Foundations launch All In For Jobs
On 26 October 2026 more than 20 US foundations and philanthropies launched All In For Jobs. Over five years it is to identify up to 250 communities where people lost jobs over recent decades or face new job losses to AI and automation, and work with local leaders to connect people to jobs. The goal is to mobilize 1 billion dollars; the launch partners have already committed over 800 million. Its supporters include the Rockefeller Foundation and Google.org.
Why it matters
Philanthropy names AI and automation as one reason why community-based employment support is needed, and puts money behind it. The initiative aims not at the technology but at what stands between a person and an open vacancy: childcare, transport, training. It has not yet chosen its communities: the first regular meeting of partners is set for January 2027.
What the page says. The Rockefeller Foundation's release of 26 October 2026 (New York): "over 20 foundations and philanthropies launched a $1 billion initiative to connect Americans to good jobs and keep people working in the face of AI and automation". "Launch partners have committed over $800 million to date"; over five years the initiative will identify up to 250 communities "hard-hit by economic change" and work with local leaders; the specific communities "will be decided in the months ahead"; partners start meeting in January 2027. The text concentrates on "missing links" between people and jobs that are already open: childcare, transport, training that does not connect to the roles. Named supporters: AARP Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Flint, Google.org, James S. McDonnell Foundation, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, McKnight Foundation, NextLadder Ventures, The Rockefeller Foundation, Stand Together, Strada Education Foundation, StriveTogether and 14 other organizations. The page title carries the goal of "500,000 Americans". What the record does not claim. "1 billion" is a goal; the 800 million committed is given with no split by participant, and the sum was not checked independently. The page does not say what share of the programme concerns job losses to AI specifically: the communities are described as ones whose residents "have lost their jobs over recent decades" or "face new job losses to AI and automation". "500,000 Americans" is the goal in the title; the initiative's own site (allinforjobs.org) repeats it as "half a million Americans in 250 communities" with no breakdown by year or community. This is the account of the initiative and of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the site repeats the same goal, so there is no independent confirmation.