Map tool: Multi-State Initiatives for Early Childhood Policy Advocacy
Across the country, more and more multi-state supporters of early childhood programs are deploying increasing support and resources for policy advocacy. From research and toolkits to training to funding, these initiatives are working to fill the void in all 50 states, […]
Toolkit: State Resources to Respond to the Federal Tax Bill (Dec 2025)
The federal tax and budget bill — H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) — includes many harmful policy changes that strip access to essential health, food, education, and safety net programs for communities across the county in order […]
The Care Imperative: Why Investing In Care Grows America’s Economy (2025)
A better, more affordable country for all of us is possible, within reach, and necessary if we are to secure a brighter future for families everywhere. This report makes the case for building the care economy as a path to […]
Funder Messaging Toolkit: Making the Case for Supporting Immigrants in Your Grantmaking (2025)
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants & Refugees (GCIR) has developed a messaging toolkit to support funders who seek to make the case for supporting immigrants in their grantmaking. The toolkit has compelling talking points linked to universal values and shared priorities, […]
Child Separations and Families Divided: America’s History of Separating Children from Their Parents (2018)
This article highlights that the practice of family separation has been an integral and prolonged aspect of U.S. history, often targeting communities of color, and extends beyond the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Author: James Herbert Williams, published in Social […]
Family separation – a timeline 2017-2022
Long before the Trump administration implemented its “zero tolerance” immigration enforcement policy in 2018, it was already separating children from their parents as part of a “pilot program” conducted in the El Paso, Texas, area and along other parts of […]
History of Family Separation (1500’s to Present)
This timeline provides brief summaries of historical events and eras – including slavery, Native American boarding schools, mass deportation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans (1930’s-40’s), Japenese Internment Camps and comparison to present day other historical events – intended to, or […]
Brown vs. Board of Education Resource Compilation
Seventy years after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, many Black students still don’t have access to crucial educational resources such as early childhood education, experienced teachers, advanced courses, and college affordability and success. Brown’s Promise, an […]
The Case for Reparations (2014)
This article details how virtually every American institution – public or private – has a history of extracting wealth and resources of the African-American community. Related Podcast: The Case for Reparations, Sound Cloud Author: Published by The Atlantic and written by […]
Decolonizing Wealth, Second Edition: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance (2021)
This book explores philanthropy’s role in systems change and how philanthropic inequity can undermine democracy. Related Video: The Role of Philanthropy in Decolonizing Wealth, Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth, joins award-winning broadcast journalist, Emily Kasriel (15 min) Related Toolkit: Decolonizing Wealth […]
Reenvisioning CCDF: An Anti-Racist Child Care System for Families & Educators (2024)
Child care is an essential element of our social infrastructure that supports child development, family financial stability, and economic growth. But structural racism and sexism have led to the underinvestment and undervaluation of child care in the United States. This brief […]
Dear Philanthropy: These Are the Fires of Anti-Black Racism (2020)
This article examines how systemic anti-Black racism and white supremacy are integrated into philanthropic organizations and their activities, and calls on philanthropy to fund racial justice, and recognize that anti-Black racism and white supremacy are the bedrock of every single […]