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- Connect and network with colleagues from across the nation.
- Explore opportunities for collaboration.
News and Events
Peer Learning Strategy Sessions: A Recap
Workforce Matters piloted a set of Peer Learning Strategy Sessions for members in Fall 2023. Created in response to member requests, these sessions were designed to be conversational and exploratory opportunities for our grantmaking members Read more
Happy New Year from Workforce Matters
Happy New Year! 2023 was replete with major milestones and new endeavors for Workforce Matters, most notably: As we move into 2024, we are excited to continue much of the work we launched and piloted Read more
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
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.
