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Posts
- Medicaid Opportunities for Supporting Early Relational Health
- 2021 Child Care & Early Learning Recommendations
- 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
- Cradle Career Guide to Federal Funding For Kids During and Beyond COVID-19
- I ❤️ My Immigrant Family
- Building Power in the Midst of a National Crisis
- Prioritizing Early Childhood Educators for the COVID Vaccine
- 1st & 3rd Thursdays with ECFC
- Show + Tell: Equity & Justice in Early Childhood Development
- 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?
- 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
- Funding Our Future: Generating State and Local Tax Revenue for Quality Early Care and Education
- Hope Starts Here: Detroit’s Early Childhood Partnership
- Lessons from Hawai’i: Cultural Equity Spurs Deeper Child Learning & Development
- 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
- Strengthening the Teacher of Color Pipeline in Tribal Communities
- ECFC 2022 Spring Member Meeting
- Child Care Advocacy in a Post-COVID World – Funder Series
- Investing in Power Building for Child Care: Raising Child Care Fund Deep Dive for Funders
- Ideal Pathways for Early Childhood Educator Development
- Organizing for Equity from the Ground Up
- Philanthropy Partnerships with Government
- COVID-19 Risk In Child Care
- The Pandemic’s Impact on Families and Children
- Building Parent & Practitioner Power in Child Care
- Early Learning Experiences of Young Children & Pre-K Funding Trends
- 2020 Weekly COVID-19 Calls for EC Funders
- Impact of Video and Media on Young Children with an Eye on Equity
- The Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact on Immigrant Children and Families
- Partnering with Policymakers and Community Members to Position Dual Language Learners for Success
- The State of Federal, State and Local Funding of ECE Services
- Equity in Investment Opportunity for Early Childhood Leadership – What it Means for EC Funders
- Equity in Investment Opportunity for Early Childhood Leadership
- Show+Tell: Birth Equity and Justice
- Show + Tell: Equity and Justice in Early Care and Education
- Getting to a National Yes on Health Care: Can we do the Same for Child Care and Paid Leave?
- How Philanthropy Can Support Federal Early Childhood Priorities
- ECFC Racial Equity Virtual Series for Members
- Role of CDFIs in Sustainable and Equitable Child Care Recovery
- Show+Tell: Solving the US Crisis for Accessible, Affordable and Quality Child Care
- Cross-over from Paid Leave to Child Care: What are Grassroots Groups Learning?
- 2020 Spring ECFC Member Meeting
- ECFC 2019 Fall Member Meeting
- Strengthening Early Relationships and Social Emotional Health: Two Innovative Models
- ECFC 2019 Spring Member Meeting
- ECFC 2018 Fall Member Meeting: Hawaii Study Tour
- ECFC 2018 Spring Member Meeting
- How Philanthropy Can Support Federal Early Learning Priorities
- Impacts of COVID-19 on Mother-Infant Outcomes
- Championing Equity for Children in Immigrant Families and Other Bilingual and Multilingual Children
- Why Care About Care? Our Economy Depends on it
- Learning Loss and Equity
- State & Local EC Funder Collaboratives: How and Why They Form
Documents
- 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
- 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
- Associate Membership for Local and State Early Childhood Funder Collaboratives
- 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 Child Care Fund Fact Sheet
- 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
- 2019 Annual Report
- 2018 Annual Report
- ECFC Statement on Public Charge
- ECFC Federal Philanthropic Fund Report to Stakeholders, January 2018
- 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
- 2016 Annual Report
- Summary of ECFC Strategic Plan Goals 2016 – 2021
Members
- Foundation for Child Development
- Better Way Foundation
- Massachusetts Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Overdeck Family Foundation
- Connecticut Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Vanguard
- Trust for Learning
- Stranahan Foundation
- Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
- Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton
- Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation
- Rodel Foundation of Delaware
- Robins Foundation
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Robert R. McCormick Foundation
- Perigee Fund
- The Oregon Community Foundation
- The Nicholson Foundation
- Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
- Maher Charitable Foundation
- The Kresge Foundation
- J.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
- Irving Harris Foundation
- Imaginable Futures
- Heising-Simons Foundation
- The Heinz Endowments
- The Grable Foundation
- The George Gund Foundation
- GAR Foundation
- The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc.
- Einhorn Collaborative
- The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Commonwealth Children’s Fund
- C.E. and S. Foundation
- The Burke Foundation
- Buffett Early Childhood Fund
- Brady Education Foundation
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- The Ford Family Foundation
- Wellborn Baptist Foundation
- W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
- William Penn Foundation
- Winer Family Foundation
- The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund
- Ballmer Group
- The A. D. Henderson Foundation
- Bainum Family Foundation
Collaboratives
- Start Early – Funders Coalition for Children and Minnesota’s Future
- Southeast Michigan Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- San Diego Early Childhood Funders
- North Carolina Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- New York Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group
- New Jersey Early Years Funders Collaborative
- New Hampshire Funders Collaborative
- Milwaukee School Readiness Philanthropy Group
- Massachusetts Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Maine Early Childhood Funders Group
- LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investments
- Kansas City Early Education Funders Collaborative
- Illinois Early Childhood Funders Network & Invest in Illinois
- Georgia Early Education Funders’ Roundtable
- Funders for Montana’s Children
- Educate Texas – Philanthropy Advocates
- Oregon Early Childhood Funders Learning Circle
- DC Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative
- Connecticut Early Childhood Funder Collaborative
- Colorado Early Childhood Funders Network
- Bay Area Early Childhood Funders Collaborative
- Arizona Early Childhood Funders Collaborative