Public Funders

Across the country, funder collaboratives pool funds to foster the formation and expansion of workforce intermediaries and to advocate for policies that will sustain these new organizations. The power of these collaboratives comes not just from the funds they bring to programs but, even more crucially, from the alignment of civic leadership around a common vision for the community. This report was prepared for Investing in Workforce Intermediaries, itself a collaboration of the Annie E. Casey, Rockefeller, and Ford foundations.

A crucial part of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay’s vision is providing low-skilled individuals and low-income workers with the necessary skills and opportunities to earn a sustaining wage to support themselves and their families. UWMB collected best practices—including SkillWorks—as the starting point and foundation for this report.