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
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Turning Vision into Action: 2025 Impact ReportIn our annual impact report, see how we're harnessing the power of business to move from vision to real impact in communities across America and around the world.
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
- WorkforceSmall Business Grant Program AwardsWednesday, April 2909:00 AM EDT - 10:30 AM EDTU.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- DisastersBuilding Resilience ConferenceTuesday, May 05 - Wednesday, May 06U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St NW, Washington, DC 20062Learn More
- 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
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Latest Content
- How can the business community be a part of the solution and bring positive change to communities?To inspire other companies to create STEM career pathways for young girls, Abbott has implemented a successful high school STEM internship program and published the key to it, a detailed blueprint, so any company in any STEM industry can recreate the model.In this country, the early childhood education system is in market failure. In recent years we have seen the greatest federal funding increases for early childhood education in history, and yet those significant investments just barely make a dent to tackle the need. In 2018, NASEM studied “how to fund early care and education for children…that is accessible, affordable to families, and of high quality, including a well-qualified and adequately supported workforce.” The report concluded that a financial windfall of around $54 billion would be required.At this year’s UN General Assembly, the business community came out in force to show their support for refugees in Latin America through action – by announcing over 20 commitments to help Venezuelan refugees at the Tent’s Latin American Business Summit on Refugees.To better understand the impact of childcare issues for working parents and the Washington state economy, the Washington State Child Care Collaborative Task Force and partners commissioned a 2019 survey of Washington parents by Elway Research and an economic impact analysis by Eastern Washington University’s Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis.The lack of access to affordable, high-quality childcare isn’t just a problem for families. A new report found that it’s costing Washington businesses more than $2 billion per year in employee turnover or missed work, and the total cost to the state economy tops more than $6.5 billion per year.We are in an economy that competes on talent. The business community succeeds or fails based on its ability to find and develop a consistent and reliable pipeline of high-quality talent. Thus the business community is very interested in what is taught in our nation’s postsecondary institutions. Rather than an intrusion on postsecondary education’s mission, it is a realization that what postsecondary education does and does not do has a real impact on the success of the business community and the competitiveness of the United States.
