National Fund Leadership

The National Fund was created in 2007 by some of the nation’s leading foundations.

These national funders provide seed money – $23 million in commitments to date – to regions for building local approaches to job training and career development, especially for low-income Americans. The investors also support a comprehensive evaluation of initiative activities taking place across the country, technical assistance for local partnerships, and a dynamic “national learning community” that helps those partnerships share best practices and solve problems together.

Executive leadership, headquartered in Boston, is charged with implementing policy and program direction as determined by the national funders, and ensures that the National Funds’ 22 sites have the support and guidance needed to implement the strategic principles that guide the initiative.

In addition, two national partners provide management support and direct assistance to regional collaboratives and workforce partnerships.