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Who funds workforce development work in Pennsylvania
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Pennsylvania recipients: 364 grants totaling $143.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Philadelphia Works ($127.6M), Chappell Culpeper Family Foundation ($1.3M) and TD Charitable Foundation ($577,500).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Pennsylvania recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Philadelphia WorksPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
239 matching grants · $127.6M · through 2024Largest: $12.7M to JEVS HUMAN SERVICES — job- training
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICTWPSI — workforce development
Largest: $100,000 to POWERCORPSPHL — innovating powercorpsphls workforce development training
Largest: $750,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA — teen workforce development programs in healthcare and business
Largest: $400,000 to POWERCORPSPHL — green jobs training and workforce development
Largest: $444,120 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — to develop concrete plans to integrate the life science innovation on hazelwood green and university expertise with community-led efforts to enhance pre-k-12 education, workforce d…
United Way of Berks CountyReading, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $375,000 to BERKS LATINO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION — focus grant: workforce development
Largest: $200,000 to WELCOMING CENTER FOR NEW PENNSYLVANIANS — to support classes, coaching, technical assistance, and cohort-style training in workforce development, entrepreneurship, and community engagement for the growing immigrant communi…
Largest: $25,000 to PARTNER4WORK — to support pre-development work on the horace mann elementary affordable housing and workforce development center in marshall-shadeland
Largest: $50,000 to TEC CENTRO — workforce development grant
York County Community FoundationYork, PACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $508,000 · through 2024Largest: $56,000 to NEW HOPE MINISTRIES — new hope ministries expanded mobile food pantry, york county workforce development program, dover community engagement project
Largest: $375,000 to 25 CARRICK AVE PROJECT — to design and implement hands-on educational and workforce development programs that build skills and career pathways in entertainment production
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