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May 29, 2025

The COVID Generation at Age Five: Implications for Health, Development, and Parenting

The Early Relational Health (ERH) Funders Community and the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC) hosted this exclusive funders-only conversation with researchers from a world-leading study focused on early relational health and many related topics. The COMBO Initiative has been following…

May 20, 2025

Timely Support for Immigrant Families & Children: Philanthropy Striving to Meet the Moment

The Campaign for Grade Level Reading (CGLR) partnered with Hispanics in Philanthropy to host a Funder-to-Funder Conversation exploring the role that philanthropic organizations and collaboratives can play and are playing to mitigate the negative impact of changing immigration policies and…

May 15, 2025

The Raising Child Care Fund: Growing Power and Capacity with Parents and Providers

Six years after the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC) launched The Raising Child Care Fund (RCCF), the urgency for philanthropy to invest in community organizing for social and political change continues to grow. ECFC remains committed to centering community voices…

May 1, 2025

ECFC Spring 2025 Member Meeting

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April 17, 2025

The First 100 Days: Impacts in Education, Implications for Civil Rights and Philanthropy’s Road Ahead

Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, Grantmakers for Education and The Philanthropic Collaborative for Education hosted this timely check-in on federal and state actions affecting education and civil rights and an exploration of what’s most needed from and by philanthropy. This briefing…

April 3, 2025

What Funders Need to Know About Supporting Children in Immigrant Families

ECFC, Grantmakers for Education, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, and the Philanthropic Collaborative for Education hosted a discussion with the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), and the Children Thrive Action Network—a key convener and coordinator of advocacy on the…

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March 27, 2025

Budget & Tax Policy Watch Party & Huddle

States get about one-third of their revenue from the federal government — funds that help pay for health care, schools, housing, roads, child care, job training, and a range of other programs. Unlike the federal government, most states and localities…

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March 20, 2025

ECFC Member Huddle: Let’s Talk About Hill Visits

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March 18, 2025

A Child Care Educator’s Perspective on Equal Pay

This event featured parents, providers, and advocates sharing how underinvestment in child care contributes to pay disparities—especially for women, people of color, and immigrants. It was an opportunity to raise awareness, engage reporters covering Equal Pay Day (March 25), and…

February 13, 2025

The Necessity of Infrastructure for Equitable Systems Change: Home Visiting Modeling the Way

We already know the importance, value, and impacts of early childhood home visiting for advancing early relational health. We also know that home visiting, as a service delivery approach, can effectively be embedded in sister fields (e.g., early childhood, community…

February 5, 2025

How the Care Movement is Organizing Against Devastating Federal Tax and Budget Cuts

A stated priority of the new Administration and Congress is to enact massive tax cuts disproportionately benefiting wealthy individuals and corporations. Proposals to pay for these tax cuts include substantial budget cuts and structural changes to Medicaid, Head Start, food…

January 21, 2025

National Day of Racial Healing

The National Day of Racial Healing is a moment to reflect on our shared values and commit to the ongoing work of dismantling racism in our communities and systems. Launched in 2017, this annual observance calls on individuals, organizations, and…

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