The Families and Workers Fund

The Families and Workers Fund

Building an Economy that Uplifts All.

Venture CapitalWashington, DC, United Statesthe-families-and-workers-fund
Open to pitchesLeads rounds

About

The values that guide us

Our core values define our overall strategy, grantmaking, and the way we work with grantee partners and funders.
 
01 COMMITTED TO ACCESS

We center people historically locked out of opportunity. We value and celebrate differences.

02 NIMBLE AND STRATEGIC

We ensure flexibility and adaptability while working toward ambitious goals. We act quickly to leverage unique resources to fuel progress.

03 People and data-driven

We nurture compassion, trust, and mutual respect. We seek out and provide data and evidence to ensure work is informed by best practices.

04 CHAMPIONING COLLABORATION AND DIVERSITY

We take a big-tent approach, and that means believing every stakeholder – whether funder, grantee or partner – brings something unique to the table. It is going to take all of us working together to win.

Essential Leaders Council

We collaborate with those at the forefront of recovery

When it comes to challenges, the true experts are people who lead through them every day. For our work to be effective, it must be grounded in the realities that diverse groups of workers and families experience daily. Too often, many workers and families face difficulties with workplace indignities, insufficient social safety net benefits, lack of family-sustaining pay, and other economic hardships.

Our Essential Leaders Council (ELC) is a group of workers and leaders who are committed to sharing the distinctive vision and expertise of frontline workers and their families to achieve more dignified conditions in the workplace and social safety net. Within Families and Workers Fund, Essential Leaders Council members provide strategic guidance on priorities and weigh in on grant prospects.

We also uplift Essential Leaders Council members’ voices through communications and events to amplify their important perspective and impact externally. To date, their guidance has influenced millions of dollars in our grantmaking and key strategy decisions. The Essential Leaders Council is stewarded by Tyonka Perkins Rimawi, Program Director at the Families and Workers Fund.

Education & TrainingCommunity, Non-profit & ImpactVenture Capital & Private Equity

Investment criteria

  1. Pre-seed

    —

  2. Seed

    —

  3. Series A

    Invests

  4. Series B

    Invests

  5. Growth

    Invests

Sectors
Education & TrainingCommunity, Non-profit & ImpactVenture Capital & Private Equity
Geographies
United States
Round role
Leads and co-leads rounds

Highlights

Highlights coming soon

Notable work and milestones will show up here.