What We Do
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation harnesses the power of business to create solutions for the good of America and the world. We anticipate, develop, and deploy solutions to challenges facing communities—today and tomorrow.
Our Impact in Stories
- Corporate Social Responsibility
25 Years of Business Solving Society's Greatest Challenges: Meet the 2024 Citizens Awards WinnersThe 25th annual Citizens Awards celebrated nine organizations leveraging their unique business capabilities to solve critical challenges in communities across the globe.
By Sydney Lewis
- Civics
The Spirit of America: Opportunity, Community, and New Beginnings
By Dionna Stokes
Our Issues
- DisastersWe help businesses and communities respond to, prepare for, and recover from disasters.Read More
- WorkforceWe develop solutions to meet America’s workforce needs.Read More
- CivicsWe strengthen American democracy.Read More
Our Solutions
- Resilience in a BoxBecome a more resilient business with these easy-to-use tools.Read More
- Talent Pipeline ManagementLearn how to build successful talent pipelines to fill open jobs.Read More
- The Civic Trust®A nonpartisan commitment to boost civic literacy, skills, and participation.Read More
Partner Stories
- Corporate Social Responsibility
How PepsiCo Foundation Created a Social Enterprise to Feed the HungryPepsiCo Foundation's Food for Good program is a great example of a corporate social enterprise having a positive impact on the community. Here’s how they did it.
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Upcoming Events
- WorkforceT3 Innovation Network End-of-Year MeetingWednesday, December 1101:00 PM EST - 02:30 PM ESTVirtualLearn More
- WorkforceTalent Forward SummitWednesday, March 26 - Thursday, March 27U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Latest Content
Amidst growing polarization, workplaces emerge as rare unifying civic force.
Minky Couture, under the leadership of owner and founder Sandi Henry, is blanketing the world in warmth, luxury, kindness, and opportunity.
As horse farms in Kentucky battled high turnover, the Kentucky Chamber Foundation created a collaborative solution.
More than 70 million adults in the United States are skilled through community college, workforce training, bootcamps, certificate programs, military service or on-the-job learning, rather than through a bachelor’s degree. Learning and employment records (LERs) could play a critical role in advancing skills-based hiring practices and ensuring they are implemented equitably.
The world is facing a "polycrisis" of interconnected challenges, including economic instability, geopolitical tensions, and extreme weather.
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” might be a question asked of children, whose dreams and aspirations can feel far-fetched and far-reaching in ways that inspire and humor us. But as those children grow into young adults, navigating the pressures, stressors, and opportunities that come with making decisions about the future, we believe career readiness can do more to support young people as they decide what they’ll grow up to be—and give them the resources and tools to do it.
Skills-based hiring and advancement is the practice of evaluating a candidate beyond education credentials and experience requirements to assess a candidate’s unique skills, abilities and demonstrated competencies. At the 2023 Talent Forward, we asked ten industry leaders about how they are embracing skills-based hiring practices, and how employers can join the movement to build a more robust talent pipeline.
