Workforce

P33, co-chaired by Trustee Penny Pritzker, is a non-profit organization committed to strengthening Chicago's leadership as a global technology hub. The organization leads several employer-designed workforce programs to equip Chicagoans of all backgrounds with the skills needed to build tech careers.

mHUB is a leading hardtech and manufacturing innovation center based in Chicago, supporting entrepreneurs developing physical products across energy, medtech, advanced manufacturing, and emerging technologies. Through access to prototyping labs, product development expertise, and strategic programming, mHUB helps founders move from concept to commercialization.

Xchange Chicago offers a dynamic new business model that creates more powerful opportunity for local talent, commercial growth and community impact. Beginning with its onshore IT delivery center anchored in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, they partner with corporations to integrate apprentices into enterprise projects.

Founded by Trustee Penny Pritzker, Skills for Chicago is a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job seekers. The organization places more than 1,500 Chicagoans each year in quality employment.

National Louis University's (NLU) Accelerate U provides students with rapid employer-designed training and paid employment as a first step toward beginning a four-year degree. NLU is a private, not-for-profit, and Minority Serving Institution in Chicago delivering innovative curriculum that dramatically improves workforce outcomes for low-income students. Our support will go to Accelerate U’s expansion to new in-demand career pathways like IT and Behavioral Health.