ECFC Membership Engagement Associate Opening
The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative (ECFC) is a community of funders working to improve policies and programs for young children and their families with a strong equity lens. In recent …
Equity is a Verb: Building Trust with Grantees
While philanthropy is filled with charitable minded individuals devoted to serving others, there is no denying that philanthropy exists because of historical economic injustices. Acknowledging this history and changing philanthropic …
Better Data = Better Decisions: The Need for Better Data in Philanthropy
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 …
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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 …
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30 Years Strong: ECFC 2021 Highlights
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 …
Inside Philanthropy Reports on Giving & Trends in Early Childhood Education
In a new State of American Philanthropy series brief, Giving for Early Childhood Education, Inside Philanthropy reports on the top ten givers and receivers of private philanthropy funding to early …
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The Child Care Crisis Spares No Southern State
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 …
Building Philanthropic Momentum in Early Relational Health
At the end of 2021, more than two dozen funders came together for the first Early Relational Health (ERH) Funders Summit, co-sponsored by Einhorn Collaborative with the ERH Coordinating Center …
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ECFC Welcomes New Steering Committee Members in 2022
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 …
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Building Back for Equity, Guidance to Inform 2021 EC Grantmaking
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 …
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Child Care and Early Education Providers Are in Crisis. How Are Funders Responding?
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 …
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Hope Starts Here: Detroit’s Early Childhood Partnership
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 …
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