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- Medicaid Opportunities for Supporting Early Relational Health
- 2021 Child Care & Early Learning Recommendations
- What’s at Stake for Head Start: How Funders Can Support the Field During a Time of Change
- RJEF Convening Brings Community Leaders Together to Support Children and Families
- Child care advocates warn against shifting responsibility to states
- Here are the early childhood services that might pause if the US government shuts down again
- When a Building Holds More Than Bricks
- Parents and Providers Are Leading the Charge for Child Care Solutions. Funders Should Follow
- ECFC Announces Steering Committee Officers (2026–2028)
- Threats of a child care funding freeze jeopardizes us all, including in Alabama: op-ed
- Children Are Being Harmed. Our Responsibility Is Clear.
- Federal Child Care Funding Freeze and Regulatory Rollbacks: What Funders Need to Know and Do Now
- Joining the ECFC Community: Malott Family Foundation and The New York Community Trust
- Announcing the Racial Justice and Equity Fund’s Second Grantee Cohort
- Welcoming ECFC’s New Steering Committee Members (2026–2028)
- Closing the Year with Purpose: What We Carry Forward
- Six Things Child Care Organizers Want You to Know
- Child Care Costs More than Rent in Most Metro Areas. Why Can’t We Fix That?
- Insights & Video Highlights from the ECFC Fall 2025 Member Meeting & Alabama Learning Tour
- Snapshots of ECFC’s Fall 2025 Member Meeting & Alabama Learning Tour
- Education Advocates Call for Overhaul of Universal Pre-K Funding Model
- SNAP Suspension Puts Alabama Families, Children, and Child Care at Risk
- Charles Coe Highlights Access to Early Care in Philadelphia
- The People will not be silenced.
- 5 Ways to Take Montgomery Back to Your Work
- Early Childhood Educators, Organizers and Youth Respond to Federal Government Shutdown
- RCCF Summer 2025 Recap: Celebrating Our Grantee Partners’ Work
- ECFC Launches the Racial Justice and Equity Fund
- New Mexico Becomes 1st State To Guarantee Free Child Care
- What Montgomery Made Clear: A Reflection by Robyn Tedder
- Remembering Jackie Bezos: A Visionary Leader in Early Childhood Philanthropy
- Solidarity Rooted in Abundance: A Reflection from Montgomery
- Op Ed: Ohio childcare workers deserve free care for their work
- Letters to the Editor: Child Care needs more support in order to support the community
- Standing with Our Members to Protect Children and Families in This Critical Moment
- The ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Isn’t So Beautiful for Black Detroiters
- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine sidesteps budget vetoes in child care sector
- Op-Ed: The Arc Of The Well Woman
- 5 Actions Philanthropy Can Take This Juneteenth (And Beyond)
- Bearing Witness, and Why We Keep Going: Reflections from Montgomery
- Georgia has a childcare crisis, too
- Op-Ed: I Value Child Care Educators: That’s Why I Support The Pay Equity Fund
- Tribune Editorial: We have a $1.36B opportunity. What needs to happen for Utah to realize it.
- Op-Ed: In California, We Need Superheroes Who Choose Kids, Not Billionaires
- Power-Building in Action: How Community Organizing Is Transforming Child Care
- DC daycares shut down in support of ‘Day Without Child Care’
- “A Day Without Childcare” rally held to address rising costs in Georgia
- Childcare workers to rally at Ohio Statehouse for increased funding
- Op-Ed: Utah, we have a problem
- Op-Ed: Our Legislators have a choice
- Local nonprofit partners with CNU to address homelessness in Newport News
- Standing Together to Protect Philanthropy’s Freedom to Give
- Our legislators have a choice
- What happens for federal workers now that GSA has given up management of child-care centers
- Ohio Chamber hosts child care leaders to press for state budget changes to help workers and families
- Senator Britt joins Senator Tim Kaine to propose bipartisan child care plan
- Opinion Piece: Dewine is working to fix Ohio’s child care issues. Lawmakers must help
- Urban View Mornings Interview with Zakiyah Shaakir-Ansari
- Black Changemakers in Early Childhood Philanthropy: Sakinah P. Harrison
- Black Changemakers in Early Childhood Philanthropy: Bryan Stokes
- Mothering Justice: Addressing the Childcare Crisis/Remote Work in MI
- Black Changemakers in Early Childhood Philanthropy: Eric Buchanan
- Black Changemakers in Early Childhood Philanthropy: Valora Washington
- The CEO Project of Ohio: Empowering Providers and Parents
- California Head Start Programs Caught Up in Trump’s Funding Freeze
- Opinion: Ten child care policy priorities for New York in 2025
- Infant Nation: An Election-Year Learning Series for Philanthropists of All Stripes
- ECFC Reaffirms Commitment to Equity and Justice for Young Children and Families
- A Dangerous Disconnect: Trump and Vance’s Heartless Misunderstanding of Child Care, A Quality Education
- Reflecting ECFC’s October 2024 Member Meeting
- Keami Harris, ECFC Chief of Equity & Strategy, Ascend Fellow Class of 2024
- Poverty is Not Neglect: White House Convening on Transforming Child Welfare
- Op-Ed: Congress Must Work with Directly Impacted People on Any Solution to the Child Care Crisis
- ECFC Spring 2024 Member Meeting: Reflections from New Mexico’s Early Childhood Landscape
- Embracing Juneteenth: Reflections on Equity, Justice, and Anti-Racist Philanthropy
- Federal Funding Streams for Infants, Toddlers, Children, and Youth
- Reducing Intergenerational Poverty: NAS Consensus Report Examines Racial Disparities and Structural Factors
- This Pooled Fund is Driving Progress for Early Care and Confronting a Possible Setback in DC.
- National Day Without Child Care: Spotlight on the National Child Care Crisis
- Tax Breaks for the Wealthiest or Childcare for Everyone?
- Affordable Childcare Rally at the Ohio Statehouse
- Opinion: DC Shouldn’t balance its budget on the backs of our babies
- National Day Without Child Care: Black Providers, Parents Explain Urgency Of The Moment
- Children and advocates rally on Ohio Statehouse steps for National Day Without Child Care
- “We’re in a child care desert’: Oregon child care providers gather for national “Day Without Child Care”
- Child Care Facilities in Ohio Close Down for the Day as Workers Call for Change in State Policy
- Childcare Advocates Rally at Ohio Statehouse
- On the Other Side of the Child Care Cliff, Over 1,000 Providers Stage One-Day Strike for A Day Without Child Care
- Hundreds Rally to Save Child Care Fund Axed From Proposed Budget
- Day Without Child Care: How D.C. Mayor Bowser’s 2025 Budget Is Bad For Families And The Economy
- Byron child care workers share industry concerns on National Day Without Child Care
- The Biden Administration wants to lower child care costs. But West Virginia needs to come up with more money to help implement the program.
- Guest opinion: Alabama must value children and families enough to invest in child care
- Being Part of the Change We Seek: FAQs on the Role of Philanthropy in Implementation of New Federal Child Care Rule
- April is Care Workers Recognition Month
- 50-State Early Childhood Policy Progress and Landscape
- Care Guild Class of 2023: Reimagining and Rehumanizing our Care System
- ECFC & RCCF Power Building Learning Series (2023)
- Child Care Providers Reveal Empty Promises, False Narrative from Alabama Department of Human Resources
- Centering Native Voices: Lessons from Philanthropy and Community
- Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
- Building Support for a Robust and Equitable Care Economy Infrastructure
- Climate Change & Early Relational Health
- Government shutdown averted for now
- Workers Are About To Get Hit Hard By The Child Care Funding Crisis
- Child Care is a National Emergency
- What is the child care cliff? Its effect on families and caregivers, explained
- Funding Cliff Means Closure Or Tuition Hikes For Child Care Centers Across The U.S.
- Emergency child care funding is about to end. Expect more daycares to hike prices, close.
- ECFC Responds to Proposed Changes to Federal Child Care Rules
- The Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative Institute: W.K. Kellogg Foundation Core Funding for Sustainability & Expansion
- End of Pandemic-Era Child Care Aid Spells Crisis for Millions of Working Moms
- White House Convening on Child Care Leaves Us Inspired and Hopeful
- Our Unwavering Commitment to Advancing Racial Equity and Justice
- MacKenzie Scott Gifts $3 million to Raising Child Care Fund
- Onward! Barbara Reisman Reflects on 25 Years in ECFC’s Membership Community
- Philanthropy Sign-On in Support of Inclusive Early Childhood Programs and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
- Op-Ed: For Early Childhood Education, We’re At Mission Critical
- 2022 ECFC Annual Report: Learning, Connecting, Catalyzing
- Guest opinion: Alabama must value children and families enough to invest in child care
- Care Workers Can’t Wait: Recognition Month & Inaugural Care Summit
- LIFT. BUILD. EXPAND. TRANSFORM. Raising Child Care Fund 2022 Annual Report
- Raising Child Care Fund Welcomes New Grantee Partners
- Galvanizing EC Philanthropy: Introducing ECFC’s 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
- Call to Funders: Reproductive and Birth Justice
- Historic Win for Early Care and Education in New Mexico
- Clarissa’s Battle: Parent Organizing in Action
- Untapped Potential: Maternal and Child Nutrition in the First 1,000 days
- Equity is a Verb: Building Trust with Grantees
- Prioritizing Young Children in Federal Hunger and Nutrition Recommendations
- Lessons from a Historic Decline in Child Poverty
- Raising Child Care Fund Grantees Lifting Up Voices of Early Educators
- ‘Pay us,’ childcare workforce of women and women of color demand higher pay
- BUILD Initiative Celebrates 20 Years of Early Childhood Leadership
- COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids Under 5: Philanthropy’s Role
- Multi-State Initiatives for Early Childhood Policy Advocacy
- Parents & Caregivers Spearhead a Grassroots Movement
- 30 Years Strong: ECFC 2021 Highlights
- Call for Action to Make Affordable, High-Quality Early Education and Child Care Accessible to All
- Pushed the to the Brink: Expanding Equity in Child Care, RCCF 2021 Report
- Inside Philanthropy Reports on Giving & Trends in Early Childhood Education
- The Child Care Crisis Spares No Southern State
- Funder Investments in Early Relational Health Policy
- 80% of Georgia voters support an insurance plan for paid leave. This bill would make it happen.
- An Open Letter to the Nation on Behalf of Infants and Toddlers
- Building Philanthropic Momentum in Early Relational Health
- ECFC Welcomes New Steering Committee Members in 2022
- Centering Black Leadership in Philanthropy
- RCCF West Virginia Grantee Rattles the Windows on The Problem with Jon Stewart
- ECFC Statement on Full Funding for Early Care and Education Programs
- Raising Child Care Fund Adds Four Partners to Growing Network of Grassroots Organizers
- Philanthropy’s Role in Supporting Outreach & Advocacy for the Child Tax Credit
- Child Care NEXT Grants Announced: Supporting long-term transformative change in child care
- Championing Equity for Children in Immigrant Families and other Bilingual and Multilingual Children
- Making the Most of American Rescue Plan Funding in States
- Why Care About Care? Our Economy Depends On It
- Building Power in the Midst of a National Crisis
- Prioritizing Early Childhood Educators for the COVID Vaccine
- Strengthening the Teacher of Color Pipeline in Tribal Communities
- Start with Equity: 14 Priorities to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Early Care and Education
- Building Back for Equity, Guidance to Inform 2021 EC Grantmaking
- ECFC Racial Equity Learning Series for Members
- Partnering with Policymakers and Community Members to Position Dual Language Learners for Success
- EC Sector Areas of Need & Philanthropic Opportunities During the Pandemic
- Strengthening the Teacher of Color Pipeline in Tribal communities
- Impact of Trauma on Early Relational Health
- Statement on Relief for Children, Families and Early Care and Learning
- ECFC Peer Sharing on Racial Equity
- Child Care and Early Education Providers Are in Crisis. How Are Funders Responding?
- Child Care Advocacy in a Post-COVID World – Funder Series
- Framing Early Relational Health
- Standing with Black Children and Families
- Want to Support Your Community’s Equitable Recovery from COVID-19? Invest in Child Care
- Acting Boldly in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examples from Grassroots Organizations Funded by the Raising Child Care Fund
- Joint PSO Statement: Keep Equity at the Forefront in Philanthropy’s Response to the Coronavirus
- Value-Added Strategies for Philanthropy: Partnering with a New Administration Framework
- Funding Our Future: Generating State and Local Tax Revenue for Quality Early Care and Education
- Best Start: Nurturing Early Childhood Development and Family Well-Being
- Reflections on ECFC’s Deep Dive into the DC Early Learning System
- Early Childhood in the State of Hawai’i- Inspiring Focus on Cultural Equity, Inter-generational Change, System Change, and Most Underserved Children
- Collaborating Towards Kindergarten Readiness at Scale: A Funder Group Case Study
- ECFC Signs Statement on Family Separation and Detention
- Funder Collaboration to Engage Business Leaders in Early Learning
- The Value of ECFC to Philanthropists Investing in the Early Years
- Early Childhood Policy Q&A with Marcia Egbert, George Gund Foundation
- Early Childhood Policy Q&A – Barbara Reisman, Maher Charitable Foundation
- What Can Philanthropy Do? Coming Together for Children in Immigrant Families in a Changing Policy Landscape
Events
- Building Power for What Comes Next: Lessons from Grassroots Child Care Organizing Across the States
- SCOTUS Rulings and What Comes Next for Immigrant Communities
- ECFC Revenue Work Group | Launch Call
- ECFC Fall 2026 Member Meeting: Lessons from Three Decades of Early Childhood Systems Building
- We’re Brewing Connection: ECFC Member July Coffee Chat
Documents
- 2024 Raising Child Care Fund’s Impact Report
- ECFC Reaffirms Commitment to Equity and Justice for Young Children and Families
- ECFC 2023 Annual Report
- Being Part of the Change We Seek: FAQs on the Role of Philanthropy in Implementation of New Federal Child Care Rule
- 2023 Raising Child Care Fund Reach and Influence Report
- A Snapshot of the Care Narrative Change Landscape
- Centering Native Voices: Lessons from Philanthropy and Community, Executive Summaries
- ECFC & RCCF Respond to Proposed Changes to Child Care
- ECFC 2023-2028 Strategic Plan
- ECFC Statement on Inclusive EC Programs and Developmentally Appropriate Practices
- ECFC 2022 Annual Report
- LIFT. BUILD. EXPAND. TRANSFORM. 2022 RCCF Annual Report
- Clarissa’s Battle, Growth of a Movement: Viewing Guide
- Compendium of Early Childhood Financing Strategies & Tools (2021)
- ECFC 2021 Annual Report
- RCCF 2021 Annual Report
- ECFC Statement on Full Funding for Early Care and Education Programs
- Raising Child Care Fund Fact Sheet
- ECFC’s Racial Equity Work Timeline & Approach
- Championing Equity – A Toolkit for Funders Interested in Investing in Immigrant Children and Other Bilingual or Multilingual Children
- ECFC 2020 Annual Report
- 5 Tips for State Funders: Partnering with Government for Strategic Use of Federal Relief Funds for Early Childhood
- ECFC Memo to EC Funders on Opportunities to Support ARP Implementation
- Building Power in the Midst of a National Crisis
- ECFC Statement on Relief for Children, Families and Early Care and Learning
- ECFC Statement: Standing with Black Children and Families
- Acting Boldly in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Raising Authentic Voices for Child Care: What is the New Raising Child Care Fund Learning about Grassroots Organizing?
- ECFC Racial Equity Focus 2019/2020, Feb 2020 Report
- ECFC 2019 Annual Report
- ECFC 2018 Annual Report
- ECFC Statement on Public Charge
- ECFC Federal Philanthropic Fund Report to Stakeholders, January 2018
- ECFC 2017 Annual Report
- EFCF Governance & Operations Guidance
- What Can Philanthropy Do? Coming Together for Children in Immigrant Families in a Changing Policy Landscape
- ECFC Statement on Tax Policy
- ECFC 2016 Annual Report
- Summary of ECFC Strategic Plan Goals 2016 – 2021
Members
- The CARE Fund
- Frey Foundation
- Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation
- Malott Family Foundation
- The New York Community Trust
- Dr. Seuss Foundation
- Turrell Fund
- Maritz Family Foundation
- Bay Area Early Childhood Funders
- Dogwood Health Trust
- George B. Storer Foundation
- Early Educator Investment Collaborative
- Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- The Henry & Marilyn Taub Foundation
- Schumann Fund for New Jersey
- Potts Family Foundation
- United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
- Roots & Wings Foundation
- Buell Foundation
- Liftoff Western New York
- LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment
- Gary Community Ventures
- Couch Family Foundation
- The George Gund Foundation
- Kamehameha Schools
- Casey Family Programs
- Birmingham Foundation
- Early Childhood Funder’s Alliance of Southwestern Pennsylvania
- ChildTrust Foundation
- Bezos Family Foundation
- Headwaters Foundation
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation
- Philadelphia Health Partnership
- The Monarch Foundation
- Valhalla Foundation
- San Diego Foundation
- Start Early Funders Coalition (Minnesota)
- New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group
- New Hampshire Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Foundation for Child Development
- Massachusetts Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
- Vanguard
- Trust for Learning
- Stranahan Foundation
- Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
- Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Robert R. McCormick Foundation
- Perigee Fund
- The Oregon Community Foundation
- Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
- Maher Charitable Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- Pritzker Children’s Initiative
- Irving Harris Foundation
- Imaginable Futures
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- The Grable Foundation
- Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc.
- Einhorn Collaborative
- The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
- Commonwealth Children’s Fund
- C. E. and S. Foundation
- The Burke Foundation
- Buffett Early Childhood Fund
- Brady Education Foundation
- Gates Foundation
- The Ford Family Foundation
- W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
- William Penn Foundation
- HopeStar Foundation
- The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund
- Ballmer Group
- The A. D. Henderson Foundation
- Bainum Family Foundation
Collaboratives
- California: Orange County Grantmakers EC Issue Table
- Pennsylvania: Early Childhood Funder’s Alliance Southwestern PA
- New York: Liftoff Western New York
- Colorado Early Childhood Funders Network
- New Jersey Funders ACES Collaborative
- New Jersey Birth Equity Funders Alliance
- Minnesota: Start Early Funders Coalition
- Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- San Diego Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- North Carolina: Invest Early NC
- New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group
- New Hampshire Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Massachusetts Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Maine Early Childhood Funders Network
- California: Los Angeles Partnership for Early Childhood Investment
- Georgia Early Education Funders’ Roundtable
- Montana: Funders for Montana’s Children
- DC Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative
- Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
- California: Bay Area Early Childhood Funders
Grantees
- Maine People’s Resource Center
- Virginia Organizing
- Utah Association for the Education of Young Children
- Gateway Early Childhood Alliance
- Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative (in partnership with Springboard to Opportunities)
- Rattle the Windows (in partnership with MomsRising)
- First Up
- Springboard to Opportunities (in partnership with MLICCI)
- Spaces in Action
- OLÉ
- Alliance for Quality Education
- Moms Rising (in partnership with Rattle the Windows)
- WePower (in Partnership with Gateway EC Alliance)
- Power Coalition for Equity and Justice
- Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition
- Ohio Organizing Collaborative
- Family Forward Oregon
- ISAIAH
- Mothering Justice
- Coalition for Social Justice (CSJ) Education Fund
- 9to5 Georgia
- Parent Voices California
- Alabama Institute for Social Justice