We are excited to welcome Danielle to the Deaconess Foundation. You can learn about her professional experience on our website or her LinkedIn profile, but thought you might appreciate getting to know her a little better! Tell us a little about yourself. I am...

One of the questions I ask myself with some frequency is how those of us working in foundations can continue to assist with building the strength of the workforce system through the people working in it.  I know many foundations provide capacity-building grants, which...

Last month, a group of Cleveland leaders in the public K-12 education and workforce ecosystems travelled together to New Orleans to attend the national Jobs for the Future Conference, “Horizons 2022”. This is one of the most well attended national workforce and...

In its board meeting in early June, the Deaconess Foundation trustees approved grants to several new grantees.  While we are highlighting Urban City Codes in the email newsletter Grantee update, here are two other new programs Trustees found adding significant value...

It’s time again! We invite nominations for this year’s Deborah Vesy Systems Change Champion Award! This award, which comes with a $50,000 prize, is for work already completed, and will go to an initiative which has created real change and impact in the workforce...

In working towards our mission of helping people in need build careers which sustain them and their families, it is easy to see how much “more” there is to do. More people in need! More supports which would help! More funding needed by non-profits doing good work! And...

Are you (or your non-profit organization) interested to try a new approach in designing, or implementing, your workforce initiative? Are you hoping to get more input from workers –in particular, workers of color? In fact, would you be interested to have the workers...

As you may have read previously, Deaconess provided funding late last year to help community organizations – Community Development Corporations (CDCs), human service providers, adult education nonprofits – reach out to their constituents and help them navigate the...