What will the ‘Future of Work’ look like? The Inquirer received a $500,000 grant to find out.

The William Penn Foundation has awarded The Inquirer and its owner, the nonprofit Lenfest Institute, a $500,000 grant to support a yearlong multimedia project on the “Future of Work” in Philadelphia, a city that has struggled for generations to generate plentiful good-paying jobs, the groups said Thursday.

The Inquirer has hired Ezequiel Minaya, most recently corporate finance editor at Forbes, as editor of the project, which will involve partnerships with other news organizations in the region and with data providers to share research and insights into the Philadelphia-area economy.