Metro North Regional Employment Board

About Metro North Regional Employment Board

A defining feature of Metro North Regional Employment Board’s recent giving is repeated large-scale support for job training and place-based workforce work in Massachusetts. The biggest grants in the file go to Abcd Company, including $5,214,705 in 2025, $4,077,658 in 2024, and $3,512,016 in 2023, showing a multi-year commitment rather than a one-off award. Their portfolio also includes substantial support for Chelsea Collaborative, City of Malden, and City of Revere, which points to an emphasis on regional workforce delivery through community organizations and local government partners. The foundation’s mission statement centers on helping area residents gain skills for economic self-sufficiency while meeting employer workforce needs. That shows up in grants tied to job training and place-based services, with recipients spanning cities such as Boston, Chelsea, Malden, Revere, Everett, Cambridge, and Somerville. Several awards to education and training organizations, along with municipal recipients, suggest a funding model that supports both direct service and the infrastructure behind workforce access. Metro North Regional Employment Board is a regular funder, and its recent grants show sustained, high-dollar investment in employment pathways across the Metro North region.

What Metro North Regional Employment Board Funds

Workforce development is the clearest thread in Metro North Regional Employment Board’s grantmaking. The organization issued the Hospitality Sector Pipeline Training Grant RFP to support training, recruitment, and employer partnerships for hospitality pathways, and it also posted the Workforce Training Fund Regional Training Capacity RFP to expand regional training capacity. Its sector focus extends into IT, through the IT Workforce Program Design Grant RFP, which funds program design work for training programs and employer partnerships that prepare job seekers for IT roles. The foundation also supports industry training equipment through the Industry Training Capital Equipment Program, including a grant size range of $250,000 to $1,250,000. Beyond sector training, the funder connects workforce and education through the MA Life Sciences Center STEM Equipment and Supplies Grant Program and the Adult Career Pathways RFP, showing attention to STEM preparation and adult learner pathways.

How Metro North Regional Employment Board Gives