The National Fund seeks to serve multiple stakeholders including individuals, employers, and communities, while also working to improve workforce and labor systems through its “systems change” efforts. These evaluations explore the National Fund’s value to individuals, businesses, and communities including changes to education and workforce systems.

It has measured the effectiveness of its programs against traditional workforce programs with its Social Innovation Fund-supported evaluation of partnership programs in Wisconsin and Ohio. It measures its value to employers through business impact studies and business surveys.

The National Fund also recognizes private and non-profit employers with its Young Adult and Frontline Healthcare Worker Champion programs and documents their successful training and development practices. Finally, the National Fund has developed rubric for measuring “systems change” and it tracks its “system change” accomplishments by reporting on hundreds of improvements made to the policies, practices, and systems of businesses, education, and training providers; philanthropic organizations; and public institutions that shape the economic and workforce landscape.

Selected evaluation reports from the National Fund and its network are available on this page, below.

All reports, learning documents, materials, evaluations and resources from our partners are available in the Publications section. The National Fund is committed to contributing to the field and positively influencing economic and workforce development across the country and seeks to inform business and community leaders with novel research on issues like creating good jobs, investing in frontline workers, organizing industry partnerships and improving workforce and economic systems.