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Supporting Member Highlight: Fairfield County’s Community Foundation
Attributed to: Liz Hoagland, Senior Director, Education and Workforce Development, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation About Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Fairfield County’s Community Foundation works closely with local organizations, nonprofits, businesses, government, and philanthropists to Read more
Approaches to Implementing Trust-Based Philanthropy
In the Summer of 2025, five grantmakers explored how they could further evolve their trust-based philanthropy practices in a learning lab sponsored by Workforce Matters. Each organization was already implementing at least one of the Read more
Supporting Member Highlight: The Allstate Foundation
-Attributed to: Monique Tinglin, Manager, The Allstate Foundation Social Impact & Strategic Programs About The Allstate Foundation The Allstate Foundation works to help communities thrive. Our focus areas are empowering youth through service, disrupting the Read more
Field Partner Survey Feedback: You spoke and we listened!
This spring, Workforce Matters partnered with Listen4Good to launch our second survey of field partners, including Fund for Workforce Equity applicants and grantees, in order to collect and respond to field partner feedback. Who responded Read more
Supporting Member Highlight: Ascendium Education Group
About Ascendium Ascendium Education Group‘s philanthropy is grounded in our commitment to ensuring all learners have a path to upward mobility, and the recognition that good jobs increasingly require some kind of postsecondary education or Read more
Current Workforce Needs in Native Nations and Communities: Notes From the Field
Earlier this year, Workforce Matters fielded a feedback survey and hosted two listening sessions in partnership with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). Over 100 individuals participated, including grant partners in our Workforce Grantmaking 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.
