Workforce Training Fund (WTF) General Program
Funding Amount
Up to $250,000 per company
Deadline
Rolling (quarterly review)
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Submit application at any time”
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Other requirements
- Companies of any size
- Award Amount: Up to $250,000 per company
Overview
Program: State workforce training fund
Administering Agency: Massachusetts
Geographic Scope: Massachusetts
Purpose: Provide resources to Massachusetts businesses to train current and newly hired employees.
Eligible Applicants:
- Companies of any size
Priority Areas:
- Employee skills attainment
- Achievement of transferable and measurable skills
Application Deadlines: Applications may be submitted at any time, reviewed according to published deadlines
Decision Timeline: Approximately 60 days after application deadline
How to Apply
How to Apply
- Submit application at any time
- Applications reviewed according to published deadlines
- Grant decisions made approximately 60 days after deadline
- Focus proposal on employee skills attainment and transferable, measurable skills
What Metro North Regional Employment Board actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 54
- Total given
- $11.59M
- Median grant
- $56K
- Range
- $5,985–$6.19M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 96%, New Jersey 3%, District of Columbia <1%. Top recipient cities: Boston, MA; Revere, MA; Cambridge, MA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Abcd Company · Boston, MA
Job Training and Placement
$6.19M
Chelsea Collaborative · Chelsea, MA
Job Training and Placement
$759K
Macir · Boston, MA
Job Training and Placement
$447K
Computers for People · Hoboken, NJ
Job Training and Placement
$380K
City of Malden · Malden, MA
Job Training and Placement
$365K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Workforce development
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