ECFC Establishes Racial Equity Workgroup
August 16, 2019
The ECFC Steering Committee has set a high priority on examining the ways that we can advance racial equity in early childhood services and early
Supporting Children and Families Across the Country
The Early Childhood Funders Collaborative’s strength is our engaged membership which is uniquely comprised of diverse foundations, in 15 states and the District of Columbia. ECFC members range in size, individual reporting investments ranging from hundreds of thousands, to over 400 million per year. Collectively, ECFC members invested over $625 million in early childhood initiatives at the local, state, regional and national levels in 2017 (with more than half report funding at multiple levels).Member Foundations
The A. D. Henderson Foundation
Vermont Office
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Baltimore, MD
Bainum Family Foundation
Bethesda, MD
Ballmer Group
Bellevue, WA
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA
Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Omaha, NE
The Burke Foundation
Princeton, NJ
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA
Einhorn Family Charitable Trust
New York, NY
The Ford Family Foundation
Roseburg, OR
Foundation for Child Development
New York, NY
GAR Foundation
Akron, OH
The George Gund Foundation
Cleveland, OH
The Grable Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
The Grossman Family Foundation
Cos Cob, CT
The Heinz Endowments
Pittsburgh, PA
Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA
Irving Harris Foundation
Chicago, IL
J.B. & M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation
Chicago, IL
The Kresge Foundation
Troy, MI
Let’s Grow Kids
Burlington, VT
Maher Charitable Foundation
Florham Park, NJ
Mimi and Peter Haas Fund
San Francisco, CA
The Nicholson Foundation
Newark, NJ
Omidyar Network
Silicon Valley, CA
The Oregon Community Foundation
Portland, OR
Perigee Fund
Seattle, WA
Rauch Foundation
Garden City, NY
Richard & Catherine H. Gottfred Foundation
Chicago, IL
Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Chicago, IL
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Princeton, NJ
Rodel Foundation of Delaware
Wilmington, DE
Rose Community Foundation
Denver, CO
Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton
Canton, OH
Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
Kansas City, MO
Stranahan Foundation
Toledo, Ohio
Trust for Learning
Washington, DC
Vanguard
Malvern, PA
W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation
Chicago, IL
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund
Hamden, CT
William Penn Foundation
Philadelphia, PA
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