Did you know that ECFC’s website houses a FREE publicly available interactive funding landscape map powered by Candid grants data (formerly the Foundation Center)? Launched in 2018, with support from …
Better Data = Better Decisions: The Need for Better Data in Philanthropy Read More »
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 …
Multi-State Initiatives for Early Childhood Policy Advocacy Read More »
Since 1992, the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC) has been bringing funders together to learn, act, and advocate for change for children and families. Our strength stems from the collective …
ECFC Member, Elliot Haspel, a nationally know child care policy expert and Program Officer for Education Policy & Research at the Robins Foundation in Richmond, VA, reflects on the child …
ECFC is excited to begin our new year with new incoming Steering Committee Members. With the unanimous vote of our ECFC members, Leadership Development Committee, and ECFC Steering Committee, five …
ECFC Welcomes New Steering Committee Members in 2022 Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated longstanding systemic and structural inequities in early childhood, particularly for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income families and providers. Through the remainder of 2020, the pandemic …
Building Back for Equity, Guidance to Inform 2021 EC Grantmaking Read More »
ECE programs have always been fragile, and have only become more so due to COVID-19. Many may not survive the pandemic. A recent Inside Philanthropy article features ECFC member responses. There …
Child Care and Early Education Providers Are in Crisis. How Are Funders Responding? Read More »
For more than a decade, a small local early childhood funders collaborative, led by the Kresge Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, had been meeting and working together to align …
Hope Starts Here: Detroit’s Early Childhood Partnership Read More »
A Reflection from the Early Childhood Funders’ Collaborative Hawai’i Study Tour by Isabelle Hau, Investment Partner, and Vinice Davis, Venture Partner, Omidyar Network Thanks to the leadership of longstanding Early …
A new study from The Bridgespan Group explores how a funder collaboration set a fixed goal and continuously evolved its methods to achieve it. Formed at the invitation of David …
Collaborating Towards Kindergarten Readiness at Scale: A Funder Group Case Study Read More »
A conversation with ECFC members: Michelle M. Figlar, The Heinz Endowments; Kristen A. Burns, The Grable Foundation; and Jennifer Stavrakos, William Penn Foundation. Whether you define success for Pennsylvania as …
Funder Collaboration to Engage Business Leaders in Early Learning Read More »
Q & A with Jessie Rasmussen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund; ECFC member and former Chair, ECFC Steering Committee What’s the value of ECFC to philanthropists investing in the …
The Value of ECFC to Philanthropists Investing in the Early Years Read More »
