To build philanthropic capacity in early childhood and spread funder resources, ECFC engages and shares practices and expertise with local, state and regional EC funder collaboratives. Through its State & Local Collaboratives work, ECFC provides a forum for state and local early childhood funder collaboratives to share with and learn from each other and create connections between national, state and local philanthropic groups.
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,...
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Co-Sponsored with Grantmakers in Health Family-friendly workplace policies are a key support for the health and well-being of children and their parents, but the United...
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Q & A with ECFC Member Al Castle, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer, The Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation, Honolulu HI ECFC...
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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...
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Q & A with Jessie Rasmussen, President, Buffett Early Childhood Fund; Chair, ECFC Steering Committee What’s the value of ECFC to philanthropists investing in the...
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What do you see as the most critical policy issues currently facing the early childhood field? I would put fiscal and tax issues at the...
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A CONSENSUS REPORT OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE This report from the Board on Children, Youth, and Families concludes that transforming...
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On March 8, 2018 ECFC sponsored a funder briefing on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s new report: Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education. ...
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What do you see as the most critical policy issues currently facing the early childhood field? Money, money and money. We need to expand, or...
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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...
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