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Championing Workforce Inclusion: Investing in Opportunities for Workers and Learners with Disabilities

By Workforce Matters | October 22, 2024

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month this October, Workforce Matters asked two of our members, Elaine Katz from the Kessler Foundation and Tuquan Harrison from the James Irvine Foundation, to briefly share about Read more

Steering Committee Spotlight: Stephanie Comai

By Workforce Matters | October 9, 2024

Tell us briefly about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters.  I have extensive experience in the public sector, including leading Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency, which was responsible for implementing new strategies to expand Read more

Webinar Recap: Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) with USDOL Acting Secretary Julie Su 

By Workforce Matters | September 25, 2024

On Aug 12, 2024, Funders for a Just Economy, Workforce Matters, Ford Foundation, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, Raise the Floor Alliance, Arriba Las Vegas, Warehouse Workers for Justice, and Read more

Celebrating Workforce Development Month

By Workforce Matters | September 11, 2024

As a philanthropy-serving organization uniquely focused on workforce development through our support of workforce grantmakers, Workforce Matters cares deeply about the field of workforce development, workers, learners, and all those who work daily to find innovative solutions Read more

Steering Committee Spotlight: Porsha Cropper

By Workforce Matters | August 29, 2024

Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I currently lead The Broad Foundation’s (TBF) pathways to good jobs portfolio, which provides youth and adults with the skills, social Read more

The Fund for Workforce Equity is now accepting applications! 

By Workforce Matters | August 19, 2024

Workforce Matters is launching Round 2 of the Fund for Workforce Equity, a pooled fund that aims to center workers and learners of color in workforce policy and program design and implementation.   In this round Read more

About Workforce Matters

Workforce Matters is a national network of grantmakers that draws on expert and practitioner knowledge and works together to strengthen workforce development philanthropy such that it empowers workers, learners, and job seekers to realize their full potential; dismantles inequities based on race, gender, ability, and other individual characteristics; and advances equitable education and employment outcomes for youth and adults.

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