- 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
Workforce Grantmaking in Native Nations and Communities Update
Our collective knowledge about the Indigenous peoples of the U.S. often remains veiled in mystery—a result of deliberate efforts of the colonial project to erase Native voices and narratives. We must continue to educate ourselves as Read more
Workforce Matters Field Partner Survey
Workforce Matters launched the Fund for Workforce Equity in 2022 in order to provide support to workforce organizations interested in centering the voices of workers and learners of color in their programmatic and/or organizational activities. As we reflect on the fund’s launch and Read more
Steering Committee Nominations Open!
Workforce Matters has opened our Steering Committee nominations process for 2024-25. Steering Committee members provide oversight and strategic direction for the activities of the Workforce Matters network. Steering Committee members must work for a grantmaking organization that is already a supporting member of Workforce Matters or be Read more
Recap: Community Colleges Webinar on Innovative Financing Strategies
On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Workforce Matters hosted our second virtual learning and discussion series on community colleges and workforce development. Featuring the New Jersey Pay it Forward Program, the conversation explored how innovative workforce Read more
Reflections on Workforce Development Month September 2023
The recognition of Workforce Development Month began in 2005. Now, almost 20 years later, organizations across the field continue to recognize the contributions of the workforce development field to our economy and society at large. Read more
Recap: Affirmative Action Briefing and Discussion for Workforce Grantmakers
On August 28, 2023, Workforce Matters hosted a briefing for workforce grantmakers on the implications of the Supreme Court’s decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC. Our conversation with Art Coleman, Managing Partner 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.
