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February 23, 2023

Side by Side: Centering and Promoting Equity in Early Education

Transformation of the early childhood system to meet the needs of diverse children and families is unlikely to come as a single decision or sweeping policy change. Instead, it will require a shift in mindset in order to listen and…

February 16, 2023

Reset and Renew: What We Can Learn from Campaign Setbacks

On February 16, 2023, advocate leaders from aligned movements came together to share their reflections and insights for recovering and persisting in the wake of political and legislative setbacks. The conversation was refreshingly encouraging and centered on themes of the…

February 2, 2023

Galvanizing EC Philanthropy: Meet ECFC’s New Strategic Plan

This year marks the launch of ECFC’s new five-year strategic plan, which will guide our work through 2028. The plan has taken shape in partnership with membership through an in-depth process of member inquiry and engagement via multiple channels in 2022. The…

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December 5, 2022

Clarissa’s Battle: Parent Organizing In Action

ECFC, Media Impact Funders and the Raising Child Care Fund hosted a discussion about Clarissa’s Battle, a new documentary film that gives us insight into an erupting movement for childcare and early-childhood education funding. Documentary films are tools for transforming community and changing society –…

December 2, 2022

Learning from Decades of Collective Action: the BUILD Initiative and Early Childhood Funders Collaborative

  Did you know that the BUILD Initiative was ECFC’s first collective project?  Did you know that BUILD was initiated primarily by state-based funders who put their talent and funds together to create infrastructure for their state early childhood systems…

November 18, 2022

Historic Declines in Child Poverty – EC Funders Briefing

On November 18, 2022, ECFC was joined by researchers from Child Trends and the Rapid Assessment of Pandemic Impact on Development (RAPID) Project to unpack what data, and families themselves, tell us about poverty declines and what funders should know…

November 16, 2022

Tactics in Law, Policy and Advocacy for Reproductive and Birth Justice

On November 16, 222, Funders for Birth Justice and Equity convened over 80 funders and donors for a special webinar on how philanthropy can support the ecosystem of activism toward reproductive and birth justice.  The webinar, supported by Irving Harris…

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October 27, 2022

Birth Equity Funders’ Summit: It’s Time for Collaborative Action on Birth Equity (Partner Event)

Supported by bi3, Community Health Acceleration Partnership, Grantmakers In Health, Funders for Birth Justice and Equity (formerly Midwifery Funders Group), Ms. Foundation for Women, Pritzker Children’s Initiative, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in partnership with the Mom and Baby Action Network. Maternal mortality rates in the United…

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September 28, 2022

Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI) Funders Briefing

ECFC’s Indigenous Early Childhood Workgroup hosted a discussion with Moushumi Beltangady and Eva Carter from the Administration for Children and Families to share the rollout of the Tribal Early Learning Initiative (TELI). Funders learned how the TELI project came about,…

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August 25, 2022

Building Trust & Shifting Power: Grantmaker/Grantee Relationships

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June 21, 2022

Last but not least: COVID Vaccines for Kids Under 5 Funders Discussion

With the welcome news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that all children 6 months through 5 years of age should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, roughly 20 million children in the…

June 8, 2022

ECFC Member Briefing: Meet the Child Care for Every Family Network

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