Building the Workforce of Tomorrow
The Workforce Funder Collaborative will invest in workforce innovators to collaborate with their stakeholders to identify problems, develop, and deliver sustainable solutions.
Our 2021–2023 strategy will focus on investing in workforce innovators by:
Testing out two investment approaches: open-call and capacity-building, followed by invitation-only call for proposals
Providing two-year grants for workforce innovators to define problems and develop solutions
Committing to an investment in 3-5 organizations each year
Our three main objectives are to:
Connect and build relationships with relevant stakeholders to problem-solve identified issues
Collaboratively develop sustainable, systems-change solutions to address these issues
Identify strategies to sustain and/or scale the solutions
To achieve these objectives, we will:
Carry out work in line with our principles
Collaborate with workforce innovators to define problems and develop solutions
Provide hands-on capacity-building, coaching, and training
Focus on workforce innovators’ needs
Be accountable and transparent in our investments
Capture reflections and learning through developmental evaluation