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Jobs for the Future
Jobs for the Future is a nonprofit that provides education and job training programs in an effort to improve workers economic success. They frequently work with organizations like the Hewlett Foundation.
At-A-Glance
Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Labor Policy
Location: Boston, MA View on map
Tax ID: 06-1164568
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $64,110,013 Revenue: $93,765,428 Expenses: $97,590,322
Jobs for the Future is a nonprofit that provides education and job training programs in an effort to improve workers economic success. They frequently work with organizations like the Hewlett Foundation.
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Employee Compensation
- Number of Employees: 472
Highest Earning Employees
| Employee | Title | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Flynn | PRESIDENT & CEO | $757,395 |
| Brian Douglas | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $483,460 |
| Russell Greiff | CHIEF STRATEGY AND GROWTH OFFICER | $431,338 |
| Kristina Francis | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JFFLABS | $407,171 |
| Michael Collins | VICE PRESIDENT, RACIAL ECONOMIC EQUITY | $363,163 |
| Joel Vargas | VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION | $349,185 |
| Jennifer Anderson | VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE & CULTURE | $333,179 |
| Stephen Yadzinski | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EQOS | $332,015 |
| Kathryn Mannes | SENIOR DIRECTOR | $321,014 |
| Kristina Sampson | VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE | $291,727 |
| Susan Gouijnstook | CHIEF SOLUTIONS OFFICER | $242,310 |
| Amy Seusing | CHIEF DEVELOPMENTAL OFFICER | $229,044 |
Grant Activity
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $538,022,281
- Number of Grants: 734
- Number of Funders: 165
Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $20,000,000 | 2023 | MacKenzie Scott | MacKenzie Scott made an unrestricted grant of $20 million to Jobs for the Future, a national nonprofit that drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems. The gift will launch JFF’s new $60 million fundraising campaign to accelerate its North Star goal: in 10 years, 75 million people facing systemic barriers to advancement will work in quality jobs. |
| $20,000,000 | 2023 | The Chicago Community Trust | General operating support |
| $19,500,000 | 2025 | Ascendium Education Group, Inc. | This grant supports Jobs for the Future (JFF) in fostering alignment across agencies and systems to improve postsecondary education programming and workforce training for learners with a history of incarceration. JFF will support leaders from state departments of correction, postsecondary systems, workforce agencies, and employers to remove systemic barriers to employment, create clear training pathways, and promote fair chance hiring. |
| $6,012,160 | 2021 | Walmart Foundation | ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN RETAIL |
| $6,000,000 | 2024 | Pwc Foundation Inc | EDUCATION |
| $5,000,000 | 2024 | American Student Assistance (Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation) | POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS |
| $5,000,000 | 2024 | Blue Meridian Partners | TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING |
| $4,780,211 | 2021 | Gates Foundation | to build organizational capacity for intermediaries so that they can support multiple colleges and universities to undergo institutional transformation |
| $4,735,578 | 2021 | Ascendium Education Group, Inc. | This grant supports Jobs for the Future Inc (JFF) in leading Ascendium’s Ready for Pell initiative, including identifying and selecting high-capacity postsecondary education providers; surfacing and disseminating best practices; and providing technical assistance to enable institutions to implement best practices. JFF will also manage the third-party evaluation and share lessons from the initiative to inform efforts to scale access to Pell in prison settings. |
| $4,381,217 | 2024 | Ares Charitable Foundation | HELP INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT JOBS IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS IDENTIFY LEADING TRAINING PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES TO DESIGN PATHWAYS TO THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. |
| $4,296,585 | 2023 | Ares Charitable Foundation | HELP INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT JOBS IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS IDENTIFY LEADING TRAINING PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES TO DESIGN PATHWAYS TO THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. |
| $3,762,500 | 2021 | TIDES FOUNDATION | EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT |
| $3,500,000 | 2024 | John & Mary R Markle Foundation | SUPPORT CONTINUATION OF THE REWORK AMERICA ALLAINCE |
| $3,500,000 | 2023 | Blue Meridian Partners | TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING |
| $3,308,468 | 2023 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | Ready for Pell Supporting Career Pathways for Low-Income Rural Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees Travel Grant – Grantmakers for Education Conference Travel Grant SXSW EDU Horizons: JFF National Summit 6/14-6/15/23 |
| $3,256,309 | 2020 | Gates Foundation | to help colleges improve their performance, increase the number of students progressing toward and completing credentials, and close equity and achievement gaps by scaling evidence-based practices and policies related to guided pathways |
| $3,000,000 | 2022 | Blue Meridian Partners | TO SUPPORT STRATEGIC PLANNING |
| $2,881,684 | 2021 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | Horizons: Designing Jobs for the Future Identification of a Signature Statewide Initiative in Wisconsin Ready for Pell Scaling the Student Success Center Network Coaching Program |
| $2,570,000 | 2022 | Conrad N. Hilton Foundation | to support the High Roads Training Fund, a public-private partnership that supports the creation of High Roads Training Partnerships as a strategy to tie worker training to job quality |
| $2,525,000 | 2024 | Gates Foundation | POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION; U.S. ECONOMIC MOBILITY & OPPORTUNITY |
| $2,414,400 | 2022 | TIDES FOUNDATION | EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT |
| $2,294,402 | 2024 | Ascendium Education Solutions Inc | Horizons 2024 Sponsorship 7/22/24 – 7/23/24 Grant, Supporting Career Pathways for Low-Income Rural Immigrants, Migrants and Refugees Grant, Travel Grant – Rural Summit Grant, Fair Chance to Advance: Transforming Systems & Building Pathways from Corrections to Quality Jobs Grant, Launching Postsecondary State Impact Projects Grant, Travel Grant – Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL Grant, Connecting the Workforce Ecosystem through the Horizons Platform Grant, Ready for Pell |
| $2,000,000 | 2023 | Truist Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING |
| $2,000,000 | 2020 | Walmart Foundation | National giving |
| $1,813,950 | 2022 | Ares Charitable Foundation | HELP INDIVIDUALS PREPARE FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT JOBS IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS IDENTIFY LEADING TRAINING PROVIDERS, ORGANIZATIONS AND BEST PRACTICES TO DESIGN PATHWAYS TO THOSE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. |
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $76,967,719
- Number of Grants: 786
- Number of Recipients: 425
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,050,450 | 2024 | Burning Glass Institute | TO SUPPORT 6-WALMART SKILLS FIRST-VALUE INFRASTRUCTURE |
| $697,403 | 2024 | The University of Texas at Austin | TO SUPPORT FY18 EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (EIR) PROGRAM |
| $673,103 | 2021 | American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists | TO SUPPORT AMERICAN WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION |
| $631,271 | 2021 | Texas Education Agency | TO SUPPORT AMERICAN WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION |
| $608,442 | 2020 | Keystone Development Partnership | TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECTOR WORK INITIATIVE |
| $517,831 | 2022 | The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute | TO SUPPORT EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM |
| $503,017 | 2020 | Michigan State AFL-CIO Human Resources Development Inc | TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECTOR WORK INITIATIVE |
| $449,736 | 2020 | Chicago Federation of Labor Workforce and Community Initiative | TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECTOR WORK INITIATIVE |
| $448,620 | 2020 | American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists | TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECTOR WORK INITIATIVE |
| $436,220 | 2020 | Labor Institute for Training Inc | TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECTOR WORK INITIATIVE |
| $401,277 | 2022 | Texas Education Agency | TO SUPPORT EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM |
| $400,000 | 2024 | THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS | TO SUPPORT BLUE MERIDIAN STRATEGIC PLAN |
| $400,000 | 2022 | THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS | TO SUPPORT BLUE MEDIDIAN CJEA INITIATIVE |
| $352,500 | 2023 | Burning Glass Institute | GITLAB EQOS-BGI PROJECT |
| $350,000 | 2024 | The Empowerment Center | TO SUPPORT CAL WELLNESS HRTF |
| $318,337 | 2023 | Chicago Women in Trades | REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS OF EXCELL PROJECT |
| $285,000 | 2020 | Ohio Association of Community Colleges | TO SUPPORT POSTSECONDARY STATE POLICY INITIATIVE |
| $284,326 | 2020 | WISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP INC | TO SUPPORT PARTICIPATION IN THE SECTOR WORK INITIATIVE |
| $275,217 | 2024 | Chicago Women in Trades | TO SUPPORT REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE |
| $269,032 | 2021 | American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | TO SUPPORT AMERICAN WORKFORCE AND EDUCATION |
| $265,000 | 2020 | Foundation for California Community Colleges | TO SUPPORT POSTSECONDARY STATE POLICY INITIATIVE |
| $264,313 | 2022 | American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences | TO SUPPORT RECONNECTION STRATEGIES IN THE LEARNERS AT THE CENTER INITIATIVE |
| $255,232 | 2024 | JEVS Human Services | TO SUPPORT DOL APPRENTICESHIP BUILDING AMERICA (ABA) |
| $250,000 | 2024 | Hospitality Industry Training & Education Fund | TO SUPPORT HILTON HRTF |
| $250,000 | 2024 | JFFLabs, Inc | GENERAL SUPPORT |
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