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
- Disasters
Small Business Resilience: Examining Optimism, Risk, and Ability to RecoverPreliminary research findings from a national study of U.S. small businesses
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
- Small Business Readiness for ResiliencyBecome 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 TrustA nonpartisan commitment to boost civic literacy, skills, and participation.Read More
Solutions Bank
Our latest pilot is an AI-powered platform that provides business leaders with a curated repository of real-world, proven solutions to complex challenges, starting with childcare.
Upcoming Events
- WorkforceMilitary Spouse Employment SummitThursday, May 2110:00 AM EDT - 02:30 PM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- WorkforceTalent Forward: AI+WorkWednesday, May 27U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- WorkforceEmployer Provided Innovation Challenges (EPIC) Summer ConveningTuesday, June 2309:00 AM EDT - 05:00 PM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
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Latest Content
- Companies are addressing food insecurity by leveraging core capabilities, strategic local investment, and cross-sector collaboration.As a Business Leads Fellow and President and CEO of the Lake Havasu Chamber of Commerce in Arizona, Andrea Helart breaks down silos to build workforce solutions in her hometown.Apprenticeship Illinois WBL & Talent Management Administrator, Talent Pipeline Management® Academy Faculty and Fellow, Kim Kuchenbrod, uses the TPM® framework to unify Illinois’ workforce system.This edition of “Commerce Meets Classroom” emphasizes the importance of summer learning programs and offers ways business leaders can support summer learning to improve academic outcomes for students.Ben Gerig serves as Director of Workforce Pathways at Colorado Succeeds, where he leads statewide efforts to build employer-aligned education-to-employment systems. Gerig uses the U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Talent Pipeline Management® framework to address Colorado’s critical labor shortages—starting with skilled trades and expanding into manufacturing and life sciences.Introducing “Common Threads,” a new series exploring how childcare connects to the issues that shape our lives – from work and family to national security. In this first article, early childhood education expert Sasha S. Nicholas, alongside Hiring Our Heroes’ Meredith Lozar, outlines the common thread between childcare and the military.Explore our curated list of childcare resources for military families.
