Funding search · workforce development · Massachusetts
Who funds workforce development work in Massachusetts
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Massachusetts recipients: 438 grants totaling $46.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Metro North Regional Employment Board ($35.4M), The Mass Mentoring Partnership ($4.1M) and Liberty Mutual Foundation ($3.1M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Massachusetts recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Metro North Regional Employment BoardMalden, MACharity · may take applications
168 matching grants · $35.4M · through 2024Largest: $6.2M to ABCD Company — job training and placement
The Mass Mentoring PartnershipBoston, MACharity · may take applications
139 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $72,154 to BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS INC — to start or expand youth mentoring programs according to current best practices and for purposes including advancing academic performance, self-esteem, social competence and workfo…
Largest: $300,000 to THE LOOP LAB — mass a/v supertrack: audio/visual youth workforce development initiative
Largest: $25,000 to COMMUNITY SERVINGS INC — teaching kitchen culinary job training program
Largest: $20,000 to VIA — scholarships for vocational training for the blind
The Neighborhood DevelopersChelsea, MACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $534,703 · through 2023Largest: $67,250 to WOMEN ENCOURAGING EMPOWERMENT INC — workforce development
Largest: $10,000 to CAPITAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC — career exploration & workforce development
Largest: $125,000 to Mujeres Unidas Avanzando — mua's adult basic education, english for speakers of other languages, and job training program
Largest: $15,000 to UTEC INC — workforce development for proven-risk youth adults
Bioindustrial Manufacturing and DesignEmeryville, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $211,073 · through 2022Largest: $105,690 to BIOBUILDER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — education and workforce development research and service delivery
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $901,031 to Jobs for the Future Inc — workforce development
Largest: $20,000 to SOCIEDAD LATINA — for workforce development pathways
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