TradesFutures

Name

TradesFutures

Legal name

TradesFutures

Website

https://tradesfutures.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development Services

NAICS

Apprenticeship Training (611513), Technical and Trade Schools (6115), Other Technical and Trade Schools (611519)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Apprenticeships, Pre-Apprenticeships & Work-Based Learning (EDAAAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Apprenticeships, Internships & Work-Based Learning Programs (BPACANAK), Learning Strategy, Instructional Design & Content Development (BPACANAG), Construction, Engineering & Skilled Trades Licensure Prep (EDAAANAL)

Keywords

• Apprenticeship readiness programs
• Workforce development services
• Construction training programs
• Pre-apprenticeship curriculum
• Union construction careers

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal Grants: TradesFutures receives federal funding through cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Labor. The Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness initiative is financed with $19,821,832 (80%) in federal funds and $4,955,458 (20%) from other sources.
2. Corporate and Foundation Donations: The organization accepts donations and has partnerships with corporate sponsors including Southern Company, Constellation, Google.org, and Yelp Foundation. Donation tiers range from $100 (Career Explorer) to $25,000 (Training Director).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TradesFutures is a national nonprofit that promotes apprenticeship readiness programs expanding pathways into union construction careers. Its core offering is the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3), a standardized 120-hour construction course delivered via a dedicated Online Learning Management System, supported through a network of 250+ Apprenticeship Readiness Programs (ARPs) across 34 states.

Product overview

TradesFutures is the only national nonprofit dedicated to expanding pathways into union Registered Apprenticeship and family-sustaining construction careers. The organization operates as a unified service offering centered on its network of 200+ Apprenticeship Readiness Programs (ARPs) across 34 states. At its core, TradesFutures administers the Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3), a standardized 120-hour construction course delivered via the MC3 Online Learning Management System, which serves as the foundational educational product for pre-apprenticeship training. The portfolio includes complementary programs: the annual Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference (largest gathering of unionized tradeswomen), the National Apprenticeship Readiness Forum, the Infrastructure Pathways Project, Child Care Pilots, and the Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness initiative. These programs work together to remove barriers for underrepresented communities while advancing proven strategies that strengthen apprenticeship readiness nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3): Standardized 120-hour pre-apprenticeship construction curriculum used across the TradesFutures network of 200+ programs
• Tradeswomen Build Nations
• Infrastructure Pathways Project
• Child Care Pilots
• HBCU Internship Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 250+ ARPs across 34 states
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered significant, core and pilot.

• Google.orgsignificantGTM or Marketing Partner · 12 June 2026Google.org supports TradesFutures AI training and workforce readiness efforts. Google blog featured TradesFutures in 'Growing the next generation of American workers' article.
• United States Department of LaborcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2023Cooperative Agreement entitled 'Scaling Apprenticeship Readiness Across the Building Trades Initiative' to scale apprenticeship readiness programming and establish new pipelines from local communities into registered apprenticeship programs. $19,821,832 (80%) financed with federal funds, $4,955,458 (20%) funded by other sources. Agreement began April 1, 2023, concluding March 31, 2027.
• National Urban LeaguecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2023Key partner in the Department of Labor Cooperative Agreement. Urban League affiliates in six locations (Memphis, TN; Philadelphia, PA; Kansas City, MO; Pittsburgh, PA; Rochester, NY; Cincinnati, OH) receive direct subaward funding to increase awareness of ARPs among historically underrepresented populations and provide supportive services including case management, stipends, PPE, and post-placement services.
• Equal Rights Advocates (ERA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-lead of the Infrastructure Pathways Project, a national initiative to broaden access and strengthen inclusive pathways into construction careers. Partners with local building trades councils, city and state leaders, and community organizations to turn workforce development policies into real opportunities.
• Rowan UniversitysignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerTradesFutures, NABTU, and Rowan University launched The Building Trades Academy, expanding educational pathways to union construction careers.
• Pennsylvania Commission for Community CollegessignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerUnique apprenticeship-ready partnership announced to expand equitable construction training in Pennsylvania.
• North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNABTU is the parent organization of TradesFutures. The Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3) was launched by NABTU and industry partners in 2008. TradesFutures and NABTU co-host the Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference. Sean McGarvey, President of NABTU, serves on TradesFutures Board of Directors.
• Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades CouncilpilotImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal BCTC partner for childcare pilot program implementing combined near-site and voucher model. Pilot supported ten apprentices and tradespeople for twelve months of assistance.
• NYC Building and Construction Trades CouncilpilotImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal BCTC partner for childcare voucher pilot program in New York City. Administered voucher-only model offering direct cash assistance to parents for childcare expenses. Supported ten participants over twelve months.

Scale indicators4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Per Scholas: Per Scholas is a national nonprofit providing free tech-focused workforce training to adults from low-income communities — comparable nonprofit workforce-development structure, training-then-placement model, and federal/corporate funding stack, with a tech-vertical focus versus TradesFutures' construction focus.
• Hire Heroes USA: Hire Heroes USA is a nonprofit that provides free employment readiness and placement services to U.S. military veterans — comparable veteran-focused career-pathway model and federal/corporate donor base, though not construction-specific.

Direct peers

• Helmets to Hardhats: Helmets to Hardhats is a nonprofit career program that places U.S. military veterans into skilled construction trade apprenticeships via building trades councils — same target population overlap (veterans) and same apprenticeship placement model into union construction careers.
• National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER): NCCER is a national nonprofit that accredits craft training curricula, certifies craft professionals, and works with schools, contractors, and unions — directly comparable to TradesFutures as a national curriculum-and-credentialing backbone for the construction trades workforce.
• Home Builders Institute (HBI): HBI is a national nonprofit training provider that delivers residential construction pre-apprenticeship and career pathways for underrepresented groups through schools and community partners — closest direct functional analog focused specifically on construction trades readiness.

Broad incumbents

• Year Up: Year Up is a large national nonprofit providing workforce training and corporate placement for young adults from underrepresented communities — comparable nonprofit model, federal/corporate funding mix, and target population, but broader across industries rather than construction-specific.
• Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC): ABC is the largest U.S. open-shop (non-union) construction trade association, running its own apprenticeship and craft training programs nationwide — comparable scope of construction workforce development but on the non-union side, directly juxtaposed to TradesFutures' union-aligned model.
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) / NECA: IBEW and NECA jointly run the largest union electrical apprenticeship program in the U.S. — comparable apprenticeship-readiness and -placement model inside the same NABTU-affiliated union ecosystem, but single-trade rather than multi-craft.
• Job Corps: Job Corps is the U.S. Department of Labor's largest federally funded residential workforce-training program for young adults, including construction trades pathways — directly comparable in mission, target population, and federal sponsorship, but operates at much larger scale as a federal program.

Others

• National Urban League: National Urban League is a national civil-rights and workforce-development nonprofit serving African American communities — already a formal subaward partner of TradesFutures through the DOL agreement and runs parallel workforce and apprenticeship-readiness programming with comparable populations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/trades_futures
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tradesfutures1?si=QzDEV3MX4b3LGhYL
• Facebookfacebook.com/TradesFutures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tradesfutures
• Instagraminstagram.com/tradesfuturesus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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