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

Steering Committee Spotlight: Stephanie Comai

By Workforce Matters | October 9, 2024

Tell us briefly about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters.  I have extensive experience in the public sector, including leading Michigan’s Talent Investment Agency, which was responsible for implementing new strategies to expand Read more

Webinar Recap: Deferred Action for Labor Enforcement (DALE) with USDOL Acting Secretary Julie Su 

By Workforce Matters | September 25, 2024

On Aug 12, 2024, Funders for a Just Economy, Workforce Matters, Ford Foundation, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, Chicagoland Workforce Funders Alliance, Raise the Floor Alliance, Arriba Las Vegas, Warehouse Workers for Justice, and Read more

Celebrating Workforce Development Month

By Workforce Matters | September 11, 2024

As a philanthropy-serving organization uniquely focused on workforce development through our support of workforce grantmakers, Workforce Matters cares deeply about the field of workforce development, workers, learners, and all those who work daily to find innovative solutions Read more

Steering Committee Spotlight: Porsha Cropper

By Workforce Matters | August 29, 2024

Tell us a little bit about your background and why you joined Workforce Matters. I currently lead The Broad Foundation’s (TBF) pathways to good jobs portfolio, which provides youth and adults with the skills, social Read more

The Fund for Workforce Equity is now accepting applications! 

By Workforce Matters | August 19, 2024

Workforce Matters is launching Round 2 of the Fund for Workforce Equity, a pooled fund that aims to center workers and learners of color in workforce policy and program design and implementation.   In this round Read more

Learnings from Further Together: Examining the Progress of the Federal Infrastructure Investments 

By Workforce Matters | August 14, 2024

From left to right: Jen Horton (Jobs for the Future), Melissa Johnson (National Skills Coalition), Rachel Korberg (Families and Workers Fund), Paige Shevlin (U.S. Department of Transportation), Crystal Bridgeman (Siemens Foundation).  In this week’s post 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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