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Workforce Development Corporation

Workforce Development Corporation (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,721,663 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($1,450,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$12M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$3.7M
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Workforce Development Corporation does

Mission

Promote workforce development and job creation through activities specifically designed to create skilled workforce in the City of New York.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Workforce Training Programs: Workforce training programs include Employer-based training, Food and Beverage Industry partnership, Sector based training, Cannabis OJT, Media and Entertainment training, Manufacturing Industry Partnership, and Tech Industry partnerships - Through major funding source from EDC, the Organization helped connect New Yorkers to sector-based occupational skills training and internship opportunities, and then to full-time jobs. In addition, the organization helped businesses increase their competitiveness by providing skills training for their workers, which also yielded higher wages and transferrable skills for the workers.

    $6,337,110 spent
    56% of program spending
  2. Business Services: WDC collaborated with an organization to conduct a comprehensive national landscape study and analysis. This study aimed to provide insights to guide New York Citys strategy in fostering equitable development within the emerging legal cannabis industry. The findings from this study will subsequently inform the design and implementation of training programs tailored to this field.

    $2,172,211 spent
    19% of program spending
  3. Internship/Apprenticeship: Develop and implement new registered apprenticeships.

    $1,426,102 spent
    13% of program spending
  4. PINCC:Pathways to Industrial and Construction Careers (PINCC) is a new program, funded by the U.S Economic Development Agency under the Good Jobs Challenge Initiative. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Good Jobs Challenge was created to meet the needs of both American workers and industry by breaking down silos in workforce training systems. By bringing workforce stakeholders together in every step of the process, the Good Jobs Challenge is placing people into quality jobs and spurring equitable economic growth.

    $905,044 spent
    8% of program spending
  5. Healthcare Industry Partnership Program:Through NYACH programming, the Organization helped connect low income and unemployed New Yorkers to health care occupational skills training and internship opportunities, and then to full time jobs. In addition, the organization helped develop healthcare training curriculum better aligned to the needs of the employer.

    $445,764 spent
    4% of program spending
  6. People With Disabilities Program:A co-design program approach to developing and then implementing services that are specifically designed to: 1) empower individuals with disabilities to enter and succeed in the labor market; and 2)equip employers with the tools and strategies necessary to enhance the inclusivity and accessibility of their workplaces.

    $98,573 spent
    1% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,384,804.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.8M) Expenses 100 ($7.0M) Net assets 100 ($14M)2018 Revenue 180 ($8.6M) Expenses 146 ($10M) Net assets 89 ($13M)2019 Revenue 164 ($7.8M) Expenses 156 ($11M) Net assets 67 ($9.7M)2020 Revenue 676 ($32M) Expenses 503 ($35M) Net assets 45 ($6.6M)2021 Revenue 263 ($13M) Expenses 206 ($14M) Net assets 33 ($4.7M)2022 Revenue 195 ($9.3M) Expenses 138 ($9.7M) Net assets 31 ($4.5M)2023 Revenue 146 ($7.0M) Expenses 112 ($7.9M) Net assets 25 ($3.6M)2024 Revenue 207 ($9.9M) Expenses 150 ($10M) Net assets 24 ($3.5M)2025 Revenue 244 ($12M) Expenses 163 ($11M) Net assets 26 ($3.7M)
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Revenue (244)Expenses (163)Net assets (26)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $11M to $21M (+95%).

$16M
$15M
$13M
$11M
$21M
$12M
$12M
$8.4M
$17M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 59% · 2018 82% · 2019 94% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% · 2024 98% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of Workforce Development Corporation’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2.2M
’17
−$1.6M
’18
−$3.1M
’19
−$2.9M
’20
−$1.8M
’21
−$371k
’22
−$877k
’23
−$592k
’24
$243k
’25
11
months of
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 FY2017 and FY2018 filings.

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Listed8981199101116
Joined·+2+3+5+1+1+5+3+5
No longer listed·14231420
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $322k → $950k.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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: $311k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest New York City Business Assistance Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money Workforce Development Corporation raised.

From the IRS filings of Workforce Development Corporation’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

Workforce Development Corporation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

66% 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 Workforce Development Corporation.

53%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 100% · 2023 89% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

Where its funders are

100% of Workforce Development Corporation's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $350k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Workforce Development Corporation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Months of reserve11.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)12% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Organizations like Workforce Development Corporation

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
13%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

22%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds Workforce Development Corporation?
Workforce Development Corporation (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,721,663 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($1,450,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Workforce Development Corporation have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,721,663 in grants to Workforce Development Corporation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Workforce Development Corporation?
ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,450,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Workforce Development Corporation find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 5 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