All Partners

Vietnamese-American Civic Association, Inc., Boston, MA


The Vietnamese-American Civic Association, Inc. (VACA) is a multi-service mutual assistance association whose mission is to promote family self-sufficiency and well-being, and to facilitate community empowerment among the Vietnamese population of Boston and Greater Boston.

Virginia Community College System, Richmond, VA


The mission of the Virginia Community College System is to provide comprehensive higher education and workforce training programs and services of superior quality that are financially and geographically accessible and that meet individual, business, and community needs of the Commonwealth.

Wayne Community College, Goldsboro, NC


Wayne Community College is a learning-centered, public, two-year college with an open-door admissions policy.

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO


WICHE and its 15 member states work to improve access to higher education and ensure student success. The commission's student exchange programs, regional initiatives, and research and policy work allow it to assist students, policymakers, educators, and institutional, business, and community leaders throughout the West and beyond.

What Kids Can Do, Providence, RI


What Kids Can Do (WKCD) is a national nonprofit founded in January 2001 by an educator and a journalist with more than 40 years' combined experience supporting adolescent learning in and out of school.

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, Madison, WI


WMC is a business association dedicated to making Wisconsin the most competitive state in the nation. Currently, the association has nearly 4,000 members that include both large and small manufacturers, service companies, local chambers of commerce, and specialized trade associations.

Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, Milwaukee, WI


The Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership/BIG STEP is a nonprofit public interest organization devoted to family-sustaining jobs in the greater Milwaukee area. The mission of WRTP/BIG STEP is to enhance the ability of private-sector organizations to recruit and develop a more diverse qualified workforce in construction, manufacturing, and related sectors of the regional economy.

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Princeton, NJ


The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation identifies and develops the best minds for the nation’s most important challenges. In these areas of challenge, the foundation awards fellowships to enrich human resources, works to improve public policy, and assists organizations and institutions in enhancing practice in the U.S. and abroad. The foundation also supports 12 early college high schools.

Workforce Solutions Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA


The Workforce Solutions Collaborative is positioned to lead the programmatic efforts necessary to address the growing gap between the essential needs of the businesses and fundamental skills of the people of Philadelphia.

WorkSource Partners, Brookline, MA


WorkSource Partners' mission is to invest in the enormous potential of entry-level workers, enabling individuals and companies to achieve extraordinary growth. WorkSource Partners seeks fundamental change in the way companies invest in and develop their employees.

Year Up, Boston, MA


Year Up is a one-year, intensive training program that provides urban young adults 18-24 with a unique combination of technical and professional skills, college credits, an educational stipend, and corporate apprenticeship.

Youth Connection Charter School, Chicago, IL



YCCS offers diversified portfolio of alternative education "choice" campuses for off-track students and out-of-school youth that provide multiple pathways to graduation to serve at-risk students and high school dropouts ages 16-21 who have been underserved and/or disconnected from traditional education.

Youth Transition Funders Group, Basehor, KS


The Youth Transition Funders Group is a network of grantmakers whose mission is to help all youth make a successful transition to adulthood by age 25.

YouthBuild International, Washington, DC


YouthBuild International is building a global network of organizations dedicated to reaching, inspiring, training, and connecting young people to employment opportunities in both the formal and informal economic sectors.

YouthBuild USA, Somerville, MA


YouthBuild is a youth and community development program that simultaneously addresses core issues facing low-income communities: housing; education; employment; crime prevention; and leadership development. In YouthBuild programs, low-income young people ages 16-24 work toward their GEDs or high school diplomas, learn job skills, serve their communities by building affordable housing, and transform their own lives and roles in society.