Funding search · workforce development · Washington DC
Who funds workforce development work in Washington DC
15 funders have a record of paying for workforce development work by Washington DC recipients: 86 grants totaling $16.4M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are TD Charitable Foundation ($330,000), Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($2.9M) and The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg ($1.6M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington DC recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $75,000 to GRID ALTERNATIVES MID-ATLANTIC — equitable access to clean energy technology and job training
Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $571,200 to Congress Heights Community Training and Development Corp — workforce development
Largest: $500,000 to DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — to support a capital project that includes expanded training and production kitchens, classrooms and a job training caf.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
7 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2022Largest: $152,780 to THE CORPS NETWORK — conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of a water corps program, a comprehensive workforce development and service program that would build a pipeline of water care…
Largest: $35,000 to FRIENDSHIP PLACE — aimhire workforce development program
Largest: $200,000 to NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION — support federal and state policy work to improve workforce development policies and systems
Largest: $745,000 to The Third Way Foundation Inc — to assess the true costs of developing and offering short-term workforce development programs at community colleges and evaluate the implications of these costs for school administ…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
4 matching grants · $730,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — to support research, analysis and technical assistance aimed at helping california localities, particularly los angeles, understand federal policy and related funding windows at th…
Largest: $175,000 to DC CENTRAL KITCHEN INC — workforce development
Texas Mutual Insurance CompanyAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $414,000 · through 2024Largest: $202,667 to Aspen Institute — workforce development & safety training
Rf Catalytic CapitalNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $4.2M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to AMALGAMATED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC — to support workforce development
Metro North Regional Employment BoardMalden, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $176,611 · through 2024Largest: $54,396 to The Neighborhood DevelChelsea — job training and placement
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