In partnership with ECFC and our fiscal sponsor, Third Sector New England (TSNE) RCCF pools and shifts private foundation dollars to grassroots organizations working alongside families and early educators in centers and homes to build their power and move the child care system to promote racial, gender, and economic equity.
The RCCF Approach
Our Theory of Change starts with centering the voices of those who most rely on and work in child care, especially people who have been historically disenfranchised and left out of decisions that impact them. Additionally, RCCF supports intersectional leadership and underwrites our grantee partners’ capacity to combat the historic race and gender inequities built into child care in America. Our ultimate goal is for robust funding to resource and center the experiences of families, early educators, and caregivers in the development of an equitable child care system.
We give grants to community organizers to:
RCCF is a philanthropic learning model focused on advancing racial equity and community power-building to address systemic challenges in America’s child care system.
- Over 75% of RCCF grantee partners are led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)—leaders deeply rooted in their communities.
- RCCF provides unrestricted funding to help grassroots organizations tackle the racial and gender inequities embedded in child care policies and systems.
- Grants support community-based organizing and power-building strategies that address the intersection of race, gender, and economic injustice impacting families and children across the U.S.
RCCF uses three primary strategies to achieve its goals:
- Raising private funds to regrant to community-based organizations that engage in power building with parents, early educators, caregivers, and providers.
- Providing donor education and growing support and resources for grassroots organizing.
- Mapping and disseminating information about funding and resource opportunities to organizers.
The Raising Child Care Fund does not engage in or support direct advocacy or lobbying. All funds are distributed to 501(c)3 organizations in compliance with IRS regulations.
