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National Fund for Workforce Solutions

We collaborate with workers, employers, and communities to advance a skilled workforce, promote good jobs, and invest in equitable outcomes.

$675k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Employment$8.1MPhilanthropy$2.2MCommunity Improvement$1.3MHealth$46k
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$75,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PARTNER4WORK$100,000
FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE$100,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT$75,000
THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE$75,000
CAREERRISE INC$75,000
CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION$75,000
WORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS$75,000
MARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWORK$50,000
INDIANAPOLIS PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL INC$50,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%THE BOSTON FOUNDATION: $125k → 16%ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS: $125k → 17%PARTNERS 4 WORK: $200k → 11%HAWAI'I WORKFORCE FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE: $100k → 15%CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION: $311k → 14%UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $168k → 14%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $150k → 10%WORKFORCE ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS: $140k → 16%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL & NE CONNECTICUT: $220k → 11%UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA: $250k → 13%FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE: $350k → 17%WOKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SEATTLE: $263k → 9%THE CHICAGO FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%MARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWORK: $330k → 19%KENTUCKIANAWORKS: $230k → 15%THE BOSTON FOUNDATION: $113k → 16%PARTNERS 4 WORK: $145k → 11%CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION: $290k → 14%UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $150k → 14%THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $150k → 10%WORKFORCE ALL OF S CENTRAL KANSAS: $125k → 16%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL&NE CONNECTICUT: $145k → 11%UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA: $200k → 13%THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $150k → 16%FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE: $285k → 17%WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SEATTLE: $100k → 9%THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%KENTUCKIANAWORKS: $115k → 15%PARTNERS 4 WORK: $113k → 11%CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION: $250k → 14%UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS: $113k → 14%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $100k → 10%WORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF S CENTRAL KANSAS: $125k → 16%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL AND NE CONNECTICUT: $100k → 11%UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA: $199k → 13%FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE: $225k → 17%THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $125k → 14%KENTUCKIANAWORKS: $113k → 15%PARTNER4WORK: $100k → 11%CENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION: $200k → 14%UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA: $181k → 13%FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE: $200k → 17%THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%ASSOC OF BALTIMORE AREA GRANTMAKERS: $425k → 19%FUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE: $100k → 17%THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION: $100k → 9%ASSOC OF BALTIMORE AREA GRANTMAKERS: $375k → 19%ASSOC OF BALTIMORE AREA GRANTMAKERS: $200k → 19%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
MD
DE
KS
HI
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 22 repeat orgs$456k to everyone else

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
10

Total granted

$10M
$331k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-17%
+38%

Still filing today

91%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EmploymentPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementHealthPublic BenefitPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MP
    MARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWORK
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue +362%
  • WA
    WORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $630k · revenue +43%
  • TI
    TRWIB INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $608k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • US
    UCP Seguin Of Greater Chicago Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · $125k · revenue -260%
  • HW
    HAWAII WORKFORCE FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • NA
    NEWARK ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
United Way of Greater Toledo

United way of greater toledo unites the caring power of people to improve lives.

Philanthropy
2
Greater Washington Partnership

We identify shared opportunities and core challenges and offer solutions to the region's most critical issues including skills and talent, regional mobility, infrastructure and inclusive economic growth.

Recreation & Sports
3
Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin Inc

Elevating people by eliminating barriers to employment by providing pathways for those who are disadvantaged who have a goal of building skills that lead to sustained employment and improved financial stability.

Human Services
4
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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5
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

Create a more accessible, sustainable, prosperous and livable national capital region by being a discussion forum, expert resource, issue advocate, and catalyst for action.

Public Benefit
6
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
7
Washington Area Community Investment Fund Inc

The washington area community investment fund (wacif) is a nonprofit community loan fund focused on increasing equity and economic opportunity in the washington, dc area's underserved communities. wacif's mission is driven by three…

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8
Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc

EWIB efficiently coordinates employment-related services in concert with a multitude of state and local agencies at benefit to both businesses and job-seekers. These services offer new opportunities and/or skills to the regional workforce,…

Employment
9
Philadelphia Works Inc

Philadelphia works, inc. develops and manages smart workforce solutions that respond to business needs and increases economic opportunity for all philadelphia residents.

Employment
10
Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board Inc

The northwest wisconsin workforce investment board (nwwib) will create, and continue to improve, an innovative and quality strategic direction for the regional workforce development system.

Public Benefit
11
United Way of East Central Iowa

Unite the caring power of communities to invest in effective solutions to improve people's lives.

Philanthropy
12
Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board Inc

Meet the workforce needs of employers and support economic development in greater new bedford.

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way Inc United Way of Cent & Ne Connecticut; the most unlike its peers is The West Alabama Chamber Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

36 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 36 of the 41 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/36
Grantees still filing
17/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $880,101 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INCUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $690,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT…UNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $480,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS…Boston Foundation Inc: $407,500 · PhilanthropyBoston Foundation IncUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $175,000 · PhilanthropyGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 · PhilanthropyUCP Seguin Of Greater Chicago Foundation: $125,000 · Philanthropy+7 more: $475,799 · Philanthropy+7 moreMARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWORK: $1,480,000 · OtherMARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWO…UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $495,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWACHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $350,000 · OtherCHICAGO COMMUNITY FOUNDATIO…The West Alabama Chamber Foundation Inc: $200,000 · OtherThe West Alabama Chamber Fo…ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $170,000 · OtherECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCI…+6 more: $120,727 · OtherFUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $1,185,000 · Community ImprovementFUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC F…TRWIB INC: $608,200 · Community ImprovementTRWIB INCTHE GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $458,200 · Community ImprovementTHE GREATER LOUISVILLE …GREATER SARASOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 · Community ImprovementWORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $630,000 · EmploymentWORKFORCE ALLI…WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI: $525,000 · EmploymentWORKFORCE DEVE…HAWAII WORKFORCE FUNDERS COLLABORATIVE: $100,000 · EmploymentHAWAII WORKFOR…EMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $100,000 · EmploymentEMPLOY MILWAUK…CAREERRISE INC: $75,000 · Employment+2 more: $100,000 · Employment+2 moreCENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC: $1,199,854 · Public BenefitCENTERSTATE…THE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $225,000 · HealthADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP: $10,000 · HealthLORETTO HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER: $10,000 · HealthUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $50,000 · Public Safety & Disaster
Philanthropy$3,393,400Other$2,815,727Community Improvement$2,376,400Employment$1,530,000Public Benefit$1,199,854Health$245,000Public Safety & Disaster$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMARYLAND PHILANTHROPY NETWORK: $1,480,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetCENTERSTATE CEO FOUNDATION INC: $1,199,854 over 7y, 44% of budgetFUND FOR OUR ECONOMIC FUTURE OF NORTHEAST OHIO: $1,185,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $880,101 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY INC UNITED WAY OF CENT & NE CONNECTICUT: $690,000 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetWORKFORCE ALLIANCE OF SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS INC: $630,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTRWIB INC: $608,200 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI: $525,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $495,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF METROPOLITAN DALLAS INC: $480,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetTHE GREATER LOUISVILLE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD INC: $458,200 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $407,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE HEALTH COLLABORATIVE: $225,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe West Alabama Chamber Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: $175,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC: $170,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetGULF COAST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $160,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER SARASOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: $125,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetUnited Way of Greater Cincinnati: $110,799 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSEATTLE FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMPLOY MILWAUKEE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Chicago Community Trust: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAREERRISE INC: $75,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetINCOURAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE GREATER NEW ORLEANS FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIndianapolis Private Industry Council: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSOUTHWEST ALABAMA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL REGION 9 INC: $50,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNewark Alliance INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetADVOCATE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORP: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASCENSION SETON: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLORETTO HEALTH & REHABILITATION CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Jobs for the Future I…Annie E Casey Foundat…Gs Donor Advised Phil…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Jpmorgan Chase FoundationNY14.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jobs for the Future Inc · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization National Fund for Workforce Solutions funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Fund for Workforce Solutions. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Newark Alliance Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 41 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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