Workday Foundation: Workforce Development Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
The Workday Foundation's Workforce Development Grant aims to create career pathways that enhance human potential through impactful workforce development programs. By providing significant funding, the foundation supports organizations that prepare individuals for tech-enabled and green jobs via coding classes and skills training. Since 2013, the foundation has awarded over $49 million globally, breaking the cycle of poverty and fostering meaningful employment opportunities.
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Creating career pathways that elevate human potential.
The Workday Foundation strives to positively impact communities and support employees through charitable contributions that create meaningful employment, break the cycle of poverty, and transform lives.
Workforce development grants that propel careers.
We invest in organizations that equip people for tech-enabled and green jobs through coding classes, skills training, certification refreshers, and more.
Our grants provide significant funds to support our grantee partners across the globe. We’ve awarded over $49 million since 2013.
What Workday Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 73
- Total given
- $7.63M
- Median grant
- $75K
- Range
- $2,500–$1M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 21%, District of Columbia 20%, California 18%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; Washington, DC; New York, NY.
- 37% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Year up Inc · Boston, MA
General & Unrestricted
$1M
Generation - You Employed Inc · Washington, DC
Creating career pathways that unleash human potential through green and mid-career…
$800K
Per Scholas Inc · Bronx, NY
Launching Thriving Tech Careers across 10 Workday markets
$500K
Jobs for the Future Inc · Boston, MA
Measurement & Evaluation Collaborative and Horizons 2025 Sponsorship
$350K
Inco Community Inc · San Francisco, CA
INCO Academy
$250K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Workforce development
- Nonprofits
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