join Funders for a Just Economy, Workforce Matters, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, and Raise the Floor Alliance for a webinar on deferred action for labor enforcement, aka DALE, on August 12 at 11am MT/1pm CT/2pm ET.   Registration is required using this link. In October 2021, the Department of Homeland Security Read more…

FWE Round 2 Applicant Webinar

The Fund for Workforce Equity is a Workforce Matters pooled funding initiative that aims to center workers of color in workforce policy and program design and implementation, one of the primary recommendations in Workforce Matters’ Racial Equity Framework for Workforce Development Funders. Join us for this applicant webinar to learn Read more…