Formed in August 2010 by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), Kresge Foundation, Skillman Foundation, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, McGregor Fund, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, The Jewish Fund and the PNC Foundation, the group works to improve the strength and impact of conversations about early childhood development and education while also defining a more strategic process in awarding grants tailored toward helping the area’s most vulnerable young children.