Building shared prosperity through better skills, workforce innovations and good jobs

IMPACTING INDIVIDUALS

92,000

The National Fund has supported 67,500 job seekers and 25,000 incumbent workers in developing new skills for high-demand jobs and securing 65,000 industry-approved credentials.

ORGANIZING EMPLOYERS

2,000

The National Fund supports more than 2,000 employers in 70 active partnerships helping area businesses develop collective solutions to shared labor issues.

STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES

$315m

National Fund investments have catalyzed $315 million in matched or aligned investments from 700 local and national funders.

Our Impact

REGIONAL COLLABORATIVES

33

The National Fund is proud to support 33 regional funding collaboratives located across the country. These collaboratives generate attention and investment in their community’s biggest labor and economic issues.

Our Network

Featured Stories

Meet the National Fund

Read a one-page summary on the National Fund's mission, model and results.

Become a Frontline Worker Champion

The nomination period to become a CareerSTAT Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion is open through March 30, 2018. Organizations received national recognition and free technical assistance.

National Fund Cohosts Federal Reserve Webinar

The National Fund, Aspen and MIT Sloan are partnering with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to host webinars on how the changing labor market is affecting companies and the strategies they use to design higher quality jobs, improve working conditions and strengthen operations.

Join CareerSTAT

CareerSTAT is a national network of healthcare leaders investing in the skills and careers of frontline workers. Join the network for resources, insights, and peer learning.

Facing skills gap, employers send workers to college

National Fund CEO Fred Dedrick and Reading manufacturers speak with Marketplace Business News on the need for companies and communities to invest in skills.

SIF Scales the National Fund

The Social Innovation Fund invested $15.7 expanding our model into 28 communities, helping 62,000 individuals develop new skills, and generate 10s of millions in local investments.