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- Connect and network with colleagues from across the nation.
- Explore opportunities for collaboration.
News and Events
Resource Collection: Workforce Matters Racial Equity Resources Hub
In 2017, the Steering Committee of Workforce Matters took a step back from business-as-usual and launched our multi-year, ongoing racial equity journal. Since that time, we’ve convened several working groups, revamping our Mission and Vision, Read more
2022-2024 Steering Committee Nominations are Now Open!
Workforce Matters is accepting nominations for our Steering Committee now through December 3, 2021. Steering Committee members serve two-year terms and provide oversight and strategic direction for the activities of the Workforce Matters network. Please consider applying Read more
Resource Collection: Income Share Agreements + Career Impact Bonds
Earlier this year, a few of our Steering Committee members asked Workforce Matters if we could compile and share some resources on Income Share Agreements and Career Impact Bonds. In our scan, we looked at two Read more
Rethinking the Lexicon of Workforce Development: A Conversation with the Cognizant Foundation
The Cognizant Foundation was founded in 2018 to inspire, educate and prepare people of all ages to succeed in the workforce of today and tomorrow. The foundation serves historically excluded communities through the delivery of 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.
