SJF seeks investments in education and training throughout the learning journey – PreK-12, post-secondary, workplace and life-long learning – to advance opportunity through education. SJF also invests to improve the experience of learning and employment to promote economic equality, happiness and wellbeing at school and work.
SJF invests in workforce and education companies to enable better learning outcomes and career opportunities for all, and particularly for historically underserved populations. SJF originally stood for Sustainable Jobs Fund, which was focused on low and moderate income job creation. Over time, our strategy has evolved; today we deploy capital into companies that develop innovative solutions benefiting students, workers, and the institutions that serve them.
Portfolio companies in SJF’s latest funds are improving college and career readiness among high school students, providing educators with social-emotional learning assessments, developing engaging content for working professionals looking to build new skills, and creating pathways for professionals looking to transition into new fields.
Strengthen educational outcomes for students throughout the learning journey by improving how and where we learn.
Advance opportunity through workforce readiness and more equitable paths to quality employment.
Improve employee wellbeing through ongoing learning, benefits and performance management, productivity, and healthy cultures.
To better understand its impacts beyond job placement, Springboard worked together with SJF Ventures and the impact measurement company 60 Decibels to survey its learners.
DBAKE is integrating Interplay Academy job-ready certificate programs to help young people gain job-ready skills and find fulfilling careers in the skilled trades.
Springboard surveyed over 1,000 corporate professionals to inform this report.
OSF Innovation identified and tested Elemeno as a critical tool for frontline workers to feel supported in delivering high quality care.
The Central Ohio Talent Network will leverage SchooLinks’ work-based learning solution to power new modes of early career talent and employer matching at scale via learning and employment records.
Orijin and Interplay Learning have partnered to scale-up access to workforce development for incarcerated individuals, reduce recidivism and meet U.S. labor shortages.
