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- Connect and network with colleagues from across the nation.
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News and Events
Meet the Funder: Jennifer Zeisler
Jennifer Zeisler is Senior Program Director, Career Readiness at the ECMC Foundation. Jennifer has served on the Workforce Matters Steering Committee since 2020. You can find her on Twitter at @JenniferZeisler. WFM: Can you tell Read more
Recap: Funder-to-Funder Discussion on Youth Workforce Grantmaking
Over the course of the global pandemic, millions of youth and young adults have seen their plans for the future severely disrupted. Internships and summer jobs were cancelled, community youth programs hit pause, and virtual Read more
04/12 Funder-to-Funder Discussion on Community Colleges
Join us Tuesday, April 12th at 2:00 pm eastern for a peer-to-peer conversation with grantmakers investing in community colleges. During this one-hour, informal Zoom meeting, you’ll have an opportunity to network with colleagues, ask questions, and exchange Read more
The Fund for Workforce Equity is a pooled fund organized by Workforce Matters to spark innovative strategies to center workers and learners of color in the design and implementation of workforce policies and programs.
We announced our second round of grantees in March 2025. Read more about them on the Fund for Workforce Equity website.
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.
