On November 2, 2022, President Biden announced commitments made by more than 350 organizations in 50 states and territories as part of the Infrastructure Talent Pipeline Challenge. 

This includes more than $70 million in aligned philanthropic commitments from foundations working with The Families and Workers Fund, the What Works Plus Collaborative, and America Achieves to advance the goals of the Challenge by helping to ensure a diverse, qualified talent pool for quality infrastructure jobs impacting tens of thousands of underrepresented workers.

As a part of this commitment, America Achieves and the What Works Plus Collaborative are responding to the Administration’s Infrastructure Talent Pipeline challenge by launching the Catalyze Registry. The registry is an innovative hub and matchmaking service to connect promising local initiatives — including those who have applied for, but may not have received, federal funds — with foundations and other nonprofit organizations that might fund those efforts. The registry will seek to build skilled, diverse talent pools for upwardly mobile infrastructure jobs.

We have shared more information and details on this exciting initiative on the America Achieves blog and FAQ.

The White House announcement can be viewed here and the America Achieves press release can be viewed here.