Indiana · Public charity
The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc
To be a catalyst for community and business investment in building and aligning workforce, education, and economic development strategies while accelerating economic growth for regions and states.
- $6.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $196,498
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,141,153
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $6.6M | 20% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $6.2M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $6.3M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $5.0M | 45% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $4.0M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $3.1M | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $2.7M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobworks Inc | $17,801,407 | 9 | 18% |
| Goodwill Industries of Michiana Inc | $13,900,741 | 9 | 5% |
| School City of Hammond | $2,204,414 | 8 | n/a |
| Michigan City Area Schools | $2,154,084 | 9 | n/a |
| Tradewinds Services Inc | $1,117,254 | 4 | 2% |
| Merrillville Community School Corp | $918,429 | 9 | n/a |
| Neighbors Educational Opportunities | $899,101 | 4 | 10% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs in Indiana Inc | $577,441 | 4 | 9% |
| Mental Health America of Lake County Inc | $498,186 | 4 | 3% |
| Gary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc | $389,000 | 3 | 43% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobworks Inc | $17,801,407 | 9 | 18% |
| Goodwill Industries of Michiana Inc | $13,900,741 | 9 | 5% |
| School City of Hammond | $2,204,414 | 8 | n/a |
| Michigan City Area Schools | $2,154,084 | 9 | n/a |
| Tradewinds Services Inc | $1,117,254 | 4 | 2% |
| Merrillville Community School Corp | $918,429 | 9 | n/a |
| Neighbors Educational Opportunities | $899,101 | 4 | 10% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs in Indiana Inc | $577,441 | 4 | 9% |
| Mental Health America of Lake County Inc | $498,186 | 4 | 3% |
| Gary Alumni Pathway to Students Inc | $389,000 | 3 | 43% |
| Lake Ridge New Tech Schools | $320,166 | 3 | n/a |
| School City of East Chicago | $283,443 | 9 | n/a |
| Workforce Development Services Inc | $232,646 | 1 | 68% |
| Gary Community School Corporation | $158,693 | 1 | n/a |
| Southlaketri-City Management Corporatio Dba Geminus Corporation | $84,380 | 1 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana Inc | $45,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Newton County Adult Learning Center Inc | $7,602 | 1 | 22% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 11 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc
- How much does The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc give?
- The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc reported 10 grants totaling $6,557,122 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (77%), Education (10%), Community Improvement (8%).
- Who are The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Jobworks Inc ($18M), Goodwill Industries of Michiana Inc ($14M), School City of Hammond ($2.2M).
- Does The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Early Learning Indiana Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc.
- Where is The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc based?
- The Center of Workforce Innovations Inc is based in IN.
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