Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE
AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,069,493 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($875,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Afl-Cio Working for America Institute does
Mission
To promote economic and workforce development strategies to create good jobs and to engage in programs and advocacy that advance worker education and training; to develop innovative demonstration apprenticeship and career pathway programs in advanced manufacturing
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Partnerships for advanced manufacturing apprenticeship: the Afl-Cio Working for America Institute is engaged with labor, employers as well as national state and local intermediaries in expanding high-quality apprenticeship, notably in advanced manufacturing including the industrial manufacturing technician (imt) registered apprenticeship. Wai provides technical assistance to build customized programs, is building a curriculum to prepare workers for entry-level jobs in manufacturing, and operates direct programming in select locales.
$976,177 spent58% of program spendingManufacturing core curriculum:the manufacturing core curriculum (mc2) is a high-quality universal pathway curriculum created by wai. Mc2 provides communities, employers, unions, and training providers with a high-quality, worker-centered foundational training program to provide equitable opportunities to prepare and connect workers to entry-level jobs and registered apprenticeships that lead to good manufacturing careers.
$327,514 spent19% of program spendingWomen in trades (wanto): the women in advanced manufacturing (wam) is a two-year pilot program funded by the u.s. Department of labor to provide technical assistance to employers and labor unions and to offer a part-time pre-apprenticeship training program in manufacturing for up to 60 women in greater birmingham. Courses are taught at lawson state community college. Support services, as well as career counseling and mentorship, are offered to help the participants succeed.
$253,939 spent15% of program spendingBattery workforce initiative: the battery workforce initiative (bwi), led by the u.s. Department of energy (doe) and department of labor (dol), is a national effort to develop standardized training and certifications for the rapidly expanding u.s. Advanced battery manufacturing industry. On this project, wai provides team development, planning, outreach, industry based information gathering, job task analysis, and curriculum development.
$75,896 spent5% of program spendingJobs for the future:wai provides technical assistance to jff and its grantees on workforce development, labor management relations, and liaising with labor unions and the afl-cio national network.
$27,102 spent2% of program spendingLabor energy partnerships:formed in 2020, the labor energy partnership is a collaboration between the efi foundation and the afl-cio to support the 7.5 million workers in the u.s. Energy sector and spur economic growth through research to identify actionable recommendations for clean energy policy. To achieve this, lep develops innovative, technically sound, place-based solutions to the climate crisis that are rooted in social and economic justice, and creates and sustains high-quality, union jobs. Lep regularly conducts new and policy-relevant research to address the climate crisis and support working people across america.
$25,400 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,686,028.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $5.1M (+228%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 37% · 2022 56% · 2023 75% · 2024 43% · 2025 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $45k → $307k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.0M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations). These are real filings, and they are not money AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE raised.
From the IRS filings of AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2022 71% · 2023 81% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 22% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $106k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,012 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,012 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Afl-Cio · exempt
- Afl-Cio Technology Institute · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE?
- AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,069,493 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($875,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $3,069,493 in grants to AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $875,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing