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The William Penn Foundation Awards $690,000 to Support Alumni Retention and Advancement

November 12, 2025

Skills Initiative participants gather in a huddle

Accelerator for America is partnering with The Skills Initiative

September 24, 2025

MacKenzie Scott's philanthropic organization Yield Giving made a $4 million unrestricted donation to the career-building nonprofit West Philadelphia Skills Initiative. Photo by Ben Tran, courtesy University City District

Citizens Invests $75,000 in The Skills Initiative to Support Philadelphia Jobseekers

September 16, 2025

Truist Championship Invests $300,000 to Advance Philadelphia Workforce Development through Partnership with The Skills Initiative

September 5, 2025

Skills Initiative Cohort

Announcing the Fifth Class of Skills Initiative Scholars

June 26, 2025

Meet the New Skills Initiative Alumni Advisory Council!

March 27, 2025

Grant Recipients pose for the camera

Sharing Three New Grants for the Skills Initiative

January 15, 2025

Join The Skills Initiative Alumni Advisory Council

Calling all Alumni: Join the Advisory Council

October 21, 2024

We are hiring

The Skills Initiative is now hiring an Office Manager

October 9, 2024

Skills Initiative New Website Graphic

A New Brand and Identity for Our Next Chapter

September 27, 2024

Mary Gay Scanlon Visiting The Wistar Institute

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon Visits with BTT Participants

September 18, 2024

Senator Bob Casey at The Skills Initiative

Senator Bob Casey Visits the Skills Initiative to Discuss American Rescue Plan Funding

August 2, 2024

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