- 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.
News and Events
05/28/20 Webinar: Towards an Equitable Response and Recovery – Grantmaking Strategy Under COVID-19
Thursday, May 28th Interested in learning more about how your peers are tackling the challenges of grantmaking in the COVID-19 era? Join Workforce Matters and our partners at the Children, Youth, and Family Funders Roundtable; Read more
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Immigrant Families and Communities: Recommendations for Philanthropic Action
Wednesday, April 15, 2020 – 10:00 am to 11:30 am PDT / 12:00 pm-1:30 pm CDT / 1:00 pm -2:30 pm EDT Webinar Learn from leaders in the immigrant rights movement on the impact of the COVID-19 Read more
Special Offering: Workforce Funder Check-In Calls
We know that many of you are working from home and perhaps feeling a bit isolated, so we’re scheduling some informal Workforce Funder Check-In Calls over the next couple of weeks. During these calls, you’ll be invited to Read more
02/26/20 Webinar: Power and Light: Enlightened Approaches for Accountable and Equitable Grantmaking
February 26, 2020 Don’t let your processes undermine your foundation’s ability to serve the public good. In our current climate, there has been an increase in distrust and criticism about the power philanthropy wields and Read more
02/19/20 Webinar: Innovations in Workforce Mobility
February 19, 2020 Please join Workforce Matters for a webinar on innovations in workforce mobility. The Fund for Our Economic Future will share about the Paradox Prize and its mission to inspire innovations through an Read more
02/12/20 Webinar: Integrating Racial Equity, Workforce Benchmarking, and Capacity Building: A Case Study
February 12, 2020 Looking for concrete ways to connect racial equity with improving workforce outcomes? Interested in building the data disaggregation and analysis capacity of your workforce grantees? Join Workforce Matters, Philadelphia JOIN, Corporation for 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.
