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- Connect and network with colleagues from across the nation.
- Explore opportunities for collaboration.
News and Events
11/06/19 Event: Employer Practices Convening
Is your foundation investing in strategies to launch, accelerate, strengthen, or scale projects that help employers update their recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, retention, and advancement practices? Workforce Matters will be convening a small group of our Employer Read more
NEW DATE: 10/28/19 Webinar: Federal Policy Update + Higher Ed Reform Primer
On Monday, October 28th at 2pm ET, you’re invited to join us for our annual fall policy update to get a quick overview of the current federal policy landscape with an eye towards those policies and Read more
10/18/19 Webinar: Racial Differences on the Future of Work
On Friday, October 18th at 2 pm ET you’re invited to join Workforce Matters and the Joint Center for an overview of the Joint Center’s new report, Racial Differences on the Future of Work, and a discussion Read more
10/11/19 Webinar: Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens
On, Friday, October 11th at 2 pm ET join Workforce Matters and Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) for an overview of PRE’s new report, Grantmaking with a Racial Justice Lens, and a discussion with your peers Read more
10/03/19 – 10/04/19 Event: The Future of Work and The Immigrant Workforce
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Lumina Foundation, Workforce Matters and The Annie E. Casey Foundation are partnering to host a one-and-a-half day funder workshop to identify opportunities for philanthropy to be inclusive of the immigrant Read more
06/26/19 Event: NFWS Conference Networking Dinner in Dallas
Planning to be at the National Fund’s convening in Dallas this month? Please join your Workforce Matters colleagues for a networking dinner on Wednesday, June 26 at 7:15 pm (following the conference reception). This event 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.
