All of the priority policy issues that face us as a nation have children and families at their heart. Restoring a thriving economy, reducing poverty and improving opportunity, creating living-wage jobs, accessing affordable health care, building a vibrant education system, reforming the immigration and criminal justice systems, and combating global warming to build a sustainable future – are all intricately related to the well-being of children and families. By bringing early childhood issues to the top of the domestic policy agenda, our country can fulfill the promise that every young child brings into the world and fulfill our promise as a nation. ECFC’s programming priorities key areas of interest that have critical policy, as well as practice, implications. Explore our priority areas below.
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
This webinar archive provides an overview of the Raising Child Care Fund, established by ECFC’s Child Care Committee. The Committee has been exploring opportunities to broaden
Discussion hosted by ECFC’s Child Care Policy Committee with Lisa Klein, Alliance for Early Success, and Jason Sabo, Frontera Strategy, on their work in gubernatorial
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
In this webinar, Elizabeth Gaines will address ballot initiatives state and local. She will provide an overview of where progress has been on children’s funds,
December 4, 2018 – This month, the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Early Childhood Funders Collaborative, and Foundation Center will be launching a joint effort to map the last ten years of philanthropic
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
On December 6th, ECFC submitted comments to the Department of Homeland Security on proposed draft regulation known widely as the “public charge” rule that would
Immigration Strategy Discussion – Hosted by Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable Are you interested in learning more about how your foundation can use its expertise
In this webinar, Elizabeth Gaines will address ballot initiatives state and local. She will provide an overview of where progress has been on children’s funds,
Hosted by Economic Opportunity Funders (EOF) and Funders for a Just Economy (FJE) EOF and FJE joined together to hold a combined 2019 Budget and Policy
Hosted by the Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable, in partnership with Economic Opportunity Funders (formerly Grantmakers Income Security Taskforce), Women’s Funding Network and Workforce
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
The national Early Childhood Funders Collaborative hosted an engaging kick-off Get Acquainted Webinar to learn more about local and state early childhood funder collaboratives (Collaboratives) around the
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