Workforce Development

With $25.8 million grant, Microsoft Philanthropies joins forces with Markle to enable American workers to connect with businesses facing a shortage of skilled labor in an era marked by technology disruption.

The infrastructure plans of the Trump administration will have to first overcome a significant problem that already plagues the U.S. economy: a severe lack of skilled workers necessary to turn job-creation goals into reality, writes Zoe Baird of the...

With grantmaking topping $200 million last year, there's a reason JPMorgan Chase's philanthropy is watched closely. Another reason: Its grantmaking in low-income communities has been rising fast.