Further Together: Advancing Equity Through Workforce Philanthropy will be Workforce Matters’ third national conference of grantmakers in the Workforce Matters network. This October, we’ll bring together grantmakers to:
  • Learn from national experts and peer grantmakers about timely issues, promising practices, and innovations in supporting workers and learners.
  • Connect and network with colleagues from across the nation.
  • Explore opportunities for collaboration.
Registration closes September 30.

News and Events

09/29 International Workforce Grantmaking Discussion

By Workforce Matters | September 8, 2021

Does your organization make workforce development grants outside the United States? Interested in connecting with peer grantmakers to compare notes and lessons learned from your investments? Please join us Wednesday, September 29th at 1:30 pm Read more

Aug 30 News + Updates

By Workforce Matters | September 2, 2021

what we’re up to   Join Us September 10th to Learn How You Can Get the Most Out of Workforce Matters Programming   Are you new to Workforce Matters? Just looking for information about how Read more

Nothing About Us Without Us

By Workforce Matters | August 19, 2021

Kesmyre Smalls is a Senior at Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas majoring in Legal Studies and Criminology and a 2021 College Intern at Workforce Matters. Youth/young adults should be involved in the public to Read more

Aug 9 News + Updates

By Workforce Matters | August 10, 2021

what we’re up to NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, Economic Opportunity Funders, and Workforce Matters invite you to a webinar sharing the latest data and implications from Gallup’s Great Jobs survey, an in-depth survey of Read more

July 23 News + Update

By Workforce Matters | July 26, 2021

what we’re up to NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, Economic Opportunity Funders, and Workforce Matters invite you to a webinar sharing the latest data and implications from Gallup’s Great Jobs survey, an in-depth survey of Read more

08/11 Webinar: Job Quality in 2021: Implications for Funders from the Gallup Great Jobs Survey

By Workforce Matters | July 8, 2021

NFG’s Funders for a Just Economy, Economic Opportunity Funders, and Workforce Matters invites you to a webinar sharing the latest data and implications from Gallup’s Great Jobs survey, an in-depth survey of nearly 8,000 adults Read more

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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.

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